KINGS POINT, N.Y. (April 23, 2022) – The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy women's lacrosse team welcomed in Skyline and industry-rival SUNY Maritime for the annual Sound Shootout on a beautiful Saturday afternoon at Brooks Stadium. And it was the Mariners who triumphed over the Privateers, 15-8, to improve to 9-2 overall (5-0 Skyline), while dropping Maritime to 11-2 (5-2 Skyline) in defeat.
 
The Sound Shootout rivalry game was established when USMMA first fielded a varsity, NCAA team back in 2013. The teams have met each year during the regular season (except for 2020) and the Mariners hold a 5-4 advantage in the Sound Shootout series (not including a Skyline playoff victory).
 
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• Box Score
• WATCH: Postgame Interview With Senior Maddie Schmidt
• WATCH: Postgame Interview With Sophomore Kaitlyn Latchaw 

Play was tight at first against the Privateer team that came into action with an impressive 11-1 record and was tied for second in the Skyline standings behind Merchant Marine. The two teams traded the first four goals of the game in the opening quarter, but the Mariners started to distance themselves in the second, scoring three-straight to start before allowing one, but then finishing with two tallies in the final five minutes to take a 7-3 lead into the halftime break.
 
The USMMA advantage reached as high as nine goals, 12-3, late in the third quarter, however Maritime strung together back-to-back tallies to finish out the period. The final quarter saw each team score three times, with the Mariners striking first and the Privateers answering.
 
Junior goalie Hope Germanakos (Lynbrook, N.Y.) had an impressive day between the pipes, stopping 10 Maritime shots to claim the victory and senior Jessie Wohner (Norfolk, Va.) led the way offensively with eight points on five goals and three assists.
 
Four other Mariners also had multi-point games – juniors Julia Coughlin (Rockville Centre, N.Y.) and Jenna Turrentine (Kennesaw, Ga.) with four each (Coughlin with three goals and a helper and Turrentine with two and two), sophomore Kaitlyn Latchaw (Phoenix, Md.) recorded a hat-trick and freshman Lauren Jablonowski (Levittown, N.Y.) scored once and dished out one assist.
 
Senior defender Maddie Schmidt (Mechanicsville, Va.) recorded a game-high six caused turnovers, while also scooping up three groundballs and three draw controls to go along with an assist offensively. Junior Jaqui Sheedy (Baltimore, Md.) led the Mariners securing four draw controls and she also found the back of the net, and classmate Meghan Malone (Crofton, Md.) had a game-best five groundballs.
 
For the Privateers, senior Sara Wright recorded four points on three goals and one assist and also led all players with seven draw controls, while freshman Gabrielle Nicolosi finished with two goals and one helper. Sophomore Jenna Lesiewicz led Maritime with three caused turnovers and also secured six draws.
 
The Mariners will hit the road for the final time this regular season when they travel up to Newburgh, N.Y., this coming Wednesday, April 27. Action is set to get underway at 7 p.m. at the Knights' Kaplan Field. Live stats and a live video feed of the game will be available with links on the USMMA Women's Lacrosse Schedule Page. at this link.
 
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