Offensive Attack Helps Wilkes Women's Lacrosse Hold Off Mount Saint Mary
NEWBURGH, N.Y. - Maleah Cobham (Westbury, NY/W.T. Clarke) and Brooklyn Pedana (Pittston, PA/Pittston Area) each scored three goals apiece as the Wilkes University women's lacrosse team held onto their lead in the fourth quarter as they recorded their first win of the season over Mount Saint Mary College 10-8 in non-conference action on a cold Saturday afternoon matchup at Kaplan Field.
The Colonels improve to 1-1 on the year while the Knights drop their first matchup, going 0-1 to start off the season.
Wilkes would start off the game down as Mount Saint Mary scored with a 1:21 into the game to get the Knights ahead 1-0. Both teams would be scoreless for the next eight minutes, with neither one breaking through their shot attempts. Eventually, the Colonels would get two quick scores within 38 seconds of each other. Cobham would hit the back of the net at the 5:10 mark to tie the game up, then Caitlin McDonough (Exeter, PA/Wyoming Area) would get a goal of her own at 4:32 to push Wilkes ahead of the Knights 3-2.
Mount Saint Mary would tie the game up with just under a minute left in the first quarter, but Cobham would get her second goal as she scored with eight seconds left as the Colonels went into the next quarter up 3-2.
The Knights would answer right away as they started the second quarter as they opened the first, with a goal near the beginning of the period as Mount Saint Mary had a goal at the 13:56 mark to even it up once again. Cobham would earn a hat trick as she would score at the 10:20 mark to push Wilkes up ahead 4-3. Pedana would then start to get hot in the shooting department as she would score two goals at the 6:21 and 5:42 mark to extend Wilkes lead 6-3 that they would carry to halftime.
The third period would be slow to begin with, but Mount Saint Mary would get goals at the 8:44 and 3:29 mark to get within one goal of the Colonels. Nearing the end of the third quarter, Brenanne would score after a successful clear attempt by Wilkes with five seconds left to give the Colonels a 7-5 lead heading into the fourth quarter.
Mount Saint Mary would once more make their push to get ahead of Wilkes, with Karli Ferrucci and Antonia Licardi scoring a goal within the first three minutes of the final quarter to have the game tied at 7-7. Wilkes would respond as they would get three goals at the 10:07 mark, 8:11 mark, and 4:39 mark to push the Colonels ahead 10-7. Alexis Guttila would get the first goal to give Wilkes the lead while Fulling would get her own score from a free position shot to make the score 9-7. Pedana would finish the scoring attack as she would get the pass from Lizzie Carter (Elizabethtown, PA/Elizabethtown Area) and make her shot, giving her a hat trick and putting a three-goal lead for the Colonels. The Knights would get one more score at the 2:18 mark, but Wilkes would hold onto their lead and secure an 10-8 victory.
Cobham and Pedana would each score three goals apiece while Fulling had two shots go into the net for her. McDonough and Guttilla would have one goal in the game. Cobham, Carter, Mara Adams (Mehoopany, PA/Tunkhannock Area), and Abby Miller (Webster, NY/Webster Thomas) would all have one assist on the afternoon.
Cobham led the team with six draw controls and tied with four ground balls along with McDonough and Taylor Quackenbush (Rockaway, NJ/Morris Hills). McDonough also led the team with three caused turnovers.
Samantha Scott (Binghamton, NY/Chenango Valley) earned the victory in the net for the Colonels as she had eight saves on the day while adding two ground balls. Liz Petrellese had 14 saves for the Knights.
Wilkes had a 32-24 advantage in shots and 24-16 in shots-on-goal. The Colonels were 12-23 on clears while Mount Saint Mary went 11-19 in that department. Wilkes led in ground balls 28-25 while the Knights had a 12-10 advantage in draw controls.
The Colonels return back to Schmidt Stadium as they take on Gwynedd Mercy University on Wednesday in non-conference action that starts at 4:00 p.m.
