Box Score PERRY, Ohio – Dowling
College used a huge first-half blitz roll past the Lake Erie Storm
in an East Coast Conference women's lacrosse match at Perry
High School's Alumni Stadium, 16-3, on Saturday (April 24)
afternoon.
The Storm (5-6, 1-4 ECC) fell behind 3-0 before
Meredith Howe (Fayetteville, N.Y./Jamesville
Dewilt) scored her first of her two goals in the game
while in a man-down situation.
The Golden Lions (9-5, 3-1 ECC), ranked
10th in the country, went on to a 10-1 lead at halftime,
dominating in every facet of the game, including a 24-2 advantage
in shots.
Howe scored again with 25 minutes left and
Brittany Rabuano (Auburn, N.Y./Auburn) added the
final tally of the game with just under four minutes to play to cap
the Storm's scoring.
The Lions held won the battle in ground balls
(22-9) and draw controls (13-8).
Storm goalkeeper Brittanie Johnson
(Hilliard, Ohio/Darby) stopped 19 shots in the
game.
The conference's second-leading scorer,
Cassandra Cronin, scored four times to pace the Lions. She also
added one assist for a game-high five points. Sam Messineo added
two goals and tied for a game-high with two assists.
Lake Erie will have a week off and will return
to the pitch next Saturday (May 1), when the Storm hosts Indiana
Tech at 3 p.m. at Alumni Stadium in the home finale.
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