NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. – Niagara (11-3, 4-2 MAAC) earned a 19-10 road win over Iona (9-4, 4-2 MAAC) Wednesday afternoon at Mazzella Field in MAAC women's lacrosse action.
 
Lois Garlow recorded nine points in the win on four goals and five assists, while Rachel Crane and Andra Savage each tallied five goals apiece. Maddy Gill finished with two goals and Riley Latray had four assists. Sydney Huhtala had three draw controls and four draw controls, while Crane finished with a team-high three ground balls and four draw controls. Jordan Roy made eight saves in the cage for Niagara.
 
Iona was led by Maliya Haddock three goals and four points, while Emily Stewart scored twice and added an assist in the loss. Five other Gales found the back of the net and Kira Varada led the team with two assists. Stewart won 10 of Iona's 18 draw controls.  
 
How it Happened
The Purple and White would outscore Iona 7-1 in the opening frame, with Savage and Crane each recording a hat-trick. Roy would make three saves in the first 15-minutes, two of which came in a minute and half span that kept the game tied at one.  
 
The offense kept clicking in the second quarter as Niagara tallied seven in the frame from five different goal scorers. Lexi Braniecki, scored all three of her goals in the quarter, including two in the final 1:10, to help Niagara take a 14-4 lead into the break.
 
Iona would start the second half with three-straight goals, cutting the Niagara lead in half with 9:36 to go in the third. However, Niagara would get two back over the next three minutes and change as Savage scored on a free position goal and Garlow found the back of the net during the man-up opportunity, giving the Purple Eagles a 16-7 advantage.
 
With the score 16-9 in favor of the Purple Eagles, Gill would give Niagara an eight-goal lead heading into the final frame with her second tally of the contest in the final two minutes of the third.
 
Garlow would notch her fourth goal of the game with 11:42 on the clock in the fourth and then after nearly 10-minutes of scoreless action, Crane scored Niagara's final goal of the game on a pass from Latray.
 
The Gaels would get one in the fourth to give the game its 19-10 final.  
 
Niagara Notes
• Niagara improves to 8-11 all-time against Iona, with Wednesday's win being its second-straight over the Gaels.
• Niagara last won back-to-back games against Iona in 2018-2019.
• The 19 goals scored is the most Niagara has scored against the Gaels.
• Garlow's nine points is the most by a Purple Eagle in a game this season and a career-high for the graduate attack.
• It is exactly 10 years to the day that a Purple Eagle has notched nine points in the game as Rachel MacCheyne had nine against Marist on April 10, 2019.
• Garlow now has 218 career points, surpassing Caroline Crump for second all-time in program history.
• Savage recorded her second-consecutive game with five goals and her fifth overall on the season. She becomes the eighth Purple Eagle to record 50 goals in a season.
• Crane scored five times, her third game this season with at least five goals.
• With her three caused turnovers, Huhtala surpasses her 2023 program record total of 41 with 42 this season. She is nine away from matching Laurn Paul's career record of 91. 

Up Next
Niagara returns to Monteagle Ridge with a 11 a.m. contest against Rider on Saturday, April 13. The Purple and White will recognize its 10 seniors prior to its contest with the Broncs.  
 
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