MOREGA, Calif. - Katelyn Catanese
(Huntington, N.Y./St. Anthony's) notched a career-high seven points
to lead Mount St. Mary's past St. Mary's (Calif.) 16-7 in
non-conference women's lacrosse action on Friday.
Catanese, who leads the team with 15
goals and two assists for 17 points, recorded six markers and an
assist for seven points including a natural hat trick in the first
two minutes and 58 seconds of the game.
Rebecca Douglass (White Hall, Md./Towson
Catholic) recorded a tally and three helpers for the Mount (2-2)
while Emily Kirby (Towson, Md./Franklin) (two goals), Ashley
Johnson (Avada, Colo./Arvada West) (two goals), Jackie Kearney
(Baltimore, Md./Seton Keough) (a goal and an assist) and Kathleen
Rossetti (Perry Hall, Md./Perry Hall) (two assists) each registered
two points in the Mountaineers second-straight victory.
P.J. Hainley paced the Gaels (0-1) with
two tallies and an assist while Dana Elfvin found the twine twice
in the losing effort.
Sparked by a natural hat trick by
Catanese, Mount St. Mary's scored the first four goals of the game
and never look back to wrap up its California trip 2-0 and earn its
first win against St. Mary's (Calif.) in four tries.
Catanese jumped started the Mount offense
with her first goal of the afternoon at 1:14 before she found the
twine off a Kearney connection 65 seconds later. The junior then
completed the natural hat trick off a Breana Waraksa (Media,
Pa./Strath Haven) helper 2:58 into the match. Johnson increased the
Mountaineers advantage to 4-0 when she scored off a Rossetti helper
at 4:15.
The Gaels got on the scoreboard in their
season opener at 5:04 when Hainley found Lisa Vogeley.
Mount St. Mary's answered right back for
two goals to grab a 6-1 margin. Douglass found the back of the net
unassisted at 7:11 before she assisted on Catanese's fourth marker
14 seconds later.
St. Mary's (Calif.) scored two of the
next three goals to trim the deficit to 7-3. Sonja Kapusta scored
at 8:21 before Kearney notched her first collegiate tally at 10:26.
Alana Burrough responded to Kearney's score with one of her own at
10:49.
Mount St. Mary's then had two players
register their first goals of the season to increase the advantage
to 9-3. Kirby scored at 12:19 before Caitlin Preas (Rockville,
Md./Our Lady of Good Counsel) found the twine for the sixth time in
her career at 14:24.
After Elfvin scored for the Gaels at
17:44, Johnson ended the first half scoring with her second goal of
the day off a Rossetti assist at the 24:47 mark and a 10-4 lead
going into the intermission.
The Mountaineers started the second half
the way they begin the game with four unanswered goals. Douglass
set up Kelly Taylor (Bel Air, Md./Bel Air) at 31:42 before Catanese
(39:22), Kirby (41:30) and Lucy Pompa (Baltimore, Md./Bryn Mawr)
(42:17) each scored unassisted for a 10-goal advantage.
Elfvin momentarily halted the Mount St.
Mary's surge at 48:04, but Catanese set up Mary Kate Lavin's
(Ellicott City, Md./Maryvale) at 48:55 and Douglass hooked up with
Catanese for her personal-best sixth tally at the 50:36 mark for a
16-6 advantage.
Hainley scored twice in the final six
minutes, but the Mount came away with a 16-7 decision.
Jane Karger (Pittsburgh, Pa./Hampton)
recorded seven saves while Melanie Showers (Poolesville,
Md./Academy of the Holy Cross) registered three saves and freshman
Erin Kelly (Derwood, Md./Magruder) made her collegiate debut and
notched one save in nine minutes and 15 seconds. Hilary Gardner had
nine saves for St. Mary's (Calif.).
Freshman Aly Jost (Bel Air, Md./Bel Air)
paced the defense with four ground balls and four caused turnovers.
Catanese moved into 14th place on the program's all-time point list
with 92 points. She has found the twine in 22-straight games and
has registered 14 multi-goal performances, including four matches
with five or more markers.
Mount St. Mary's returns to action when
the squad makes its Emmitsburg debut against Longwood on Mar. 8.
Game time is 3 p.m.
