Army Downs Marist in 2017 Season Opener

Saturday, February 11

West Point, NY

1 PM

Army West Point

1-0, 0-0PL

Marist

0-1, 0-0MAAC

MARW

ARMY

Army Downs Marist in 2017 Season Opener

February 11, 2017 | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

WEST POINT, N.Y. – Led by junior attacker Rachel Hornick's career-high seven goals, the Army West Point women's lacrosse team topped Marist 13-12 in its 2017 season opener.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

The Black Knights won their season opening game for the first time in program history.
Hornick led the team with a career-high seven goals and started the game with four straight.
Erin Jollota also tallied record numbers in the game as she dished out five assists.
Maddie Burns stepped into the game to notch eight critical saves and a team-high five groundballs.
Amy Johnston added three points in the game off two goals and a helper, while Morgan Shorts also had two goals. Rilee Scott and Manuela Cortes each netted one a piece for Army.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The first half featured 19 goals by the two squads. The Red Foxes jumped on the board first and took a 2-1 lead before the Black Knights shifted the momentum in their favor.
Hornick netted the first four goals of the game for Army to give the team a 4-2 lead.
Marist answered back with two goals clocked 12 seconds apart to bring the score to 4-4.
Johnston broke Hornick's streak with a goal off an isolation drive up the middle with 16:34 on the clock.
The Red Foxes retook the lead with three consecutive goals.
Army replied with a slew of goals from Manuea Cortes, Hornick from Johnston, Hornick from Maddie Miller and Shorts from Jollota.
The second half began with Marist boasting a 10-9 advantage, but the Black Knights remained diligent and, after a quick Red Foxes goal, began a four-goal streak to push themselves ahead, 13-11, with 12:00 remaining in the game.
Scott netted the first goal of her career to start off the streak with the assist from Ryan Murphy.
Then, Johnston scored off an eight-meter to tie things up. Hornick and Jollota connected once again on a man-up opportunity to take the lead.
The Black Knights capitalized on a Marist turnover with 12 minutes to go and cleared the ball to Short who padded Army's lead to 13-11.
The Red Foxes rebounded with an eight meter man-up goal at the 3:48 mark to bring the game back within one.
Army maintained possession at the close of the game to secure its victory.