PURCHASE, N.Y. – Highlighted by a career milestone by
Maura Kelly (Stratford, Conn./Bunnell), the Manhattanville College women's lacrosse team remained undefeated on the season as the Valiants improved to 6-0 with a 16-4 victory over King's on Saturday.
The senior midfielder Kelly scored five times in the win to reach the 100 point mark for her career. Through her four years at Manhattanville, Kelly has scored 68 goals while dishing out 32 assists to reach the century mark.
The milestone goal game with 13:29 left in regulation as Kelly put the Valiants up 13-3 in another game that would see a running clock. Through their best start in program history, the Valiants have won by 10 or more goals in four of their six games.
Kelly's five point outing was matched by
Marisa D'Angelo (Wantagh, N.Y./MacArthur) who scored four while dishing out an assist. D'Angelo finds herself right on the doorstep of the century mark as well, now sporting 97 points for her career following her effort against the Monarchs. The Valiants also received multigoal games from
Kerry Carr (New Hartford, N.Y./Millbrook School) and
Pietra Cabral (Mineola, N.Y./Mineola).
The Monarchs would strike first in the game courtesy of Olivia Benner scoring a woman-up goal from Alli Lindsay with 7:47 left in the first. Manhattanville would be held off the board until two minutes later when Kelly began her march towards her career highlight with her first of the game, tying the game up at 1-1. It would be just 1:37 later before Kelly found the back of the net again, this time scoring on a free position shot. Carr extended the Valiant lead up to 3-1 with 2:53 left in the first. The teams would trade a pair of goals over the final 65 seconds, with D'Angelo responding just six seconds after the Monarchs pulled back within one off a Harley Sabol goal to send the contest into the second quarter with the Valiants up 4-2.
Kaci Pierce (East Lyme, Conn./East Lyme) set up the first score of the second quarter as she earned her third assist of the year on Carr's second goal of the game with 1:15 gone off the clock. Hannah Chocallo responded 2:40 later to move the score to 5-3, where it would remain for more than six minutes. D'Angelo would break the dry spell with 4:20 left in the half before notching an assist on Kelly's third of the game with just ten seconds left before the halftime horn. The late run furthered Manhattanville's advantage up to 7-3.
Manhattanville put the game away in the third, scoring all five goals of the quarter. D'Angelo and Carr both netted shorthanded goals over the opening 1:20 of the half. Kelly would strike for the fourth time with 6:35 left in the third before Cabral closed out the period with two more goals, putting Manhattanville up 12-3.
An 8-0 Valiant scoring run concluded as the fourth got underway with Kelly's fifth of the game and 100
th career point. Lindsay would net one more goal for King's before Pierce,
Ally Petricca (New Hyde Park, N.Y./New Hyde Park Memorial) and D'Angelo closed out the game with three final goals for the Valiants.
While not tested often,
Britney Sirota (Seaford, N.Y./Seaford) made four saves to secure her sixth win of the season. The senior's goals-against average lowered down to 6.17 on the season, the lowest amongst all Skyline netminders.
Kelly,
Brysha Schmidt (Cortlandt Manor, N.Y./The Millbrook School) and
Abbey Playle (Reading, England/Leigh High School) led the team's ground ball effort in the win with four each. Kelly would also caused a team-high three turnovers and earned seven draw controls as part of a strong all-around effort in conjunction with her historic day.
Up Next
With six straight wins under their belts to open up the year, the Valiants will see their first taste of conference action on Wednesday, traveling to Mount Saint Vincent to begin Skyline Play at 6 p.m.
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