April 28, 2012

Cardinals Top Royals, 18-5, In Landmark Conference Regular-Season Finale Saturday Afternoon At Fitzpatrick Field

Kaela Mahon Emily Mulligan

Box Score

SCRANTON, Pa.—The Catholic University women’s lacrosse team showed why it rules the roost in the Landmark Conference Saturday afternoon at Fitzpatrick Field.

The four-time defending champion and currently 15th-ranked Cardinals bolted out to an 14-2 halftime lead and cruised to an 18-5 victory.

Senior midfielder Mallory Vogel (Bel-Air, Md./C. Milton Wright) led Catholic, now 12-5 overall and 4-0 in the Landmark Conference with six goals and an assist and senior midfielder Mary Swarthout (Rockville, Md./Our Lady of Good Counsel) finished with four goals.

Catholic, which held a 33-13 advantage in shots, also received two goals and four assists from senior midfielder Mary Robinson (Emmitsburg, Md./Catoctin) and two goals apiece from junior attacker Katie Miller (Walkersville, Md./Walkersville) and sophomore midfielder Theresa Ciletti (Ocean City, Md./Worcester Preparatory).

Senior Kaela Mahon (Avon-by-the-Sea, NJ/Saint Rose), playing in her final home game at Fitzpatrick Field, led the Royals, now 11-6 overall and 1-3 in the conference, with two goals.  Scranton also received a goal apiece from freshman midfielders Emily Goss (Morristown, NJ/Morristown) and Emily Mulligan (Sloatsburg, NY/Suffern) and junior midfielder Deanna Giorno (Warrington, Pa./Central Bucks South).

The two teams will meet again this Wednesday, May 2, in the semifinals of the Landmark Conference tournament in Washington, DC, beginning at 4:00 p.m. 

--ROYALS--

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