ONEONTA, N.Y. -- The SUNY Oneonta women's lacrosse team fell to No. 23 Hamilton, 14-10, Wednesday afternoon. The Red Dragons had three players score multiple goals while the team moved to 1-4 on the season and the Continentals improved to 4-3.  

Junior Lauren Mancini (Miller Place, NY/Miller Place) and sophomore Miranda Murray (Clifton Park, NY/Shenendehowa) scored off passes from senior Megan Foiles (Pearl River, NY/Pearl River) to put Oneonta ahead 2-0 at 12:00. Hamilton then strung together three straight goals before junior Marissa Evans (Jamesville, NY/LaFayette) found Foiles to make it three apiece at 4:36. Alex Orlando and Foiles traded goals before the end of the first period, keeping the game tied at four.   

The Continentals built up a four-goal lead heading into halftime after a 5-1 second period. Aine Cleary netted two of the goals and had an assist for Hamilton while junior Margaret Byrne (Poughkeepsie, NY/Arlington) scored off a dish from Murray for the Red Dragons lone goal in the quarter. The Continentals went into halftime up 9-5.

Alana King extended the lead to 10-5 until sophomore Ellie Downey (West Babylon, NY/West Babylon) found the back of the net on a free position shot at 8:26. After Downey scored, King recorded a pair of goals and Orlando added one more to give Hamilton a seven-goal advantage at 5:29. Downey recorded her second goal of the game to cut the deficit to 13-7 heading into the fourth.  

Junior Jaclyn Jackowski (Commack, NY/Commack) netted the first goal of the final period off a free position shot at 12:11. Hamilton's Marin Ciardiello got an unassisted goal a minute later however Mancini pulled the Red Dragons back to within five with a free position goal with 9:23 remaining. Murray scored her second of the game at 4:04 to make it 10-14 but that would be the game's final goal.

Downey, Foiles, and Mancini each scored twice for Oneonta. Foiles also added two assists and caused two turnovers while Downey caused a pair of turnovers.

Junior Courtney Gallagher (Montrose, NY/Hendrick Hudson) recorded 14 saves and had four groundballs.  

Cleary finished with four goals and an assist, and King and Orlando each recorded a hat trick for the Continentals. Kaitlin Reed was in goal for the second half and saved six shots.  

The Red Dragons are back in action on Saturday for the start of SUNYAC play at Fredonia at 1 pm.  Read Full Article