Second-Half Run Helps Kennesaw State Pull Away from QU Women's Lacrosse

Wednesday, March 14

Kennesaw, GA

2:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

3-4

Kennesaw State

2-5

Quinnipiac

Kennesaw State

Second-Half Run Helps Kennesaw State Pull Away from QU Women's Lacrosse

3/14/2018 3:56:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

By: QU Athletic Communications

KENNESAW, Ga. - The Kennesaw State women's lacrosse team broke open a 4-4 game with 20 minutes to play with eight straight goals over a span of 13:33 to take a 12-5 win over Quinnipiac on Wednesday afternoon.

SCORE
Kennesaw State 12 / Quinnipiac 5

LOCATION
Fifth Third Bank Stadium / Kennesaw, Georgia

RECORDS
Quinnipiac 3-4 / Kennesaw State 2-5

GAME NOTES

Quinnipiac freshman midfielder Maya Feigenbaum tied the score at 4-4 with 20:43 to play off a feed from sophomore attack Ashley Bobinski.
Izzy Palermo broke the tie at the 19:54 mark for Kennesaw State to give the Owls the lead for good, and then capped off a seven-goal explosion over a span of 9:05 when she scored again with 10:49 to go to make the score 11-4
Siena Gore scored her game-high fourth goal of the game at the 6:21 mark to extend the scoring run to eight straight goals.
Bobinski finally ended the Bobcat drought with a goal with 48 seconds left, making her the fifth different goal scorer for Quinnipiac.
After Marissa Gore scored 27 seconds into the game, sophomore attack Kayla Moreau and senior attack Loren Antonacci had two straight goals to give the Bobcats a 2-1 lead with 18:45 left in the half.
Kennesaw State tied the score, but freshman midfielder Avery Drouin was able to put the Bobcats back in front with 4:39 on the first half clock.
The Owls were able to cap off a low scoring first half when Connor Zophy leveled things with just two seconds left to make the score 3-3 going into the break.
Quinnipiac had limited offensive chances, as they were held to just 13 shots on the afternoon, 12 of which were on target.
Senior Kyle Larkin had 14 saves for the Bobcats

QUINNIPIAC STAT LEADERS
Goals: Kayla Moreau, Loren Antonacci, Avery Drouin, Maya Feigenbaum, Ashley Bobinski
Assists: Ashley Bobinski
Saves: Kyle Larkin 14
Ground Balls: Kiera Kelly 6
Caused Turnovers: Aubrey Conti 3

KENNESAW STATE STAT LEADERS
Goals: Siena Gore 4, Marissa Gore 2, Izzy Palermo 2
Assists: Siena Gore
Saves: Lauren Hoffman 7

NEXT UP
The Bobcats will complete their Spring Break trip with a road game at Gardner-Webb on Saturday at 12 noon