Score: SUNY Canton 15, Elmira College 7
Records: SUNY Canton (9-3), Elmira (4-6, 1-3 Empire 8)
Location: Canton, NY - SUNY Canton Turf Field

Canton, NY -- A dominate first-half performance helped the host Kangaroos of SUNY Canton defeat the Elmira College women's lacrosse team by a final score of 15-7 Sunday afternoon.

The 'Roos outscored the Soaring Eagles 10-1 in the first half and used a 10-goal run bridging both halves to jump ahead by as much as 11-1.

After SUNY Canton scored the opening tally, Laura Powell '16 won the draw control, setting up Moorea Spoljaric '16 for the game-tying goal only 44 seconds later. The EC offense, however, went cold for the remainder of the opening stanza. The Soaring Eagles committed 19 turnovers in the remaining 25-plus minutes of the half and managed only to release only two more shots in the period.

Meanwhile, Kangaroos senior Robyn Carroll led her team to on a 10-goal run spanning the 24:45 mark of the first half until 27:29 of the second half. Carroll netted five of SUNY Canton's goals in the decisive rally.

Elmira did outscore the 'Roos 6-5 in the final 30 minutes of play, but it was too little too late. Spoljaric scored back-to-back goals to end a scoring drought that lasted 30:13. First-year talents Hayley Baker '19 and Macy Huntley '19 tacked on consecutive goals to trim the deficit to 12-5 with 15:36 left in regulation, but seven was as close as the Soaring Eagles would come to the SUNY Canton lead.

Turning Point
EC's inability to maintain possession in the first half proved to be fatal for the Soaring Eagles. Not only did the Purple and Gold muster a mere four shots on goal in the entire 30 minutes, but the Elmira women turned the ball over 20 times in the first half. Perhaps the most telling statistical discrepancy can be seen in the clear totals; SUNY Canton was a perfect 11-for-11 on clears in the first half of play, while EC was only successful on 7-of-19 attempts.

Inside the Box

• SUNY Canton outshot Elmira a whopping 23-to-4 in the first half and 35-to-21 overall.
• The Kangaroos held a 32-to-29 advantage in ground balls.
• The 'Roos also edged EC in draw controls 12-to-11.
• Spoljaric paced the Purple and Gold with five goals, five draw controls, six caused turnovers, and nine ground balls.
• Baker and Huntley each scored once, while Powell picked up one assist.
• Kelcey Crawford '18 caused a pair of turnovers and collected four ground balls.
• Lindsay Wargo '17 made nine saves in goal for EC.
• Carroll led all scorers with seven goals and eight points for SUNY Canton.
• Hannah Christiansen, Katelynn Nutter and MaryClare Bowes each scored twice.
• Kangaroos goalie Becca Kieffer was busy in the second half, needing 10 saves to prevent a Soaring Eagles comeback. She finished with 13 stops overall.

News and Notes

• Elmira tied its season high with 29 ground balls.
• EC's 37 turnovers were also a season high.
• Spoljaric extended her goal-scoring streak to 27 consecutive games.
• The standout senior needs only five more goals to tie the program's all-time career record, held by Katya Outwater '07 with 166 goals.
• The Saugerties, NY, native surpassed Lindsay Mitchell '12 for second place all-time in program history in career points with 189. She needs 21 more to equal Outwater (210) for first place.
• Spoljaric also moved into third place in caused turnovers in a single season (34) and in a career (73).
• Baker has scored at least one goal in four straight contests.
• Huntley's tally was the second of her young career and EC's first shorthanded score of the season.

Up Next
The Elmira College women's lacrosse team returns to Campus Field to host Nazareth College in Empire 8 Conference action on Friday, April 22nd, at 5:00 p.m.