CALDWELL, N.J. – It was exactly the kind of bounce-back win that Post University Women's Lacrosse needed after suffering a key conference loss over the weekend against Holy Family University who had just one win entering that contest. This time around, against Caldwell University, it was the Eagles getting off to a fast start in the first in which they allowed just one goal while scoring five, giving them momentum for a big 10-goal win over the Cougars, 17-7, on Tuesday night.

THE BASICS

Post University 17, Caldwell University 7

Post University (4-3, 2-2 CACC)

Caldwell University (1-5, 0-4 CACC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
Freshman midfielder Roksana Debicka continues to find her groove for the Eagles as she got Post on the board with less than three minutes gone by in the contest with freshman midfielder Klara Domachowska assisting her to help the road team take a quick 1-0 lead. It was the first of three goals for Debicka in the first quarter, who scored three of Post's first four goals, as part of a 4-0 run to start the game.

Junior defender Brady Kells briefly cut the Post lead down to three, 4-1, but Domachowska's goal to end the first and graduate attacker Hailey McHenry's goal to start the second helped Post regain a firm five-goal edge. With three of the next four goals coming from the Cougars, the Eagle lead was threatened as it fell to three again, 7-4, but graduate attacker Gabrielle Fiora and sophomore midfielder Anna D'Angelo put a stop to the bleed to help their team go into the half ahead by five, 9-4.

Graduate attacker Tala Marzooq, who scored three straight goals for the Cougars between the second and third, brought Caldwell back to within four before Post went for the kill. A 7-0 run off the back of two Domachowska goals, one from McHenry, Debicka's fourth, a pair from graduate midfielder Cara DiStefano, and one from senior attacker Dana Paz were more than enough to break open the lead to 11 goals, 16-5.

In the final five minutes, sophomore attacker Megan Molinelli scored twice for Caldwell before Debicka netted her fifth and final goal just before the buzzer sounded on a 17-7 win for Post. Senior goalie Lauren Bain recovered from her effort against Holy Family, making 10 saves on 17 shots for the Eagles who forced the Cougars into 20 turnovers compared to just seven for Post.

Most notable for the defense was the fact that Caldwell had 11 free-position shots and was only able to convert on three of those while the Eagles had just one free-position attempt in which they were successful in scoring.

BY THE NUMBERS

• Roksana Debicka continues to lead the way offensively for Post University, totaling up a team-high 21 goals so far this season and tying for the team lead with 10 assists – Debicka scored five goals today and had two assists for a total of seven points in the win
• With five draw controls won today, Cara DiStefano now has 205 in her career, moving her 32 back of tying Mirando Polaski (2012-15) for most all-time at 237 draw controls
• Post is now 4-1 when scoring 10-plus goals in a game and is a perfect 4-0 when they allow less than 10 goals against them in the same contest
• This is the fifth straight win for Post University against Caldwell University after losing six in a row before that to the Cougars – The Eagles have allowed just seven goals in each of their last two matchups against them

WHO'S NEXT

Post University gets set for the penultimate game of a four-game road trip against Southern Connecticut State University in a rescheduled game from late February which was postponed due to field conditions. The Eagles are 0-8 against the Owls, dropping their matchup last year, 14-4, on the road, and have not scored 10-plus goals against them since 2013.