Allentown, PA

It was Senior Day for the Cedar Crest College lacrosse team as they would honor five players.  Senior's DeJanet Lantion (Silver Spring, MD/John F. Kennedy), Kim Barry (Greentown, PA/Wallenpaupack Area), Rebecca Grady (Silver Spring, MD/Paint Branch), and Chelsea Thompson (Coatesville, PA/Collegium Charter School) along with junior Emily Rodenberger (Pennsburg, PA/Upper Perkiomen High School) were honored before today's contest.  Rodenberger, who will graduate in December of this year was honored as a senior for today's contest.

As for the game, Immaculata would open the first half on a quick 11-0 run before the Falcons would take advantage of being a man up and Regina Gill (Hellertown, PA/Saucon Valley High School) would score the Falcons first goal of the game.  The Mighty Macs would then collect two more goals before all was said and done in the first half.

As a team in the first half, the Falcons would collect four shots, three of which were on goal.  As a team they would also grab seven draw controls and six groundballs in the first half.  They would also finish 1 of 2 on clear attempts in the first thirty minutes.  

The second half saw the Falcons elevate their level of play as Gill would connect with junior Vivianna Samite (Oakridge, NJ/Jefferson Twp) to get her first goal of the game.  just five minutes later, Emily Rodenberger (Pennsburg, PA/Upper Perkiomen High School) would run the full length of the field to collect her first goal of the game.  The Mighty Macs would tack on three more goals, but the Falcons would answer right back as Rodenberger, Gill and senior DeJanet Lantion (Silver Spring, MD/John F. Kennedy) would all score to push the score to 17-6 in favor of the Macs.  Immaculata would score once more in the second half to close out the game winning 18-6.

In the second half, the Falcons saw all seven of their shots on target, while also collecting eight groundballs and six draw controls.  

Individually for the Falcons, Gill and Rodenberger would each score twice, while Samite and Lantion would score once in the loss.  Senior Kim Barry (Greentown, PA/Wallenpaupack Area) would add four groundballs and five draw controls while fellow senior Rebecca Grady (Silver Spring, MD/Paint Branch) would add two draw controls and one groundball.  Fellow senior Chelsea Thompson (Coatesville, PA/Collegium Charter School) would also add a groundball in her final home lacrosse game.

The Falcons fall to 1-11 overall and 1-7 in CSAC play and will wrap up conference play on Monday when they travel to Centenary College.  Game time is set to begin at 4 PM.