CORTLAND, NY – Freshman Erica Geremia led nationally third-ranked Cortland with nine points on three goals and six assists as the Red Dragons defeated Union College, 18-6, Thursday afternoon in non-conference women's lacrosse action at the SUNY Cortland Stadium Complex. It was the season opener for the Dutchwomen.

Geremia was one of 10 Cortland goal scorers in the game. Maria Di Fato netted four goals, Gina Campese scored three times and junior Taylor Reh added two goals. Junior Liz Beville, Emma Hayes-Hurley and freshman Alex Fritz each recorded one goal and one assist, while Taylor Robinson, Tara Monaghan and Amelia Taylor netted one goal apiece. Marilyn Farrell contributed two assists.

Shauna Hutchinson started in the cage for Cortland (2-0), making eight saves and allowing four goals in 49 minutes, 51 seconds.  Liz Ingalls played the next 6:34, and freshman Andrea Moore took the field for the final 3:35. Hayes-Hurley recorded six draw controls, and Chelsea Martin added three. Di Fato collected four ground balls, and junior Jessica Lavelle had three ground balls and two caused turnovers.

Sophomore Emily McGrail led the Dutchwomen (0-1) with two goals and one assist. Haley Gould netted two goals, Brittany Fraser and Ciara Dudeck scored once and Heather Fraser and freshmen Maggie Comiskey and Michele Guyette (Winchester, MA) chipped in with one assist each.

Sophomore goalie Kim Grinhaus made nine saves. McGrail also contributed four draw controls and two caused turnovers, while Heather Fraser led the team with three ground balls.

Cortland took a quick 3-0 lead just 1:30 into the game as Geremia assisted on goals by Di Fato and Monaghan and scored once herself. After Brittany Fraser cut the lead to 3-1 at 27:15, the Red Dragons ran off eight straight goals for an 11-1 lead with 5:04 left in the half. Geremia and Campese each notched a pair of goals during the streak. Gould's first of the game ended the run and Cortland led, 11-2 at the break.

Cortland pushed its lead to 15-2 with the first four goals of the second half as Di Fato scored twice and Geremia picked up three more assists. The Dutchwomen then scored three of the next four goals to make it a 16-5 game with 9:00 remaining. Reh and Beville followed with back-to-back goals for Cortland before McGrail completed the scoring with a free-position goal with 12 seconds remaining for the final of 18-6.