| Nazareth 16, Rochester
11 NYSWCAA Tournament 5-2-01 at Rochester
Nazareth scoring (goals-assists): Allison Roberts 1-10, Sue
Hollister 8-1, Lorra Podsiadlo 3-0, Cindy Brady 2-0, Jackie Lombard
2-0, Lindsay Kowell 0-1. Rochester, N.Y. -- Allison Roberts (Rochester, NY/Irondequoit HS) scored one goal and assisted on 10 others Wednesday as sixth-seeded Nazareth College defeated the third-seeded University of Rochester, 16-11, in the New York State Women's Collegiate Athletic Association quarterfinals for women's lacrosse at Edwin Fauver Stadium. The victory moves the Golden Flyers (11-5) into the semifinals Saturday at Hartwick College. Nazareth will play second-seeded Ithaca College at 2:30 pm. Ithaca defeated #7 St. Lawrence, 19-12. Rochester finishes the season at 8-6. Sue Hollister (Syracuse, NY/West Genesee) scored eight goals for Nazareth. Lorra Podsiadlo (Penn Yan, NY/Penn Yan) scored three goals. The 10 assists by Roberts are a Nazareth single-game record. She co-held the previous record of nine, along with current assistant coach Sarah Burns. Rochester defeated Nazareth, 7-6, at Nazareth in overtime one week ago. The Golden Flyers applied immediate pressure and had six goals today before the game was nine minutes old. Hollister scored on a pass from Roberts 24 seconds into the game and Roberts scored an unassisted goal with 48 seconds elapsed. Roberts then set up Podsiadlo to start a four-goal run that put the visitors ahead, 6-1, with 21:37 left in the first half. The Yellowjackets ran off three straight - Lauren Mele (Niskayuna, NY/Niskayuna) scored two and Jessica Lerman (Penn Yan, NY/Penn Yan) scored once. It was 6-4 with 16:40 left. Nazareth led, 9-6, at halftime. Erika Bergstrom (Niskayuna, NY/Niskayuna) scored one goal and set up another for Rochester in a span of 37 seconds to pull the Yellowjackets within 10-9 with 25:35 to play. Roberts found Hollister (that combination worked five times) at 22:56 to ignite a 4-0 run. Jaclyn Lombard (W. Henrietta, NY/Rush-Henrietta) finished the burst with a goal at 9:07 to make it 14-9.
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