![]() Moon, Pa. - The Robert Morris University Colonials women’s lacrosse team had a short weekend as they hosted the Louisville Cardinals Saturday afternoon. The Colonials were able to keep their winning ways intact, and with an intense score of 13-12. In the first half of the game, the Colonials put their names on the board first when midfielder Dana Davis scored her ninth goal of the season at 28:29 to make it 1-0 Colonials. Minutes later, Cardinals midfielder Ally Hall scored on Colonial goalie Katelynn Miller to tie the game at one apiece. From then on, the scoring was back and forth. Colonial attacker Kerri Sayrafe stole the lead to make it 2-1 with her seventh of the season, and followed behind was Cardinal attacker Tessa Chad to once again tie up the game at two. It was once again the Colonials to clear the tie as midfielder Melanie Gandy made it 3-2 Colonials, assisted by Niki Grillon. To keep the ball rolling, Colonial attacker Clio Kerr scored to advance the score of 4-2. Halfway through the first, Cardinal midfielder, Caroline Blalock put the ball past the Colonial net-minder to make it 4-3. Colonial midfielder Davis scored her 10th of the season with 14:09 left in the period to make it 5-3. Seconds later, Cardinals attacker Tessa Chad and midfielder Lexi Cheetham scored seconds after each other to advance the score to 5-4 and then tie the game 5-5. Colonials stole the lead at 10:01 left with a goal scored by Kelley Flynn, her sixth of the season and assisted by Niki Grillon, to make it 6-5. Towards the end of the first half, Cardinals tied the score from midfielder Blalock to make it 6-6. 2:03 remaining, Colonial attacker Shannon Lynch stole the lead as she netted her eighth goal of the season to make it 7-6, assisted by Dana Davis. The second half of the game was scoring from both teams. Opening the period, Colonials continued to steal the lead as Lynch makes it 8-6 with her ninth of the season. Chasing after the lead was Cardinals’ Chad who made it 8-7. Colonials and Cardinals liked playing tag because then Colonial midfielder Sophia Eureka scored her 11th of the season and made it 9-7. Halfway through the second, Cardinal Blalock was continuing to steal the show as she scored on Colonial goalie Miller to make it 9-8 with 17 minutes left. Colonials had a scoring streak going on as Davis scored twice, Sayrafe and Crouse followed her lead to steal the lead and make it 13-8. The Cardinals picked up on the Colonials’ scoring fever as attacker Tessa Chad scored to make it 13-9 and Caroline Blalock ended the game by scoring three more goals to make it 13-12. Despite the Cardinals’ non-stop scoring, they couldn’t get more goals past Colonial net-minder Katelyn Miller and the Colonials won 13-12. The Colonials didn’t play any games since last Sunday, and head coach Katrina Silva noticed a difference in her players. “I think we played with a lot more poise,” said Silva. “We played at a much faster speed. I think everyone contributed. All the cliches you talk about sports where everyone needs to do their little bitty part to make the team go and you really saw it today. We had a lot of players in different spots and people made adjustments and kept playing.” Goaltender Katelynn Miller had a solid game, and she attributes her success in Saturday’s game to her defense. “Our defense all together as a unit,” said Miller. “We played together. When they play well, I play well. And when I play well, they play well; it all correlates, and all together we played really well.” With playing well comes great goal-scoring, and Dana Davis scored four goals in Saturday’s game and netted 12 goals this far, and Kerri Sayrafe and Shannon Lynch picked up their scoring from last season as well. “Dana (Davis) is a beast, you can count on her for anything all over the field,” Miller said. “You also look for those quick feeds into Kerri (Sayrafe) for those quick goals. And Shannon really stepped up this year in looking for those quick goals too.” Dana Davis attributes all her success to her teammates and says she wouldn’t be the player she is without the support of her teammates and coaches. “Honestly, we wouldn’t be where we are and I wouldn’t be the player I am without my team and the people I surround myself with,” says Davis. “I wouldn’t want to be on any other team. This team and coaching staff are an amazing group of women, and it’s awesome to play with them. We each have each other’s backs on and off the field, and I couldn’t ask for anything more than that; it’s an awesome team to be on.” The Colonials are away this Wednesday as they travel to Columbus, Ohio, to face the Ohio State Buckeyes. Game time is at 4 p.m.
