Valerie Barnhart scored six goals - including the 200th of her career - to lead Stevens to a 10-5 win over Montclair State. |
HOBOKEN, N.J. – Junior attack Valerie Barnhart (Gilbertsville, Pa./Boyertown Area) scored six goals to lead Stevens Institute of Technology to a 10-5 win over Montclair State on Wednesday night in a Knickerbocker Women’s Lacrosse Conference game at DeBaun Field.
Stevens (12-1, 3-0 Knickerbocker) earned its seventh straight win while handing Montclair State (8-1, 2-1 Knickerbocker) its first loss of the season.
The Ducks never trailed in the game. Montclair State tied the game at 3-3 with 12:44 left in the first half on a goal by freshman Shauna Brocklebank. But Barnhart scored the next two goals as Stevens took the lead for good. She scored on a free-position shot with 11:43 left and then finished off a pass from junior Rebecca Quinn (Damascus, Md./Damascus) – her 200th career goal – with 7:59 remaining. Senior attack Juliet Pullis (Boonton, N.J./Mountain Lakes) scored off an assist from junior Kim Mirra (Aston, Pa./Sun Valley) just 42 seconds later as Stevens carried a 6-3 lead into halftime.
Montclair State pulled to within 7-4 with 26:27 left in the second half on a goal by freshman Brianna Gillin, but Stevens scored the next three goals – two by Barnhart – in a span of ten minutes to extend its lead to 10-4.
Pullis scored two goals for Stevens while Quinn added a goal and two assists. Gillin led Montclair State with three goals.
Stevens held a 28-20 advantage in shots. Freshman goalie Kristen Kuhmann stopped 14 shots for Montclair State. Sophomore Melissa Scott (Barnegat, N.J./Southern Regional) made eight saves for Stevens.
Stevens is back in action on Saturday, April 21, when it travels to Glassboro, N.J., for a 2 p.m. game at Rowan University.
STEVENS 10, MONTCLAIR STATE 5
SCORING SUMMARY:
Prd Time Team Goal Scorer Assists
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1. 1st 29:22 SIT BARNHART, Valerie Unassisted
2. 1st 26:36 SIT PULLIS, Juliet Unassisted
3. 1st 22:29 MSU Brianna Gillin Cathy Homiek
4. 1st 21:19 MSU Brianna Gillin Cathy Homiek
5. 1st 14:17 SIT BARNHART, Valerie QUINN, Rebecca
6. 1st 12:44 MSU Shauna Brocklebank Cathy Homiek
7. 1st 11:43 SIT BARNHART, Valerie Free position shot
8. 1st 7:59 SIT BARNHART, Valerie QUINN, Rebecca
9. 1st 7:17 SIT PULLIS, Juliet MIRRA, Kim
10. 2nd 27:03 SIT QUINN, Rebecca Unassisted
11. 2nd 26:27 MSU Brianna Gillin Unassisted
12. 2nd 21:02 SIT MIRRA, Kim PULLIS, Juliet
13. 2nd 18:44 SIT BARNHART, Valerie Unassisted
14. 2nd 17:10 SIT BARNHART, Valerie Free position shot
15. 2nd 10:31 MSU Shauna Brocklebank Unassisted
