ROCHESTER, N.Y. (May 2, 2015) – The Stevens Institute of Technology women's lacrosse team fell to St. John Fisher College 10-7 in the Empire 8 Conference semifinals on Saturday.
 
The Ducks fell to 12-5 while Fisher is 13-5 and will play Ithaca in the E8 Championship game tomorrow at noon.
 
Stevens notched the first goal of the contest, as freshman Julianna Ricci took a feed from sophomore Kathleen Kalbian to give the Ducks a 1-0 advantage. The Cardinals tallied the next two markers, as Jordan Johnson and Chrissy Cook scored three minutes apart, but Ricci added her second of the afternoon on a free position shot to even the game at two.
 
Fisher used a 3-0 run over the middle portion of the opening 30 minutes with goals from Erin Ward, Sierra Badger and Johnson to take a 5-2 lead. Stevens stopped that run with 9:47 left when junior Erika Wilcox scored, but the Cardinals answered back with a tally from Badger. After a big save by freshman Stephanie Schnelzer on Cook, the Ducks stormed down the field and sophomore Caroline DeLuca deposited a pass from Kalbian into the back of the net to trim the deficit to two heading into halftime.
 
Samantha Barton opened the scoring in the second half with a goal 3:54 in, but a Wilcox tally 2:01 later brought the gap back to two goals. Ward and Johnson extended the lead to four with 8:54 remaining in the second stanza, but DeLuca was able to corral the ensuing draw control and Wilcox motored down the field to score her third of the game just 33 seconds after. After a huge save by Schnelzer on Ward, the Ducks quickly cleared the ball and senior Caitlyn Hughes took a feed from Wilcox and buried it for goal number 37 on the season. But 55 seconds later, Badger added an insurance marker to keep reestablish the three goal margin.
 
Wilcox had a hat-trick while adding an assist on five shots. Hughes chipped in four shots and a draw control, while Schnelzer made a career high 11 saves.
 
Badger and Johnson each had three goals, while Ward had two goals on six shots
 
The Ducks await their postseason fate on Sunday night.

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