ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. – Visiting Russell Sage College held off Bard 14-12 on Thursday night to equal the program record for wins in a season. The 2017 squad also won seven games and qualified for the Skyline Conference Championship Tournament.
Junior midfielder Maddison Walter (South Glens Falls, NY/South Glens Falls) topped the Gators (7-7) with seven points on three goals and four assists.
Senior attacker Grace Hines (Guilderland, NY/Guilderland), the Empire 8 Conference leader in points, goals, points per-game, and goals per-game, scored six goals, while senior attacker Alexandra Queeney (Johnstown, NY/Johnstown) contributed three goals, an assist, seven draw controls, and four groundballs.
RSC, which out-shot the host Raptors 47-23 and led 10-6 at the break, entered the fourth quarter up 12-7. Bard (2-15) made things interesting, netting five goals in an 8:35 span to get within one, 13-12, with 5:17 remaining. Freshman defender Alexis Crossman (Corinth, NY/Corinth) broke the Bard run 41 seconds later to put the Gators back up two for the final margin.
Freshman attacker Gwendolyn Jamison (Averill Park, NY) was one of three Raptors to score three goals in the home setback.
The Gators have their regular season finale on Saturday afternoon against Saint John Fisher.
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, return this season…Hines began 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…Queeney 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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