RSC Women's Lacrosse Falls to Visiting Pioneers
ALBANY, N.Y. – Russell Sage College Women’s Lacrosse began a stretch of three home games in six day on Wednesday afternoon versus Utica.
ALBANY, N.Y. – Russell Sage College Women's Lacrosse began a stretch of three home games in six day on Wednesday afternoon versus Utica.
The visiting Pioneers used an 11-0 run across 18:54 of the first half to pick up a 18-6 Empire 8 Conference road victory.
Sophomore midfielder Maia Hunter (Theresa, NY/Indian River) and junior midfielder Gianna Geraci (Averill Park, NY/Averill Park) topped the Gators with two goals each. Hunter, who topped all participants with six groundballs, controlled three draws and caused a trio of Utica (8-5/4-2 E8) miscues. Geraci added six draw controls, three groundballs and a caused turnover.
Attacker Samantha Shafer (Schenectady, NY/Schenectady), a graduate student, and junior midfielder Alexis Crossman (Corinth, NY/Corinth), among the E8 leaders in groundballs and caused turnovers per-game, also scored goals for RSC. Crossman recorded five caused turnovers, five groundballs and two caused turnovers.
The Utica duo of junior midfielder Maria Stuhlman and sophomore attacker Alyssa Specchio each registered six goals and an assist.
RSC (1-7/1-5 E8) hosts SUNY Brockport on Friday afternoon.
Gator Bites with Papa John's: The spring marks the first with Head Coach Geri Seif leading the Russell Sage College Women's Lacrosse program…She served as an assistant coach with nearby Union College from 2022-2025…The Gators delivered Seif her first career win on April 11 at Keuka…RSC won the Saturday E8 matinee 15-6…Five Gators return from last year's squad…Junior defender Mackenna Huestis (Gansevoort, NY/South Glens Falls), Hunter, and Crossman headline the returnees…In 2025, Crossman topped RSC with 37 points on 31 goals and six assists, and set the program single-season records with 50 caused turnovers, 3.57 per-game…The midfielder commenced the week leading the E8 with 4.00 groundballs per-game…She ranked third in the Conference with 2.29 caused turnovers per-game…Shafer opened the week tied for fourth in the E8 with 2.50 goals per-game…Geraci entered the day leading the Gators with 17 goals across the first seven contests…The 2.43 goals per-game average put the midfielder fifth in the E8.