The Katrina Dowd era of Brown women’s lacrosse is off to a good start.
Three days after opening the season with a 15-14 victory at UMass — their first over a nationally ranked opponent since 2020 — the Bears never trailed in a 14-10 win at Albany on Tuesday.
Attacker Mia Mascone had three goals and an assist to lead Brown. Five different players scored at least two goals. Midfielders Julia Ford and Emmie Lau and defender Paige Gillen each contributed five draw controls.
A former star player at Northwestern and with the U.S. Women’s National Team, Dowd has had a winding career path as a coach with stops as an assistant at Syracuse, North Carolina (twice) and Army as a head coach at Oregon and now Brown.
Attacker Josie Vogel scored four goals to lead Cornell to a 17-4 win over Le Moyne. The Big Red (2-0) play No. 15 Virginia (3-0) at USA Lacrosse on Sunday in a non-conference game between currently unbeaten teams — though UVA must first get past North Carolina on Friday.
Midfielder Ellie Masera scored five goals to go with an assist and a game-high seven draw controls, as No. 11 Stony Brook defeated Bryant 17-3. The Seawolves host Arizona State on Friday.
Midfielder Kristin O’Neill was a force all over the field with four goals, an assist, three ground balls, three draw controls and three caused turnovers in Penn State’s 13-5 win over Pitt.
Matt DaSilva is the editor in chief of USA Lacrosse Magazine. He played LSM at Sachem (N.Y.) and for the club team at Delaware. Somewhere on the dark web resides a GIF of him getting beat for the game-winning goal in the 2002 NCLL final.