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![]() Moon, Pa. - The Robert Morris University Colonials women’s lacrosse team was home this weekend as they hosted the St. Bonaventure Bonnies at Joe Walton Stadium on a sunny Sunday afternoon. The Colonials snapped their four-game losing streak with an 11-6 victory. During the first half, the St. Bonaventure Bonnies were the first to put their name on the board first with a goal from Rylee Arnold at 27:19. Seconds later, Bonnie midfielder puts the ball past Colonial goalie Katelyn Miller to make it 2-0 St. Bonaventure. The Colonials got into the scoring spirit as attacker Kerri Sayrafe put a point on the board to make it 2-1. Two minutes later, Colonial midfielder Sophia Eureka tied the score to make it 2-2. Another two minutes later, the Colonials stole the lead as midfielder Dana Davis made it 3-2 Robert Morris. The first half of the game, the Colonials didn’t play a physical game but managed to score three goals to end the half 6-5. Goals were scored by attackers Shannon Lynch, Kerri Sayrafe and midfielder Dana Davis. St. Bonaventure stole the show as they played with momentum but only scored three goals in the half as well. Goals were scored by midfielder Kyra O’Gorman, attacker Gabrielle Bradley, and midfielder Rylee Arnold. Rylee Arnold’s goal was scored as the buzzer went off. “We let the refs affect how we played in the first half.” Said RMU head coach Katrina Silva. “Everything was a foul. This is division 1 lacrosse so there’s usually some contact and some legal stick checking and in the first 30 mins, the refs were really having an impact on us and on our mental abilities. We talked about that after the half and said we have to play our lacrosse and need to work a bit harder and move our feet a little faster and I think we made some really nice adjustments and got our confidence with the ball in the second half.” The second half of the game was in favor of the Colonials as they managed to score five goals. The Colonials could have scored more but Bonnies goalie Morgan Conroy played a brick wall for the remainder of the second. Goals were scored by attackers Shannon Lynch (twice in the second) and Kerri Sayrafe, and midfielders Sophia Eureka and Melanie Gandy. Four Colonials scored more than one goal in Sunday’s game. Midfielders Sophia Eureka and Dana Davis scored two and attackers Kerri Sayrafe and Shannon Lynch scored three. The Colonials were comfortable with their game this afternoon which contributed to their success. “I felt very comfortable.” Said attacker Shannon Lynch. “We were coming down from a lot of losses and today we just wanted to come out and have fun and leave with a win and a good mindset.” Coach Silva was very pleased with the Colonials effort today after coming back from a long, 2-game road trip to California. “Excited”, Silva said. “We went to California for two games; that’s a really, really long trip and it felt like all 3,000 miles out there so I thought we played a little flat when we were out there (in California) and couldn’t put together a full 60 minutes and I thought today we started off a little rough but we played a solid 45 minutes which was awesome.” The mood on the field is to have fun and Shannon Lynch said that’s what the team did today. “What we worked on a lot throughout the week is to have fun and play like ourselves”, said Lynch. “We came into this game more relaxed so the game kinda flowed and whatever opportunities were there we took them.” Coach Silva says that there are adjustments to be made but the team is coming along. “ Our midfield transition, working from one end to the other is still going to need some improvement but saw some defenders coming over and shooting the ball today which is exciting so we’re getting there.” The Colonials are back home next Saturday as they host Louisville at 1 pm at Joe Walton Stadium. ![]() Moon, Pa. - The Robert Morris University Colonials football team has hired Jacob Bronowski as their newest tight ends coach. The former UNM graduate assistant announced the move to Moon Township in an Instagram post just days ago. Bronowski spent two seasons with the University of New Mexico as an offensive graduate assistant. While at UNM, his duties were to help in-game preparation, going over film, handling stat analysis and on-field coaching for the offensive players. The team posted a combined record of 12-13 during his time with the Lobos but did receive the honor of playing in the Gildan New Mexico Bowl in 2016 as New Mexico defeated the University of Texas-San Antonio 23-20 fending off a late comeback effort from the Roadrunners. The native of College Station, Texas, graduated from the University of New Mexico in 2016. He graduated from A&M High School in 2012. While at A&M, he played quarterback and recorded 1738 total passing yards, 11 passing TDs, 82.2 passing yards, 128 pass completions on 243 pass attempts and 12 interceptions. This will be Bronowski’s second coaching stop in his young career. ![]() Pittsburgh, Pa. - The Robert Morris University Colonials hosted the Bentley University Falcons for the AHC semifinals game Friday night. The Colonials won game one with a score of 3-1 to take a 1-0 lead in the series. In the first period, both teams were getting pucks to the net, but both goaltenders denied those chances. A Colonials player had a chance to score on the breakaway but shot the puck wide of Falcons goalie Aidan Pelino. During the second period, both teams got more aggressive, but it wasn’t until Colonials forward Alex Tonge got the Colonials on the board to make it 1-0 and earned his 14th goal of the season with assists from Timmy Moore and Brady Ferguson. “Fergie (Ferguson) made a nice play to Timmy (Moore), and Timmy put it across and was able to skate into it, and the goalie (Pelino) lifted his arm a little bit and snuck it through,” said Tonge on describing his second-period goal. With minutes left in an exciting third period, the Colonials forward Brandon Watt netted his second goal of the season with assists from Moore and Ferguson. Then with a minute left into the third, the Falcons’ player Kyle Schmidt put one past Colonial goalie Francis Marotte to make it 2-1. As if the scoring wasn’t over, Colonial forward Alex Tonge nets an empty netter to give the Colonial’s a 3-1 lead and 1-0 lead in the series. Friday’s game was the way Colonials head coach Derek Schooley expected his team to play. “I thought we were pretty good,” Schooley said. “I really liked our effort as far as our backchecking or shot-blocking. I thought we played with a lot of intensity and we played for 60 minutes.” Even though the Colonials played well tonight, they have small improvements for Saturday’s game and to finish out the series. “We have to limit our neutral zone turnovers,” said Schooley. “We gave up a lot of odd-man rushes to give them (Falcons) some chances, but we have to go out and play and give it another Herculean performance to end a team’s season.” Overall, Schooley has one big takeaway from Friday’s game. “We have to win. We’re up one-nothing. It’s a big takeaway,” Schooley said. Game two of the first-round series will be Saturday evening with puck drop scheduled for 7:05 p.m. |
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