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Anna Harris

Women’s Lacrosse Begins America East Action at Bryant

| By: Anna Harris (aharris19@binghamton.edu)

Bearcats look to defend 2024 regular season and tournament titles in conference play

SMITHFIELD, R.I. (binghamtonbearcats.com) - Binghamton Women's Lacrosse (3-6) begins America East play at Bryant (5-4, 1-0), Saturday, March 22. First draw is slated for 12 p.m. at Bernie Stadium and on ESPN+. 

LAST TIME OUT
Binghamton Women's Lacrosse fell to Cornell, 20-9, Tuesday, March 18, on the road at Schoellkopf Field. Cornell recorded two goals before Olivia Muscolino got Binghamton on the board off an assist from Jess Robinson at 10:16 in the first quarter. The Big Red struck again to go up 3-1 until Emma Blloshmi found the back of the net to cut the home team's lead to one. Cornell scored twice more before Musolino netted her second to end the frame, 5-3. 

Robinson opened up second quarter scoring for the Bearcats off an assist from Muscolino with 12:27 left in the frame. The Big Red notched two consecutive goals until Muscolino completed her hat trick to drop the advantage to two, 7-5. Cornell went on a 5-0 run to close out the second period and open up the third quarter leading 12-5. 

Marisa Tancredi and Carla Curth then went back-to-back to tally Binghamton's sole goals of the third stanza. The Big Red scored six straight goals to end the third and start the fourth quarter and increase their edge, 18-7. Tancredi recorded her second goal of the evening with 9:02 remaining in regulation. Cornell registered two more goals before Mia Forte posted Binghamton's last score to end the contest, 20-9. 

GAME NOTES vs. CORNELL
  • Olivia Muscolino led the Bearcats with four points on three goals and one assist vs. Cornell, her second consecutive hat trick. 
  • Marisa Tancredi posted three points on two goals and one assist against the Big Red. The three-point performance is the first for Tancredi since Binghamton's 19-7 win at Bryant, April 8, 2023, after she was sidelined with an injury before the 2024 season. 
  • Emma Blloshmi registered two points, finding the back of the net once to extend her scoring streak to 11 games. 
  • Carla Curth and Jess Robinson chipped in two points apiece, both their fourth consecutive contests with two or more points. 
  • Gretel Cassell led Binghamton with a career-high four draw controls. 

HERE COMES EMMA B 
Junior attacker Emma Blloshmi has scored three or more goals in eight of Binghamton's nine games this spring.

Blloshmi opened the season with a hat trick at Villanova, Feb. 8, then produced back-to-back five point, four goal contests against Colgate, Feb. 12, and Siena, Feb. 15. She recorded another hat trick at St. Bonaventure, Feb. 25, before she posted six points in straight three games vs. Marist, March 1, Campbell, March 5, and Brown, March 9. The junior followed up those performances with four goals over Manhattan, March 12, and one at Cornell, March 18. 

Blloshmi's 2.00 free position goals per game ranks second nationally behind No. 3 Northwestern's Madison Taylor with 2.62. Blloshmi's 35 total goals sits eighth in the country while her 3.89 goals per game is No.14. 

The attacker picked up her first career America East Offensive Player of the Week honor, Feb. 17. The nod was a career-first for Blloshmi who was selected as America East Rookie of the Week twice in 2024.

With four goals in Binghamton's 12-11 America East Championship win over UAlbany, May 3, 2024, and one in the team's first-ever NCAA appearance at Yale, May 10, 2024, Blloshmi has scored in the Bearcats last 11 contests.  

MUSCOLINO MAKING HISTORY
Olivia Muscolino became Binghamton all-time points (188) and goals (135) leader in the Bearcats first four games this season. 

The senior rose to first-place in Binghamton program history after she scored twice against St. Bonaventure, Feb. 25, passing Rebecca Golderman's (2016-19) previous mark of 124. Muscolino became the Bearcats' all-time points leader just 13 days earlier with two goals and two assists against Colgate, Feb. 12, breaking Ali Castiglie's (2008-11) previous total of 160. 

Muscolino set a Bearcat single-season record last spring with 72 points, 52 goals and 120 shots.  

ALL HAIL ANGE
Angelina Suau was named America East Defensive Player of the Week, the conference announced Monday afternoon, March 3. 

Suau collected nine ground balls and seven caused turnovers in two games for Binghamton last week. She collected a career-high seven ground balls and matched her personal best with six caused turnovers against St. Bonaventure, Feb. 25. 

The honor is the third career nod for the senior after she was named Defensive Player of the Week twice in 2023. 

FIRST TIMERS
Three Bearcats registered their first career goals against Manhattan, March 12.  

In her 50th collegiate game, senior defender Angelina Suau scooped up a midfield ground ball on a Jasper turnover, going coast to coast to find the back of the net for the first time. 

Freshman Brooke Bort and sophomore Addie Lowery also collected their first career scores vs. Manhattan. Bort notched her goal on a free-position attempt in the second quarter while Lowery converted on an assist from Olivia Muscolino with 3:46 left to play. 

WELCOME BACK BEARCATS
Sofia Salgado made her first appearance in goal for Binghamton this spring with nine saves vs. Brown, March 9. The 2024 America East Championships' Most Outstanding Player, Salgado missed the Bearcats first six games due to a preseason injury. 

Marisa Tancredi scored her first goal in 668 days for the Bearcats against Campbell, March 5, after she was sidelined with an injury before the 2024 season. The senior found the back of the net off an assist from Olivia Muscolino in the third quarter.

SERIES vs. BRYANT 
Binghamton won both matchups against Bryant since the Rhode Island school joined the America East in 2022. The Bearcats took the last two contests vs. the Bulldogs, at home, 20-8, April 27, 2024, and on the road, 19-7, April 8, 2023. 

Bryant owns a 5-4 record to start the season and dropped its last game to UMBC, 17-9, March 14, on the road. The Bulldogs picked up wins over Sacred Heart, Monmouth, LIU, Rhode Island, and Quinnipiac while they fell to Stony Brook, Dartmouth, Holy Cross and UMBC. 

Bryant ranks first in the conference with a .385 shooting percentage and .33 woman-down goals per game. The Bulldogs lead the league with 19.56 ground balls and 15.22 caused turnovers per game. Jessica Tosone's 4.11 ground balls per game and Kaelynn O'Brien's 3.22 caused turnovers per game also sit atop the America East standings. 

UP NEXT
Binghamton returns home to face UMBC, Saturday, March 29. Start time is scheduled for 1 p.m. 

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