Army Outlasts American for First Home League Win

Saturday, March 24

West Point, NY

1 PM

Army West Point

7-3, 1-1PL

American

3-7, 0-2PL

American

Army West Point

Army Outlasts American for First Home League Win

March 24, 2018 | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point women's lacrosse team defeated American 17-8 for the program's first-ever Patriot League win at home on Saturday afternoon.

The Black Knights earned their second league win in as many seasons after topping Colgate, 11-9, on April 19 in Hamilton, N.Y., last year.

Rookie Jackie Brattan opened the scoring with a tally less than two minutes into the contest on a feed from Samantha Stewart. After the Eagles responded with 20:34 on the clock to tie the game at one apiece, Maddie Miller found a cutting Manuela Cortes to retake the lead. The Miller goal sparked a scoring frenzy between the two sides, combining for three goals over a 2:21 span.

The two sides traded the first six goals of the game before the Black Knights sparked a 5-0 run, including four straight to close out the first half. Stewart caged her second of a game-high four goals to begin the rally before Brattan, Megan Raftery and Amy Johnston sent Army into the break with a 7-3 advantage. Johnston capped the sequence with her second of the afternoon 23 seconds into the final period.

The Eagles stormed back, however, rattling off five of the next six goals to trim Army's lead down to one, 9-8.

Noto Family Head Women's Lacrosse Coach Kristen Skiera strategically called a timeout after American's eighth goal to gather the troops and refocus the team for the final 14:19 of the game. This move payed off in a big way for the third-year coach as the veteran leadership of Miller, Johnston, Hornick and Stewart provided four insurance goals over the next 3:41 to give the home side some breathing room at 13-8.

After battling back and forth for a while, Army pulled away late with quartet of scores in the final 4:37 of the game. American was never able to recover.

Stewart, Cortes and Johnston all recorded hat tricks in the game, while Hornick and Brattan added multi-goal efforts for the Black Knights. Rookies Cameron Manor and Megan Raftery also scored off the bench. Miller dished out a game-high three assists.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

Army earned its first home Patriot League victory in program history.
The Black Knights set a new program record with their fourth home win of the season.
Lauren Bredenburg collected game-highs in caused turnovers (3) and ground balls (6).
Stewart posted career-highs five points and four goals.
The New Canaan, Conn., native notched her second hat trick of the season and third of her career.
It was her third game this year with a goal and an assist.
Cortes etched her third hat trick of the season and 10th of her career.
The Shoreham, N.Y., native added her third game of the year with a goal and an assist.
Johnston earned her second hat trick of the year and 10th career three-goal effort.
Stewart and Johnston tied for a game-high in draw controls with seven each.
Goalie Maddie Burns stopped eight of the 16 shots she faced, including five saves in the first half.
Army held the advantage in shots (42-25), shots on goal (27-16), turnovers (8-12), draw controls (19-8) and ground balls (18-13).