SUNY Old Westbury women’s lacrosse team was unable to rebound from a slow start in Saturday’s 17-7 non-conference road setback to the Drew University Rangers (6-5) in Madison, New Jersey.
Anna Fiorini broke the scoring ice 5:28 in to give Drew the early advantage. Fiorini then doubled the advantage with 15 minutes left for the 2-0 lead. With 2:59 showing on the first-half clock, Fiorini scored her fourth goal of the game to cap a 9-0 run before Natasha Treuman put Old Westbury (2-6) on the board with back-to-back goals to make it a 9-2 game with 2:15 left. Sara Bey netted Old Westbury’s third goal with 55 seconds left prior to Drew scoring two more to take a 13-2 edge into intermission.
Old Westbury twice cut its deficit to nine in the second half as Drew proved to me too much with a 5-4 scoring advantage in the final stanza. The Panthers received second-half scoring support from Imani Blake, Taylor Guarneri, Treuman and Rachel Phillips.
Treuman produced three ground balls, three caused turnovers and two draw controls in addition to posting her seventh hat trick of the season. Bey totaled five ground balls, two caused turnovers, two ground balls and one assist. LaChaye Allen set a career high with four ground balls. Ashley Gugliuzzo (2-6) made 13 saves in defeat for Old Westbury.
Fiorini finished with a game-high seven points (four goals, three assists) to pace Drew. Gianna Minogue made four first-half saves to collect Drew’s win.
