'Dogs dominate in 19-7 win over Bonnies

Tuesday, February 27

Fresno, CA

4 p.m. PT

Fresno State

3-2

St. Bonaventure

0-4

Team	1	2	Final F
St. Bonaventure	4	3	7
Fresno State	13	6	19

Photo by: Keith Kountz/Fresno St

'Dogs dominate in 19-7 win over Bonnies

2/27/2018 9:01:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

By: Taylor Martinez / Communications Assistant

FRESNO, Calif. – The Fresno State women's lacrosse team defeated St. Bonaventure 19-7, Tuesday afternoon. The Bulldogs were led by sophomore Tiffiny Wallace's career-high six goals.

"This was a great team win for us tonight," said head coach Jessica Giglio. "Our goal was to show off what we can do on offense and defense, I think we did that today. Our defense forced a lot of turnovers and got the ball up field, which put our offense in a good position to score. That was something we struggled with last game and tonight we really stepped it up."

Fresno State improves to 3-2 on the season, 2-1 at home.

Sarah Bloise and Ryleigh Bone scored three goals on the night. Mackenzie Wallevand and Marina Mayo had two goals apiece. Kayla Galet, Megan Walaitis and Lauren Kiszely each had one goal to round out scoring for Fresno State.

The keys to the game for the 'Dogs were second chance goals and goals off of turnovers. Fresno State was relentless at the goal, scoring five goals on second chance opportunities. Fresno State forced 16 St. Bonaventure turnovers. The 'Dogs capitalized by scoring six goals off of turnovers.

"It is one of the best feelings when you are working really hard on defense and you know your teammates are going to put the ball in the back of the net," Olivia Mannon said. "Tonight our draw controls and caused turnovers were turned into goals. Our attackers couldn't have done a better job tonight and I'm really proud of them."

FIRST HALF
Wallace, Bloise, Bone, Wallevand, Mayo, Galet, Walaitis, Olivia Mannon, Alex Romanowski, Abigail Bergevin and Kennedy Mulvaney chalked the start for the 'Dogs, with Laurel Maunder in the goal.

Fresno State opened up the game with a 5-0 run, holding St. Bonaventure scoreless for 10 minutes.

The Bonnies scored to make it a 5-1 game with 20 minutes left in the half, but the 'Dogs quickly responded with a goal from Galet.

Wallace scored her second goal of the game to spark a 3-0 run with 13:31 left in the half. St. Bonaventure scored back-to-back goals to cut Fresno State's lead to five (9-4) with 8:29 left in the half.

The 'Dogs would take a 4-0 run into the halftime, with their defense holding the Bonnies scoreless for over eight minutes.

At the half, Fresno State led 13-4.

SECOND HALF
Wallace opened up the second half scoring back-to-back goals for the 'Dogs, extending their lead to 11, both goals were assisted by Bloise.

St. Bonaventure's offense would make one last attempt to chip away at Fresno State's lead scoring back-to-back goals with 17:28 to stop the running clock.

The 'Dogs would not stop firing, going on another 4-0 to close the game. The Bonnie's scored one more goal before time expired, but the 'Dogs would take the win 19-7.

NOTABLE STATS
Fresno State marked season-bests in shots (40) and ground balls (26). The 'Dogs owned the advantage in shots (40-20), ground balls (26-15) and draw controls (15-13). St. Bonaventure notched more saves on the night 13-9.

On offense, Tiffiny Wallace and Sarah Bloise were a dynamic duo. Wallace had six goals and two assists to notch a career-best eight points. Wallace also grabbed five ground balls on the night. Bloise had three goals and tied her career-best with four assists. Bloise also recorded one ground ball and two caused turnovers.

On defense, Olivia Mannon grabbed a team-high five draw controls and recorded two caused turnovers.

In the goal, Laurel Maunder and Natalie Chaffin combined for nine saves to hold St. Bonaventure to seven goals.

WHAT'S NEXT
Fresno State will travel to face Sacred Heart University on Saturday, March 10 at 9 a.m. PT.

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