SCHENECTADY, NY – Playing in her final game at Frank Bailey Field, senior
Cailin Pandolfi scored a career-best five goals to help lead the Union College women's lacrosse team to a 20-6 win against Bard on Friday evening.
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Fellow senior, defender
Celia Condrick also went out on a high note, recording her first collegiate points in the contest, scoring one goal and tallying one assist.
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Sophomore defender Brianna Stout and first year midfielder
Caroline Hirt scored their first goals of the season as well, marking the second of Stout's career and the first for Hirt.
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Bard opened the scoring and actually held a 2-0 lead over the Dutchwomen in the first five minutes of the contest. However, Union responded seven consecutive goals over the next 11 minutes to take a huge lead.
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The Raptors would score twice more before the end of the half, but Union would add four of its own as well to claim an 11-4 lead to start the second half.
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The Dutchwomen quickly got back to work in the second half, scoring three goals in the first eight minutes to gain a 10-goal lead.
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After Bard cut the lead back to single digits,
Hannah Rosenberger scored her 18th goal of the season to put Union back up by 10 at 15-5, which also set a new team game-high this season for the Dutchwomen, surpassing the 14-goal mark Union put up against St. Lawrence on April 20.
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Union would go on to score five more goals, to just one by Bard, for the 20-6 win in the team's regular-season home finale.
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The Dutchwomen cap off the 2018 season tomorrow, April 28, with a road game against Vassar. The game in Poughkeepsie, NY is set to begin at 2 p.m. (ET).
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