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8-4, 4-2
Lafayette
4-8, 0-6
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Bucknell | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
Defender Cat Dineen Scores First Collegiate Goal as Bucknell Downs Lafayette 15-8
4/10/2026 9:16:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse
LEWISBURG, Pa. — Catherine Dineen, a senior defender and captain, led Bucknell in a solid defensive game with four caused turnovers and scored her career-first goal as the Bison defeated Lafayette 15-8 in Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium on Friday night.
With the win, the Bison moved to 8-4 overall and 4-2 in the Patriot League.
The first quarter was a low scoring effort as both defenses stood tall. Bucknell edged out Lafayette 3-1 as Katie Browne, Caleigh Cummiskey and Megan Krestinski each found a point. The second quarter saw more scoring, including three more goals from Browne as Bucknell extended its lead to four at the half. The Bison dominated the third quarter with six goals to Lafayette's two to make it 13-5. The Leopards outscored the Bison 3-1 in the fourth, but it wouldn't be enough to overtake Bucknell as it would earn a 15-8 victory.
Browne led Bucknell in scoring with four goals. Cummiskey was the other Bison to notch a hat-trick as she found three goals in the contest. Krestinski led the team in points with five on two goals and three assists.
Bucknell recorded more ground balls than Lafayette as the Bison found 31 to Lafayette's 14. Jess Leon and Kate Hearns both led the Bison in ground balls with five each.
The Leopards dominated the draw as they recorded 19 draw controls to Bucknell's six. Five of the six draw controls that went the Bison's way came from Krestinski. Bucknell was able to maintain the lead as Lafayette committed 26 turnovers to the Bison's 19 and Bucknell recorded 19 caused turnovers to the Leopards 12. Dineen led Bucknell in caused turnovers with four.
Bella Crowley started in the back of the net for the Bison and recorded seven saves and seven goals against for a .500 save percentage in the contest. Julia Dembowitz came in late in the fourth quarter and recorded one save and one goal against for a .500 save percentage.
Five minutes into the game Browne got the Bison on the board first with a nice cut and goal, but Georgia Swarr tied it up a little over a minute later. Four and a half scoreless minutes later, Cummiskey found her first of the game on an assist from Caroline Sheridan to make it 2-1 in favor of the Bison. With just over a minute left in the first quarter, Sheridan got the ball and found Krestinski on a breakaway for a goal to extend Bucknell's lead to two at the end of one.
Browne opened the second quarter up the same as the first, with a goal. This time her goal came on a converted free-position shot. The Leopards answered with a goal from Kristen Igneri to cut the deficit to two with 9:42 left in the first half. After almost six minutes of scoreless back and forth play later with both defensive sides stepping up, Browne secured a first half hat-trick off of a smooth assist from Krestinski to make it 5-2 with 3:59 to go in the first half. Out of the media timeout, Browne found her fourth goal of the game and then Krestinski followed that up with a goal off of a ricocheted free-position shot from Estella Geller to make it 7-3 at the end of the second quarter.
Regan Sansiviero opened the second half with a nice goal on the crease to make it 8-3, but Lafayette quickly answered with a goal from Evelyn Goyer to keep the deficit at four. Bucknell then went on a three goal run with goals from Estella Geller and Katie Powers as well as a career-first goal from Dineen. Igneri then got another for the Leopards, but Alex Macutek answered with a quick goal to make it 12-5 and then Cummiskey ended the quarter with her second goal of the game, unassisted to make it 13-5 heading into the fourth.
Guyer opened the fourth quarter with a quick goal for Lafayette before the next two and a half minutes went scoreless. Cummiskey ended the scoreless streak with a rocket of a free-position goal to extend Bucknell's lead to eight with 12:04 remaining in regulation. Sansiviero then made it a two-goal run as she buried a shot off of a great feed from Krestinski. The Leopards then scored two unanswered goals to close the deficit to seven, but the remainder of the game went scoreless and Bucknell took a 15-8 victory.
Bucknell will next face American in a mid-week league game on Wednesday, April 15 at 1 p.m.
