Brockport, NY – The women's lacrosse team opened up Empire 8 conference play strong with a 17-5 victory in Oneonta against the Hartwick Hawks. The Golden Eagles are not 2-6 overall and 1-0 in conference play. 

Brockport opened the scoring book early with a free position goal made by Alayna Foos to start the day. Hartwick responded with a man-up score with an assist from Katrina Marten. Hailey Lewkovich took back control with an unassisted man-up goal and Karaline McCarthy added another in less than a minute late with an assist by Tristan Davis. Alayna Foos made her second of the day before the end of the first outscoring the Hawks 4-1. 

Amanda Evans found the back of the net to start the second quarter strong with an assist from Tristan Davis. Jazmin Medina put the ball in for her first goal of the season and Tristan Davis followed suit with Karaline McCarthy coming in with the assist. Paige Thowe shot a rocket coming from Alayna Foos to put the Golden Eagles up 8-1 until Hartwick snuck a goal in with less than a minute left before the half. 

Coming back from the halftime break, the Green and Gold dominated in the third quarter outshooting the Hawks 6-0. Alayna Foos was up first with an unassisted score with Karaline McCarthy taking the team to double digits with an unassisted goal. Tristan Davis and Amanda Evans both added in a free position goal with Sarah Kilburn putting her first of the day into the net. Amanda Evans kept the momentum going scoring just one more with a minute left. Brockport finished the third with an impressive 14-2 lead. 

The last period was a back and forth game with Hartwick stopping the bleeding with a quick goal. Alayna Foos did the same shortly after with an unassisted score. The Hawks had a free position opportunity making the goal and shortly after Amanda Evans took the score up to 16 with an assist from Karaline McCarthy. Evans wasn't finished before putting one more in the net with Hartwick doing the same to finish out the game. The Golden Eagles finished strong with the 17-5 lead. 

Amanda Evans led the team in goals on the day with five for five points. Alayna Foos also finished up with five points from four goals and one assist. Karaline McCarthy and Tristan Davis both added in two goals and two assists both finishing with four points. Arianna Reed and Makenna Cady were in goal for Brockport with Reed making a strong 10 saves and Cady adding in a save. 

Up Next – Brockport is set to host two games next week taking on the Geneseo Knights on Wednesday, April 2^nd at 4pm and SUNY Poly on Saturday, April 5^th at 1pm.