NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Yet again playing under very rainy conditions, the New Haven women's lacrosse team racked up a dozen goals as they defeated crosstown rival Southern Connecticut State University in a Northeast-10 Conference battle. With the win, New Haven improves to 5-3 on the year and 3-1 in NE10 play.
The Chargers 12 goals were split across five different players with transfer midfielder Katie Schenk (Southbury, Conn./Pomperaug) leading all players in the game with five goals, securing a hat trick in the first quarter alone. She then added one more to open up the second quarter scoring and then wrapped up the game with the final tally of the night for either team.
Schenk's first three goals of the day came within a 27 second span as she quickly secured her hat trick. Graduate attack Cameryn Antler (Hebron, Conn./Mercy) opened up the scoring for New Haven with the first goal of the game coming just shy of five minutes into the rain-soaked action. She added one more before the end of the first period and closed out the game with three total.
Rounding out the three Chargers with multiple goals in the contest was senior midfielder Ivanna Hernandez (Bay Shore, N.Y./Brentwood) who finished with two goals and two assists to match Antler in the points column with four total. Antler added an assist to her tally.
Sophomore attack Caitlyn Seleny and sophomore midfielder Summer Castiglione (Brick, N.J./Brick Memorial) capped off the Chargers in the scoring column each with a single score, while Castiglione added an assist for two points.
Between the pipes it was the senior leadership of Gabby Buscemi (East Patchogue, N.Y./Patchogue-Medford) who played the full 60 minutes in goal and finished the game with seven saves and a .583 save percentage. On the other end of the field, the Chargers peppered the SCSU keeper with 30 total shots on the afternoon as the Owls Caelan Conners finished with eight saves.
New Haven will return to the friendly confines of Kathy Zolad Stadium next time they take the field as they will welcome the Saint Anselm Hawks to West Haven on Saturday, April 6. Opening draw in the NE10 battle is slated for 1:00 p.m. in what is the first of three-straight games at Zolad Stadium.
