Niagara Edges Quinnipiac in MAAC Action

Saturday, April 2

Hamden, CT

1:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

5-5

Niagara

7-4

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Niagara	2	2	2	3	9
Quinnipiac	0	3	3	2	8

Photo by: Rob Rasmussen / P8Photos.com

4/2/2022 8:43:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

Bobcats Score Late, Fall by One

By: QU Athletic Communications

Hamden, Conn. – The Quinnipiac women's lacrosse team dropped their conference matchup with the Niagara Purple Eagles, 9-8, on Saturday afternoon. Junior Desiree Kleberg tallied two more goals, pushing her season total to 19. Junior goalkeeper Kat Henselder made 7 saves for the Bobcats in the defeat.

First-year attack, Angelina Sparacio tallied her first two goals of the year. In total, four Bobcats found the back of the net in the loss to the Purple Eagles.

SCORE
Niagara 9 // Quinnipiac 8

LOCATION
QU Lacrosse Stadium | Hamden, Conn.

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (5-5, 1-1 MAAC) | Niagara (6-4, 2-0 MAAC)

GAME SUMMARY

Lexi Braniecki of Niagara opened up the scoring just 1:46 into this game, giving Niagara the early one goal lead.
Niagara tallied another goal with 8:58 to go in the first quarter when Lois Garlow fired one past Henselder.
The Purple Eagles held a 2-0 lead after the first 15 minutes.
Garlow scored her second goal of the game 50 seconds into the second quarter to push Niagara's lead to three.
With 12:31 left on the clock in the first half, Desiree Kleberg ripped one home to open up the scoring for the Bobcats. The Purple Eagles still had the lead, 3-1.
Niagara answered right back, pushing their lead to 4-1 with just under nine minutes left in the first half.
Quinnipiac fired right back with a goal from Maddie Deegan, her 13^th of the season, to bring the lead right back down to two.
Exactly a minute later, Sophie Spencer ripped one into the twine to make it a one goal game.
The Purple Eagles entered halftime with a 4-3 lead.
Niagara opened up the scoring early again in the third quarter when Rachel Crane found the back of the net 1:25 into the third frame.
With 8:38 on the clock in the third quarter, Angelina Sparacio scored her first collegiate goal to bring the Bobcats back within one.
Just under two minutes later, Desiree Kleberg brought this game even with her second goal of the game.
Niagara came right back with another goal from Rachel Crane to regain the lead with 5:43 left in the third quarter.
With the Bobcats on the man advantage with 3:23 on the clock, Angelina Sparacio scored her second goal of the game to tie things back up at six.
Quinnipiac and Niagara were deadlocked at six heading into the final 15 minutes.
With 12:02 left to play, Maddie Deegan gave the Bobcats their first lead of the game with her second goal of the day.
Maddie Deegan put an end to the Aztec rally when she tallied a goal with 7:46 to play to bring the Bobcats within five.
The Purple Eagles flew back with three straight goals, capped off by Rachel Crane to make it a 9-7 game in favor of Niagara.
With 55 seconds left in the game, Sophie Spencer fired one home to bring Quinnipiac within one.
The Bobcat offense ran out of time as the Niagara Purple Eagles held on for the 9-8 victory.

NOTES

The Bobcats out-shot the Purple Eagles, 32-25.
Both teams were very efficient clearing their defensive zones as Quinnipiac went 13-15 on clears and Niagara went 15-19.
The Bobcats caused 14 Niagara turnovers.
The Bobcats controlled 9 draws.

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