ROCHESTER, NY- UR topples Golden Eagles (6-8) 5-1 with five different Yellowjackets finding the net on Rochester Senior Day.
Rochester's offense would stay hot following their 6-0 victory over St. John Fisher College on Wednesday scoring early and often. The first goal for the 'Jackets came in the fourth minute off a
Sarah Dixon penalty corner that found
Michelle Relin who slapped the ball into the lower left corner of the net. Relin would threaten again a minute later with a hard shot, but it was deflected away by Brockport's Kasey Schreiner.
UR's
Belle Hoagland would extend the lead with 2:37 left in the half after stuffing a rebound into the net just out of reach of the diving Schreiner. At the end of the first half the Yellowjackets were up 2-0, and their defense had yet to allow a shot in the game.
Rochester's Dixon scored her second goal of the season as she increased the lead to 3-0 two minutes into the second half after she settled the ball in front of the net following a scramble and squeezed a shot past Schreiner.
Not long after Dixon's goal,
Katie Flaschner joined the offensive attack and rifled a backhand from fifteen yards out to find the back of the net putting UR up 4-0. The Golden Eagles made a goalie change to Elizabeth Hogan following Flaschner's goal ending Schreiner's day with 9 saves in 40:15.
Mimi Adar capped off the Yellowjacket's scoring frenzy with a rebounded shot to put Rochester up 5-0.
However, Brockport wouldn't go down without a fight as they finally got their first shot on goal in the 68th minute. The Golden Eagles managed to force five penalty corners in a row in the last two minutes and were able to muster six shots. With time expired, Brockport's Danielle Henck attacked a loose ball in front of the cage and found the net ending the game 5-1.
The Yellowjackets moved to 15-4 (4-2 Liberty League) and plan to start their playoff run Wednesday evening with the opponent and location to be determined based on the RPI vs. Oneonta game later Saturday evening.