OLD WESTBURY, NY – Purchase College was unable to rebound from a slow start in Saturday's 18-5 Skyline Conference road setback to SUNY Old Westbury inside Panther Park.
Old Westbury (3-9, 2-2 Skyline) went on an 8-0 run to open the first half, led by Alessia Drevnyak with four goals.
Purchase (1-7, 0-4 Skyline) recorded its first at the hands of sophomore midfielder
Maddy Mecca (Oceanside, NY) at 16:14. Sophomore midfielder
Gabriella Castles (Bethpage, NY) got two more past Old Westbury goalie Tazmeya Allen (3-9) to trim the deficit to seven (10-3) before Jessica Pedroza and Hope Matthews combined for two goals over the final 4:26 to send a 12-3 game into the break.
Yaritza Caraballo completed her second-career hat trick less than 20 seconds into the second half before Natasha Treuman netted home back-to-back tallies at 26:52 and 23:53, respectively.
Senior attacker
Danielle Sarubbi (Brooklyn, NY) netted her first goal of the season and fourth in the game for PC with 19:49 remaining to make it a 15-4 game.
Over the final 11:28, Treuman provided a feed to Fonseca as she buried her first-career goal before Treuman took it herself to settle the 18-5 final.
Allen made five saves to secure Old Westbury's win as Panther netminder
Brianna Pirozzi (JR/Staten Island, NY) stopped seven shots in defeat for Purchase.
Old Westbury held the advantage in shots (31-14), shots on goal (25-10), ground balls (19-11), draw controls (16-9) and caused turnovers (11-5).
In addition to scoring six goals and dishing out one assist, Treuman controlled a game-high nine draws to go along with two caused turnovers. Drevnyak followed with four goals to post her third-career hat trick while Joseph chipped in with two goals and three draw controls. Renker contributed with career highs of four ground balls and three caused turnovers.
Gabriella Castles finished with three goals and two draw controls while
Brett Robison scooped up a game-high five ground balls to pace Purchase.
– Old Westbury Sports Information contributed to this release
