Box Score NORTHFIELD, Vt. – The Norwich University women's lacrosse team hosted Saint Joseph's College of Maine at home on Monday evening for its Senior Day and One Love Game. The short-handed Cadets hung close through the first ten minutes but were unable to stick with the Monks, losing 18-7.
Prior to the game, the Cadets honored their six senior players in a small celebration on the field. Kathryn Preul, Shawnae Evans, Samantha Stewart, Sara Goodson, Emily Schromm, and Sydney Rocheville all received a nice tribute for all their hard work and contributions to the program.
As the game began, Norwich (2-4, 0-3 GNAC) was quickly called for a foul inside the arc in the opening minute giving junior Molly Barr a free position attempt on which she cashed in to give Saint Joseph (6-2, 2-1 GNAC) an early 1-0 lead.
The Cadets responded two minutes later when senior Emily Schromm (North Attleboro, Mass.) found senior Kathryn Pruel (Scottsdale, Ariz.) for the equalizer. The assist marked Schromm's 100th career point.
Three successive goals by SJC ran the visitors' lead to 4-1 with less than five minutes having elapsed in the opening half, but the Cadets reduced the deficit to 4-3 on the strength of two free position goals by Schromm and sophomore Allison Sturgeon (Monticello, Ind.).
The hosts appeared to run out of steam following those two goals as the defense could not find a way to stop the Monks' senior Lydia Dexter who buoyed their offensive attack with four goals and an assist during the visitors' 7-0 run to end the first period. At the break, Norwich found itself in a hole, 11-3.
The two teams traded goals to start the second half as SJC's senior Jocelyn Moscato and Schromm scored about three minutes apart.
The Monks strung together four more goals following that to eliminate any hopes of a comeback from the hosts as the visitors took a commanding 16-4 lead.
Three late goals unassisted goals from Sturgeon was too little too late as Saint Joseph's swept the season series with the victory.
Junior Madelyn Nelson picked up her fifth win of the season making four saves and was relieved by senior Amanda Huang who recorded a stop in just over 10 minutes. Senior Sydney Rocheville (Salem, Mass.) took the loss in net for the Cadets despite making 15 saves.
Dexter popped in six goals and added four assists for the Monks while freshmen Carson Battaglia and Cailyn Wesley each notched a hat trick. Freshman Erica Irvin picked up seven draw controls and five groundballs.
Norwich was led by four goals from Sturgeon and a pair of markers and an assist from Schromm.
The Cadets are scheduled to wrap up their regular season with a game on Wednesday against Emmanuel which is slated for a 7 p.m. start time.
