LIU Women’s Lacrosse Win Streak Snapped At Mount St. Mary’s

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4/15/07-- Senior Jackie McCormick (Liverpool, N.Y.) scored five goals, but it was not enough as the Long Island University women’s lacrosse team had its three-game win streak snapped at Mount St. Mary’s on Sunday afternoon by a score of 10-9. A goal from Kathleen Rossetti with just 47 seconds to play provided the difference in a game that clinched homefield advantage for Mount in the upcoming Northeast Conference Tournament.

McCormick’s fifth goal of the day gave LIU (5-9, 3-4 NEC) broke a tie halfway through the second half and after freshman Kristina Scheerer (West Chester, Pa.) scored a pass from sophomore Allison Funk (Lumberton, N.J.) LIU went up 8-6 with 12:28 to play.

However, Mount St. Mary’s (7-6, 7-0 NEC) responded with three unanswered goals to storm back into the lead. Following a goal by Kathleen Rossetti, the Mountaineers drew even at the 8:37 mark following a goal from Rebecca Douglass. Katelyn Cantanese’s fifth score of the day put The Mount up 9-8.

Long Island managed to tie the score with under three minutes to play on a goal from freshman Christie Wienckowski (Newton Square, Pa.), but the winning goal came from Rossetti with just 47 seconds to play, making it 10-9 for Mount St. Mary’s.

In a crucial game in the league standings, LIU took an early lead off a goal from Wienckowski just over a minute into play. The Mountaineers responded with two straight goals, but McCormick had two solo efforts of her own to give LIU a 3-2 lead early on. After a goal from Cantanese tied the game, LIU took the lead into halftime when Wienckowski scored off a free-position shot with 2:55 left in the half.

The teams alternated the first five scores of the second half. Mount opened the scoring at 27:27 when Rossetti tied the game. McCormick had a pair of goals for LIU, sandwiched around a score from Catanese for Mount. Rossetti tied the game at 6-6 with 18:35 to play, setting up the back-and-forth finish.

Long Island was outshot, 35-18.

Sophomore Kimberly Campbell (Malvern, Pa.) made 10 saves in net for the Blackbirds, while Jane Karger made four saves for Mount St. Mary’s.

The Blackbirds return to action on Tuesday, April 17, with a 6:30 p.m. game at Villanova.