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The College at Brockport Women's Lacrosse team improved to 3-1 in the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) with a 23-12 win over the Geneseo Knights. Emily Zartman (Canandaigua, NY/Canandaigua) collected her second four-goal game this season as Brockport is now 7-2 overall.

All eight Golden Eagles to score on the day finished with at least two goals each as Nina Tassone (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool) finished with a team-high five goals. The five goals are also a career-high for the freshman. Sarah Brown (Syracuse, NY/West Genesee) finished with seven assists, second most in school history, and added two goals. Dayna Piraino (Syracuse, NY/Henninger) scored three goals and tied her season-high with five assists.

For Geneseo, three different Knights collected hat-tricks as Lea Paris, Katey Hart and Emily Haggerty all finished with three goals apiece. Haggerty also added four assists, five groundballs and six draw controls. Julie Bernatzky made 11 saves in net for Geneseo.

Both teams got onto the scoreboard early as Geneseo scored just 22 seconds into the match. The Golden Eagles then responded by scoring six of the next seven goals in a span of 6:47. Brown assisted on three of the goals, including a man-up goal by Zartman. With Brockport leading 6-2, the two teams traded the next five goals. Geneseo added another goal at the 13:15 mark to pull within two, but Brockport scored three straight goals to regain momentum.

The Golden Eagles went on a tear to end the second half, scoring six of seven goals once again, including a goal by Kaila Maguire (Potsdam, NY/Potsdam), her second of the half, with 15 seconds remaining in the first to put Brockport up 17-8 at halftime. The 17 goals were the most in one half by Brockport this season. Tassone scored four first half goals while Zartman added three before intermission.

Tassone, who scored Brockport's first goal of the game, opened up the scoring in the second half as the Golden Eagles rattled off three straight goals. After a Geneseo goal at the 21:30 mark, Zartman netted her fourth goal of the game and Maguire added her third as Brockport built their largest lead of the game at 22-9. The Knights' Emily Haggerty scored two quick free position goals to cut into the lead until Alyssa Scordo (Watertown, NY/South Jefferson) finished off the Brockport scoring on an assist from Maguire with just over three minutes to play.  

Defensively for Brockport, Zartman collected a team-high five groundballs while Ally Maderer (Orchard Park, NY/Orchard Park) won five draw controls, tops on the team. Brockport outshot Geneseo 37-23. The Golden Eagles finished 2-5 on free position shots.

Hannah O'Connor (Syracuse, NY/Westhill) got the start in net to earn the win. Bree Galloway (Baldwinsville, NY/C.W. Baker) played a majority of the game, registering 43:15 of action and stopped seven shots.

The Golden Eagles take to the road on Saturday, April 14 to travel to Oswego for a SUNYAC matchup at 1:00 pm.