Lafayette saved their offensive fireworks for the second half as they were only able to manage two shots to Holy Cross’ six shots in the first 30 minutes. Penalty corners went to Holy Cross 3 to 2 as well. From my perspective it looked like the Leopards were having trouble with a bouncy turf, but the Maroon and White turned it around and outshot the Crusaders 14-3 in the second half to record a 3-0 win in Worcester
The Holy Cross goalkeeper was forced to make 11 saves, while Raffi Fragomeni earned a shutout, with 7 saves.
Lafayette bench was a huge advantage, as Coach Stone used 20 players during the game while Holy Cross only 15.
The second goal of the game came at 35:49 after a desperate scrum in front of the cage resulted in a penalty stroke goal by Stella Malinowski. Alex Darrah score her second goal of the game at 42:06. Although the Crusaders fought hard, the field seemed to tilt in Leopards favor and they managed 7 shots to one, and threatened all period long.
The Leopards will take their 5-2 record and 1-0 record in the Patriot League back to Rappolt Field in an important game next Friday against American University. In other league action Bucknell beat Boston 2-1 in overtime!!!
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