April 8, 2001

Loudonville, N.Y. - The Siena women's lacrosse team was defeated today by the Le Moyne Dolphins 15-4 on a soggy field in the Saints' home opener of the spring season.

Le Moyne built an early lead behind a pair of goals from Tara Walberger. The Dolphins' Caitlin Lowie and Alison Simonelli each tacked on early goals as well to give Le Moyne a 4-0 lead with 13 minutes remaining in the first half. The Saints first got on the scoreboard with 12:14 remaining in the half on a goal by Kristen Sibilia (Hampden, Mass./Minnechaug Regional) that was assisted by Cynthia Gutierrez (Cortlandt Manor, N.Y./Walter Panas). The Dolphins responded with three unanswered goals to help give them a 7-2 lead at halftime. Isabel Ohanian (Loudonville, N.Y./Shaker) notched the Saints second goal of the half on a free position shot.

In the second half, the Saints' Stephanie Petruccelli (Massapequa, N.Y./Massapequa) found the back of the net early in the half to cut the Dolphins' lead to 7-3. Le Moyne's Walberger and Colleen Sperry extended the Dolphins' lead to 14-3 with a pair of goals each in the second half. Siena's Kristen Sibilia added her second goal of the game late in the contest off of Cynthia Gutierrez's second assist of the game.