Hempstead, NY - Senior Alyssa Parrella showed why she is one of the best players in the nation as she tallied four points on two goals and two assists, while also earning a game-high seven draw controls, but #6 Stony Brook pulled away late and defeated the Hofstra women's lacrosse team, 12-8, on Thursday evening at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium. 

Hofstra slips to 3-3 with the loss, while Stony Brook improved to 7-2 with the win. 

Sophomore Taylor Mennella scored for the second straight game after a two-goal performance against #6 Boston College and would open up the Pride scoring at the 17:20 mark of the first half to make it an early 3-1 game. Stony Brook would push the lead to 7-1 with a 4-0 scoring spurt before Hofstra scored the final three goals of the half to close the gap to three at the break. Senior Arianna Esposito got the run started, and Parrella, who assisted on Esposito's goal, tallied the final two goals of the half to make it 7-4. 

The two teams went toe-to-toe for the majority of the second stanza with senior Katie Whelan making it 7-5 with a goal just over a minute into the half. Each team would alternate goals over the next 20-plus minutes with graduate student Alexa Mattera scoring a free-position goal and Esposito adding her second of the game, each time cutting the deficit to a narrow two-goal lead of the Seawolves. The 9-7 score would be as close as the Pride could get as Stony Brook scored three straight before sophomore Kate Fiola tallied Hofstra's final goal of the game with 1:46 left. 

Senior Sabrina Cristodero added four draw controls and two ground balls for Hofstra, which got three draw controls and two points (1 G, 1 A) from Whelan. Junior Jess Smith made a season-high 10 saves and senior Shannon Boyle posted two ground balls. 

Kailyn Hart had four goals for Stony Brook, while Bridget Considine posted three goals. Hofstra held Ally Kennedy to just two points, her second-fewest of the season and just the second time since the start of the 2020 campaign she has been held under three points.

Hofstra will next be in action when it opens Colonial Athletic Association play on Saturday, April 3, with a 4 p.m. game against Drexel at James M. Shuart Stadium. 

NOTES
- The all-time series between the schools is now tied at five. 
- Parrella now has 323 points in her career and is two shy of tying Suzanne Wosczyna of Old Dominion (2001-04) for the most in Colonial Athletic Association history. 
- Jess Smith's previous season-high was nine saves against Connecticut. 
- Parrella's draw control total was a season-high and two off her career-high. She had six against #6 Boston College. 
- Hofstra played back-to-back games against top 10 teams for the first time since taking on #8 Towson and #4 James Madison on April 20 and 22, 2018.