PITTSFORD, N.Y. – The St. John Fisher College women's soccer team dropped its Tuesday night bout under the Growney Stadium lights to the Cortland Red Dragons, 5-2. The loss moved the Cardinals to 2-5 on the season while the Red Dragons improved to 3-3.
 
Two Red Dragon goals propelled the Fisher offense as it acted quickly to erase the deficit. Carli Kovarik put a left side ball in stride for senior forward Abigail Barr who tapped her second goal of the season past the Cortland keeper at the 21-and-a-half-minute mark.
 
Just four minutes later, Megan Letta found Logan Chase 25 yards out for a bullet, which rung the back of the net and electrified the Cardinals' fans.
 
The two scores marked back-to-back games in which Barr and Chase both etched their names in Fisher's half of the scoring column.
 
Fisher's back line was impenetrable for the remainder of the half as Abigail Dwyer, Chandler Stephany, and Mia Tirabassi did not allow a shot after the 15-minute mark.
 
As the teams headed to the locker rooms, Fisher out-shot its opponent by one. Starting goalkeeper Gabriella D'Ambrosio saved two of Cortland's four shots in the first 45 minutes of play.
 
With the game still deadlocked in the second half, the Cardinals were unable to keep pace as Cortland rattled off three straight goals en route to the non-conference win.
 
Fisher's offensive activity was led by Kovarik and Barr who had two shots apiece. Chase, Dwyer, and Letta added one shot each.
 
D'Ambrosio's season record fell to 1-2 as the sophomore did not register a save in the second half.
 
Fisher looks to bounce back at 2 p.m. on Saturday, September 21 when the Cardinals travel to Hartwick for their first Empire 8 Conference matchup of the year.