Box Score

ELMIRA, N.Y. (March 29, 2014) – The Stevens Institute of Technology women's lacrosse team won its third-straight road game Saturday, defeating Elmira College by a 12-5 final at the Elmira Free Academy.
 
The Ducks are now 5-5 overall and 3-0 in the Empire 8. Elmira drops to 4-5 overall and 1-2 in the conference.
 
Stevens was led by four points from senior attack Kara Rafferty (Bayshore, N.Y.), junior attack Caitlyn Hughes (Randolph, N.J.) and sophomore midfielder Erika Wilcox (Baldwinsville, N.Y.). Hughes tallied three goals and an assist as well as two caused turnovers, Rafferty had one score and three helpers, and Wilcox finished with three goals, one assist, four ground balls, two draw controls and two caused turnovers. Freshman midfielder Kathleen Kalbian (Cheshire, Conn.) rang the bell three times, adding four draw controls and five ground balls to her line. Junior defender Courtney Lee (Brookeville, Md.) had three ground balls, two caused turnovers and a draw control, while sophomore attack Jaimie Mastrogiacomo (Whitehouse Station, N.J.) picked up a pair of helpers. Freshman midfielder Mariel Haubrich (Ocean City, N.J.) had three draw controls, while rookie defender Betsy Crossland (Westfield, N.J.) had a pair of caused turnovers. Freshman attack Laura Roberts (West Hartford, Conn.) notched a goal and an assist, and freshman midfielder Carolin DeLuca (Sayville, N.Y.) picked up a goal and a draw control.
 
Freshman Janelle Welkie (Hershey, Pa.) picked up the win in goal for Stevens, making five stops in 60 minutes.
 
Roberts put away a Rafferty feed 7:15 into the game to get the scoring started, and after the Soaring Eagles tied the game at one, the Ducks took the lead for good. Rafferty tallied and 2:17 later Wilcox got on the board. Elmira fought within one at 3-2, but Stevens ended the half with a trio of tallies from Hughes (11:47), Kalbian (6:49) and DeLuca with just one second to play.
 
Kalbian's second started the second-half scoring, and following junior Ashton Hogan's (Shelbourne, Ontario) third of the game made it 7-3, two Hughes markers just 1:49 apart pushed the lead to six goals with 19:29 left.
 
The Soaring Eagles were able to get within five at 14:02, but Kalbian put away a Hughes pass and Wilcox  put home another Rafferty assist to make it 11-4. Hogan scored her fourth for Elmira before Rafferty found Wilcox for her third goal of the game to finish the scoring with 6:55 left.
 
The Ducks put 21 of their 27 shots on goal, and Elmira took 15 shots overall. Stevens held a 20-14 margin in ground balls, and also won 12-of-18 draws.
 
The Ducks will return to action at Rowan University. Opening draw is set for 6 p.m. on Wednesday, April 2.