Siena women's lacrosse falls 13-10 to Vermont in Gerety's homecoming

PHOTOGRAPHER: Peter R. Barber

Head coach Abigail Rehfuss' Siena women's lacrosse team lost 16-9 at Lehigh on Tuesday.

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LOUDONVILLE – In a familiar scene, Kerry Gerety assisted on the first goal of the game at Hickey Field on Saturday.

What was different this time was that she did so for a Siena women’s lacrosse opponent, instead of for the Saints.

The Guilderland High grad, who holds Siena’s all-time record for career assists, plays for Vermont now, and helped the Catamounts defeat Siena 13-10 in a non-conference game to drop the Saints to 2-2 overall.

Besides the one she assisted, Gerety scored two goals, the second of which gave Vermont a 10-6 lead in the third quarter.

Siena got within 11-9 heading into the fourth and cut it to 11-10 with 9:02 left in the game on a goal by Kelly Logue, but the Saints were scoreless the rest of the way.

Amanda Nieman scored three goals for Siena, and Logue had two.

Vermont 2 5 4 2 – 13

Siena 1 3 5 1 – 10

Vermont scoring: Kloostra 1-0, Giancola 1-1, Gerety 2-1, Paterno 0-1, Ballard 3-0, Mullen 0-1, Halloran 3-1, O’Connor 3-1. Siena scoring: Nieman 3-0, Dobrzynski 1-2, Lane 1-0, McNeely 1-1, Bentley 1-0, Logue 2-0, Decker 1-0. Goalies: Vermont, McLaughlin, 5 saves. Siena, Mervine, 6.

HOFSTRA 11, UALBANY 7

HEMPSTEAD – Hofstra went ahead 8-4 lead through three quarters, and UAlbany never got closer than three of the lead in the fourth quarter as the Pride won a non-conference game at Shuart Stadium.

Katie Pascale had three goals and an assist for the Great Danes, who fell to 1-3 overall.

Five different players each scored two goals each for Hofstra (4-1).

UAlbany 2 1 1 3 – 7

Hofstra 3 2 3 3 – 11

UAlbany scoring: Sancilio 1-0, Carroll 1-0, Pascale 3-1, Falk 1-1, Beam 0-1, Maloney 1-0. Hofstra scoring: Kelly 0-1, Esposito 2-1, Whelan 2-2, Mennella 2-0, Demek 2-1, Fiola 1-0, Langella 2-0. Goalies: UAlbany, Chiarella, 13 saves. Hofstra, Smith, 8.

MEN

DARTMOUTH 11, SIENA 9

LOUDONVILLE – The Siena men’s team outscored Dartmouth 5-2 in the fourth quarter, but it wasn’t enough to dig out of a deep hole, as the Saints lost their second straight.

The Big Green went ahead 10-4 with 12:40 left in the game, then Siena chipped away with two straight goals from Christian Watts, and Nick Casner scored with 7:21 left to get Siena within 11-7.

By the time the Saints scored again, there was only a minute left on the clock, and Jack Kiernan’s goal to produce the final score came with 10 seconds left.

Pratt Reynolds had two goals and two assists for Siena (1-5 overall), and Daniel Hincks scored four goals for Dartmouth (2-1).

Dartmouth 3 4 2 2 – 11

Siena 1 1 2 5 – 9

Dartmouth scoring: Prince 4-1, Lapina 1-0, Burnley 0-1, McGill 1-0, Paul 1-1, Myers 0-1, Roogan 3-3. Siena scoring: Reynolds 2-2, Kiernan 1-1, Watts 3-0, Casner 2-1, Menniti 0-1, Julien 1-2. Goalies: Dartmouth, Hincks, 9 saves. Siena, Yanchoris, 14.