The St. John Fisher College women’s lacrosse team improved to 4-2 overall, 1-0 in the Empire 8 with a convincing 18-1 win over visiting Alfred on Saturday.

 

The Cardinals, who jumped out to a four-goal lead midway through the first half, scored 14 unanswered goals over the remainder of the game, including three consecutive goals from Laurie Quackenbush (Penn Yan Academy/Penn Yan) to close out the first stanza.

 

Quackenbush finished with five points on four goals and one assist to lead the Cardinals, while Mary Stimson (Cicero-North Syracuse/Cicero) (two goals), Dana DiIorio (Corning West/Painted Post) (two goals), Jackie Maynard (Marcus Whitman/Stanley) (two goals), Ashley Fenyn (Newark/Newark) (two goals), Jill Lockwood (Clarence/Clarence) (two goals) Emily Burkhardt (Livonia/Livonia) (one goal, one assist), Courtney Clare (West Genesee/Camillus) (one goal, one assist) and Lauren Glavin (Corcoran/Syracuse) (one goal, one assist) each finished with two points for the Cardinals in the win.

 

 Jen Cardinal (Orchard Park/Orchard Park) and Vicki Sahm (Bishop Ludden/Baldwinsville) each scooped up a game-best four ground balls, with Sahm making five saves between the pipes.

 

Fisher will return to action tomorrow at 1 p.m. to battle host R.I.T. in an Empire 8 Conference game.