BUFFALO, N.Y. – Andra Savage had a record-setting night Wednesday in downtown Buffalo, scoring a program record eight goals to break the single-season goals and points record in the same night as Niagara erased an early 5-1 deficit to earn the win 16-12 over Canisius in MAAC women's lacrosse action from the Demske Sports Complex.
 
Lois Garlow added four goals and an assist in the win for a total of five points, followed by five assists and one goal from Riley Latray, two tallies from Lexi Braniecki and another from Rachel Crane. Sydney Huhtala led Niagara (13-3, 6-2 MAAC) with four ground balls and five caused turnovers, while Savage tallied a team-best five draw controls. Katie Ling entered the game in the first quarter and went on to make four saves in the win.
 
Maddie Fitzgerald led Canisius with five goals, followed by Paige Stachura with four and Caroline Netti with three. Stachura finished with 11 draws, while Jill Galanti had four ground ablls and Catherine Wall and Stachura each had two caused turnovers.
 
How it Happened
Niagara found themselves in a 5-1 hole 9:48 into the first quarter, before the offense came alive, scoring four-straight goals, including three from Savage over the next eight minutes of game play to tie the game at five-all.
 
After Canisius took an 8-5 lead Niagara responded with three unanswered of its own, two from Savage and the equalizer from the stick of Braniecki.
 
From there neither team would take more than a one goal advantage as the game saw four lead changes and four ties through a majority of the third before Braniecki found the back of the net with less than half a minute left in third to give Niagara a 13-12 lead.
 
Niagara would never relinquish the lead to Canisius in the fourth, in-fact, the Purple Eagles didn't surrender a goal over the final 17:11 of game action, while scoring three in the final stanza to give the game its 16-12 final.
 
Niagara Notes
• Niagara is now on a four-game win streak.
• The Purple and White improved to 15-18 all-time against Canisius, including a 10-8 record at the Demske Sports Complex.
• With her sixth goal of the contest, Savage broke the Niagara single-season goals record with her 63rd tally of the season, surpassing Rachel MacCheyne's 2019 mark of 62.
• Savage's eight points gives her 76 on the season, breaking the programs single-season points record of 75 set by MacCheyne in 2019.
• Garlow recorded her third-straight game with five or more points.
• Latray recorded her 50th assist of the season, becoming the third player in MAAC history, and first in Niagara history to record 50 helpers in a single season.
• The win gives Niagara 13 on the season, the most in a season in program history.  
 
Up Next
Niagara will close out the regular season on Sunday, April 21 at 1 p.m. from Niagara Field.   
 
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