LORETTO, Pa. – The LIU Brooklyn women's lacrosse team fell to Saint Francis U. Friday afternoon on the road. The Red Flash beat the Blackbirds, 18-9. Freshman Amanda Masullo and junior Dale Cosgrave led LIU with two goals each.
 
NOTES FROM THE NEST

• The Blackbirds scored first in the game, when senior Sierra O'Connor had a free position goal just two and a half minutes into the game.
• Amanda Masullo would score back-to-back goals early in the first half to give the Blackbirds a 3-1 advantage.
• SFU came back to tie it up, but down a man, a goal by Cosgrave with 10 minutes left in the half gave the Blackbirds a 4-3 lead. Freshman Rachel Masullo had the assist for LIU.
• SFU would win the next draw, and score a quick man-up goal that tied the game up at four. From there, the home team scored seven unanswered goals over the next nine minutes, and took an 11-4 lead into the halftime break.
• SFU would widen the lead to 14-4 before LIU would score again. That happened seven minutes into the second half, when Amanda Masullo found sister Rachel Masullo, who scored to make it 14-5.
• Freshman Elise Person and senior Candice Mosal both had unassisted goals over the next 10 minutes.
• The Blackbirds would score two goals in the finals two minutes of play. Freshman Bridget Neiley scored off a pass from senior Christina Zolezzi, and Cosgrave would score with just 20 seconds left, off a pass from Amanda Masullo.

 
STATISTICAL STANDOUTS

• Amanda Masullo led LIU, with two goals, two assists and four draw controls.
• Rachel Masullo had a team-high five draw controls, along with a goal and an assist.
• Sierra O'Connor had a goal and an assist, along with two ground balls, while senior Taylor O'Connor had four ground balls and two caused turnovers.
• Dale Cosgrave had two goals in the loss, while Elise Person, Candice Mosal and Bridget Neiley each had one.
• Junior Virginia Gibbons had seven saves in net for the Blackbirds.

 
UP NEXT
LIU will travel to Moon Township, Pennsylvania, to face off with Robert Morris in their regular season finale, Sunday, April 29 at 12 p.m.