NIAGARA UNIVERSITY, NY – Led by five goals from senior Lois Garlow and 11 saves from freshman goalie Katie Ling, the Purple Eagles earned an 11-8 win over visiting Quinnipiac on Saturday morning in MAAC women's lacrosse action from Niagara Field.
 
With the win, Niagara improves to 7-5 overall and 1-2 in MAAC play.
 
Game Recap
First Quarter
• With Quinnipiac up 2-0, Garlow Riley Latray found Garlow for Niagara's first tally of the contest.
• Niagara would take three more shots in the frame but was unable to find the equalizer.
• The Bobcats would make it a 3-1 game with 1:18 remaining in the first.
 
Second Quarter
• Garlow would record her second goal of the game and the 100th of her career to make it a 3-2 Bobcat ead with 9:44 to play in the first half.
• After the Bobcats went up 4-2, the Purple Eagles would get goals from Rachel Crane and Garlow to tie the game at 4-4, with 3:29 remaining in the quarter.
• The Bobcats would regain a one-goal advantage with 2:03 on the clock, but the Purple and White would tie the contest at five with a Latray free position goal with less than a minute before the intermission.
 
Third Quarter
• After no goals for the first 10 minutes of action in the second half, Quinnipiac would take a 7-5 lead over NU with back-to-back goals.
• The Purple Eagles lone tally of the quarter came with 1:50 remaining when R. Crane beat the Quinnipiac keeper for her 29th goal of the season.
• Despite allowing two goals in the frame, Ling made four of her 11 saves in the third period.
 
Fourth Quarter
•  R. Crane would tie the game less than a minute into the fourth with her third goal of the contest.
• Garlow and first-year Purple Eagle Giordan Peck would keep Niagara's foot on the gas with goals of their own, giving Niagara its first lead of the contest, 9-7, with 9:45 to go.
• Ling would notch her 10th save of the contest on a free-position stop, keeping NU in front.
• Quinnipiac would get one goal back at the 7:51 mark, but Garlow and Jenna Brill would keep the Bobcats out of striking distance with a pair of goals in the final five minutes, giving the game its 11-8 final.
 
Niagara Notes
• Niagara extended its win streak over Quinnipiac to ten games and are now 10-1 all-time against the Bobcats.
• Garlow became the eighth Purple Eagle in program history to reach the century mark in goals scored. She has 104 in her career, which ranks seventh all-time.
• R. Crane is now five goals from 100 for her career. 
• Ling became the first freshman goalie for Niagara to make double-digit saves since Michelle Messenger '22 stopped 11 on April 17, 2019.
• Sydney Huhtala led NU with tree caused turnovers and three draw controls. Her 25 caused turnovers on the season are tied for fourth all-time and are the most by a first-year member of the Purple and White.  
• Latray's two assists gives her 25 on the season, eighth most by a Purple Eagle.
 
Up Next
• Niagara concludes its three-game homestand with Senior Day next Saturday, April 8 when it welcomes Iona to Monteagle Ridge for a 1 p.m. tilt on ESPN3.
 
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