University of Rochester Athletics

GENEVA, NY – William Smith College broke open a close game by scoring six goals in a span of 10 minutes to clinch a 14-7 women's lacrosse victory over the University of Rochester on Friday evening.
 
The same two teams will play in the Brian F. Prince Athletic Complex, specifically at Edwin Fauver Stadium on Saturday evening (7 pm start).
 
Friday's game was played at the indoor turf surface in the Poole Family Dome on the William Smith campus. The match was originally scheduled for Fauver Stadium on Friday with the return game in Geneva on Saturday. Heavy winds forecast for Friday enabled the coaches to speak and decide to flip the sites.
 
William Smith is 1-1 overall, 1-0 in the Liberty League. The Herons moved up two spots in this week's IWLCA Division III poll. They are number 11. Rochester, which opened its season with road wins at D'Youville and at Nazareth, is 2-1.
 
Mary Panepento and Emily Voss scored three goals apiece for the Yellowjackets. The seventh goal came Zoe Sullivan. Panepento (she set up Voss), Ellie Jones (also set up Voss) and Lucy Haggerty (helped Panepento's opener) had the UR assists. William Smith's goalscoring leaders were Kelsey Williams with four goals and Maddie Montgomery with three.
 
Maddie Bamberger made nine saves in the Heron net. Carlie BenDavid had seven saves for the Yellowjackets.
 
Rochester trailed, 6-2, in the later stage of the first half. Voss scored from Jones with 6:21 left in the period and Sullivan made it a two-goal deficit with 2:28 on the clock when she steered the ball past Bamberger. Williams scored with 34 seconds remaining, restoring the three-goal bulge (7-4). Bamberger stopped a free position shot by Voss with 20 seconds to play. BenDavid kept it a 7-4 game, saving an Ellie Burns shot in close just as the halftime horn sounded.
 
In the second period, Voss and Panepento scored in the first three minutes to get it down to 8-6. WSC's six-goal run followed. The Yellowjackets were challenged to get good clean looks at goal. The Herons did a lot of double-teaming the player with the ball, both in the offensive end and in midfield. Rochester had 18 turnovers and was 18-24 on clears. William Smith cleared 20 of 22 attempts. The Herons committed 22 turnovers, 13 in the second half.
 
This was the opening weekend of the Liberty League schedule. Ithaca defeated RIT, 19-8, and Union outscored St. Lawrence, 18-14.
 
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