NIAGARA UNIVERSITY, N.Y. — Despite a hat-trick from Maive Partlow Niagara women's lacrosse fell to Little Three rival St. Bonaventure 14-6 in non conference action Saturday afternoon at Niagara Field.

St. Bonaventure burst out of the gate, scoring three goals in the opening 3:42 to seize an early lead. Rylee Gonzalez got the Bonnies on the board at the 12:56 mark, followed quickly by Sidney Van Tassel (12:17) and Brooke Piper (11:18) to put Niagara in an early 3-0 hole.

Niagara finally answered at 10:47 when Ashleigh Blanding found the back of the net, but the Bonnies responded with back-to-back goals from Grace Hollenbeck (9:21) and Van Tassel again (6:21) to push the lead to 5-1.

Piper added her second of the quarter at 5:28 before Niagara closed the period with some fight. Maive Partlow scored twice for the Purple Eagles, first off a feed from Avery Olschefskie at 3:27, then again assisted by Blanding at 0:35,  sandwiching a goal by Arianna West off a Riley Milligan assist for Bona. The quarter ended with St. Bonaventure ahead 7-3.

St. Bonaventure was held scoreless for the entire second quarter, while Niagara managed one goal, Olschefskie finishing unassisted at 9:50 to make it 7-4.

Despite the defensive pressure, Niagara could not draw any closer, and St. Bonaventure carried a 7-4 advantage into halftime.

Gonzalez and Van Tassel scored back-to-back for the Bonnies inside the first 3:30 of the third quarter, pushing the lead to 9-4 before Partlow pulled one back for Niagara at 10:39 off a Kensington Keane assist to make it 9-5.

St. Bonaventure capitalized on the power play twice. Megan Schillinger (7:36, assisted by Van Tassel) and Piper (5:43, assisted by Gonzalez). Schillinger added an even-strength goal at 4:37 to close a five-goal third quarter for the visitors. Heading to the fourth, St. Bonaventure led 12-5.

Lily Harris opened the scoring at 12:33 in the fourth-quarter scoring to make it 12-6. The Bonnies answered with back-to-back goals, Gonzalez at 10:13 and a Gracie Williams free-position goal at 6:41, to push the lead to 14-6 and seal the outcome.

Game Notes

Niagara is now 9-12 all-time against St. Bonaventure

Partlow recorded the hat-trick of her collegiate career

Harris recorded her first goal of the season

Blanding tallied the first assist of her collegiate career

Kate Patterson made her collegiate debut

Up Next

Niagara head back on the road to face Arizona State Wednesday March 5 at 6:00 PM.