ALFRED, NY – The Alfred University women's lacrosse team fell to visiting Medaille College Monday evening 17-6 at Yunevich Stadium.
 
The Saxons (0-5, 0-1 Empire 8) were led offensively by senior midfielder Miranda Gilbert (Watertown, NY/Watertown) as she netted four goals for the second consecutive game. Senior attack Jacquelynn Hicks (Greenville, NY/Greenville) and sophomore attack Allison Hanvey (Camden, NY/Camden) rounded out the scoring for Alfred. Senior defender Emily MacWilliams (Geneva, NY/Waterloo) added an assist in the contest.
 
Gilbert led the team in groundballs with six while Hicks and senior goalkeeper Shannon Gray (Rochester, NY/Churchville-Chili) gathered three groundballs apiece. Senior defender Sarah Thomann (Saugerties, NY/Saugerties Senior) chipped in with two groundballs. Gilbert and senior defender Martina Lewis (New York, NY/Fredrick Douglas) tied for a team-high two caused turnovers.
 
"We continue to having a lot of women showing really well in certain stat columns. We have Shannon [Gray] who's seeing a high volume of shots and is withstanding them. We have Sarah [Turner], Miranda [Gilbert], Jackie [Hicks] and Lee [Bianchi] who are picking up some stats in certain columns as well," Head Coach Erin McGaffigan said. "We also have a lot of players who are not getting those stats but they are putting in a lot of hard work and it's good to see that everyone is working for each other as we develop."
 
First-year defender Sarah Turner (Bentonville, AR) led the team in the circle with four draw controls.
 
Gray went the distance in net, making 16 saves. Gray is 11 goals shy of breaking the career saves record set by Jessica Dunster ('04) with 587 saves.
 
The Saxons hit the road to take on Empire 8 foe Hartwick College this Friday, March 30, at 4 PM.