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Miranda_Malvaso_MAAC_Championship
6
Canisius CANW 1-13, 1-5 MAAC
16
Winner Monmouth MON 10-5, 4-2 MAAC
Canisius CANW
1-13, 1-5 MAAC
6
Final
16
Monmouth MON
10-5, 4-2 MAAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Canisius CANW 2 4 6
Monmouth MON 9 7 16

Game Recap: Women's Lacrosse |

Turnovers Plague Women’s Lacrosse in Loss to Monmouth

Game Recap
Monmouth (10-5, 4-2 MAAC) dominated from start to finish to defeat Canisius, 16-6, in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference women's lacrosse action Saturday afternoon from Kessler Stadium in West Long Branch, N.J.
 
Caroline Bleck (four goals, four assists), Allison Turturro (three goals) and Rachel Mills (five goals) highlighted the Hawks offense that saw six different players find the back of the net. Riley Brager stopped six in the cage while allowing just six goals. Monmouth recorded 39 shots, won 19 of the games 24 draw controls and caused 12 turnovers en route to the win.
 
Sophomore's Marissa Malvaso and Miranda Malvaso both tallied two goals, while freshman Megan Hoffman and Katie Smolensky accounted for the other two goals in the loss. Sophomore goalie Lauren Gilbert made 13 saves in the cage for the Golden Griffins (1-13, 1-5 MAAC).
 
The Hawks got contributions from Mills, Turturro and Bleck to jump out to a 5-0 lead before Smolensky and Hoffman scored on back-to-back Canisius possessions to make the score 5-2.
 
Monmouth regained control for the remainder of the half, breaking off a 4-0 run with goals from Sarah Gillogy, Nicole Ceraso and Bleck in the final nine minutes of the stanza to take a commanding 9-2 lead into the break.
 
After Monmouth scored the first tally of the second, Marissa Malvaso scored two goals for the Griffs, the latter of which came on a pass from transfer Rachel Heidenreich that Malvaso then deposited upper-90 to put the Griffs down six, 10-4.
 
Monmouth's Bleck went back-to-back herself to increase the Hawks lead to 12-4 with just over ten minutes left in the contest.  Four minutes later, Marissa Malvaso found her sister Miranda Malvaso in front of the net for Canisius fifth tally.
 
Miranda Malvaso scored the Griffs' sixth goal after two goals from Monmouth's Mills to make the score 15-6 with just 1:50 remaining. Bleck would score her fourth goal of the game 17 seconds later to determine the final margin and ice the game for Monmouth.
 
Game Notes
• Despite the loss, Canisius still leads the all-time series with Monmouth, 7-2.
• Gilbert recorded 10-plus saves for the third time this year, tying freshman Shannon Maroney for the team lead.
• For just the second time in their young careers, Marissa and Miranda Malvaso scored multiple goals in the same game.
• Canisius turned the ball over a season-high 23 times, 11 of which were uncaused.
 
Up Next
Canisius returns home to face "Battle of the Bridge" rival Niagara Wednesday evening. Opening draw is scheduled for 7 p.m. on ESPN+ from the Demske Sports Complex.
 
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