PITTSFORD, N.Y. – The No. 11 St. John Fisher College women's lacrosse team was victorious in the Second Round of the NCAA Division III Championship on Sunday afternoon as the Cardinals took down The College at Brockport by a score of 18-7 at Growney Stadium. With the win, Fisher extends its winning streak to 18 games and improves to 19-1 overall, while the Golden Eagles wrap up their 2019 season at 16-5 overall.

With the Second Round victory, the Cardinals remain perfect this season on their home turf and will now travel to Tufts University next Saturday to take on No. 6 York College of Pennsylvania in the Third Round. The team will be looking for revenge as the only loss on the season for Fisher came at the hands of York College back on March 5^th in Clearwater, Florida as the Cardinals fell in overtime by a score of 10-9.

Mallory Eymer and Mary Grace Doyle both had career days for the Cardinals as both tallied six goals throughout the win. Eymer, who now leads the team with 61 goals also notched three assists for a career-high nine points on the day. The Empire Conference Rookie of the Year, Sydney DeGirolamo added six points of her own, which included three goals and three assists.

Doyle got the game's goal scoring started as the senior midfielder scored her 44^th of the season at the 28:47 mark of the opening half.

Following a quick answering goal from Brockport, Fisher stormed ahead with eight consecutive goals over the next 17 minutes of game time. Pulling the Cardinals ahead 9-1 were goals from Doyle, Eymer, DeGirolamo, Logan Chase, and Brittany Halpin.

From there, both sides would trade a pair of goals as a late DeGirolamo tally off of a great individual effort from Molly Tice put the Cardinals ahead 10-3 as the teams headed into the halftime break.

As the second half of action got underway, the two-headed monster of Doyle and Eymer would strike again as the duo scored the opening goals of the second half, increasing the Fisher lead to nine goals.

The Golden Eagles would then answer with two goals of their own, to once again cut the Fisher advantage back to seven goals at the 22:11 mark of the second half.

However, the Cardinals came right back with another goal scoring run, this time with five consecutive goals over a 11 minute span. Pushing the Cardinals ahead by 12 goals would be tallies from Eymer, DeGirolamo, Doyle, and Emily Thompson.

From there, both teams would trade goals over the final seven minutes of regulation as Eymer closed out the Fisher goal scoring at the 5:25 mark to seal the Second Round victory.

As a team, Fisher was successful on 16 of its 17 clear attempts, while causing 10 Brockport turnovers with Hayley Maguire leading the way with three of them. DeGirolamo added five draw controls to her all-around performance, putting the freshman only two away from the program's all-time single season record.

Morgan Hayes was credited with her eighth victory of the season as the junior made three saves in the first half of action, while Claudia Mocciaro made two saves throughout the second
half.

Fisher will be back in action next Saturday when it takes on No. 6 York College for a chance to advance to the Fourth Round of the NCAA Division III Championship for the first time in program history.