TROY, N.Y. – The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women's lacrosse team improved to 3-0 on the season this afternoon with a 9-6 win against New Paltz at ECAV Stadium.

After New Paltz opened the scoring on an unassisted goal by Mia Baldinger at 11:19 of the first quarter, the Engineers responded with an extra-player tally from Emily Speck at midway through eh quarter to even the game heading into the second.

RPI seized control with a decisive second-quarter surge, outscoring the Hawks 6-2 to take a four-goal lead halftime.

Following a New Paltz goal early in the frame, Ava Gilardone tied the contest at 2-2 at off an assist from Kacey Pritts and the Engineers' offense quickly found rhythm from there. Camille Stackhouse (assisted by Pritts) knotted the game again at 3-3, Audrey Silverman gave RPI its first lead with an unassisted finish, and Quinn Wollard converted a man-up goal off a feed from Adelaide Hughes with three minutes to go in the second.

RPI closed the half with two goals in the final minute, Caitlyn Speck finished a Pritts assist at 0:44, and Pritts buried a goal off Hughes at 0:13 after Nazareth's final tally of the half.

The Engineers added two more in the third to stretch the margin. Pritts scored unassisted at 12:13, and Stackhouse followed 45 seconds later for her second of the day off a Pritts helper.

Nazareth made its final push in the fourth, scoring three times, but RPI's defense helped preserve the advantage to close out the win.

Pritts powered the attack with a game-high six points on two goals and four assists, while Stackhouse matched her with a team-high two goals. 

Gilardone, Wollard, Caitlyn Speck, Silverman, and Emily Speck also scored for the Engineers, with Hughes contributing two assists. In goal, Lillian Brady earned the victory with seven saves.

On the road for four of the next five games, the Engineers are set to travel to Swathmore on Saturday for a 2:00 pm matchup.