ALBANY, N.Y. – Russell Sage College wrapped up its spring with this afternoon's 21-0 Empire 8 Conference loss to visiting Saint John Fisher.
SJFU (9-7/6-0 E8), which will be the top seed in next week's E8 Championship Tournament, held leads of 6-0 after the opening period and 12-0 at the half. Ten Cardinals registered multiple points.
The Gators (7-8/2-4 E8), which equaled the program record for wins in a season, received four caused turnovers and five groundballs from junior midfielder Maddison Walter (South Glens Falls, NY/South Glens Falls) in the season finale.
Gator Bites: RSC equaled the program record for wins in a season…The 2017 Gators also won seven games and qualified for the Skyline Conference Championship Tournament...The spring marked the first with Matt Johnson at the helm of the Gators…He got the first win on his RSC ledger on March 5 at SUNY Poly…Ten players, including eight starters, returned this season… Senior midfielder Grace Hines (Guilderland, NY/Guilderland) concluded the season ranked second in school records in both points and goals…She became just the second Gator to score 100 career goals vs. Marywood on March 3…Hines was announced as the Empire 8 Conference Player of the Week honors the next day for her seven goal, one assist performance…She began the week leading the E8 in points, points per-game, goals, and goals per-game and netted her 150th career goal on April 19 vs. Keuka…Senior midfielder Alexandra Queeney (Johnstown, NY/Johnstown) was selected the E8 Player of the Week for the period ending Sunday, March 10…She achieved a pair of milestones while helping the Gators go 2-0…Queeney became just the fourth RSC player to surpass 100 career points in Tuesday's win at SUNY Poly and set the program record for career draw controls in Saturday's victory vs. Castleton…The senior totaled five goals, six assists, 14 draw controls, four groundballs, and three caused turnovers across the pair of triumphs…Queeney surpassed 200 career draw controls on March 30 at Nazareth.
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