Box Score The 18th-ranked William Smith College lacrosse team downed Vassar 19-10 this afternoon in Liberty League action on McCooey Field. The Herons remain undefeated on the season with a 5-0 overall mark, and are 2-0 in conference play, while the Brewers drop to 3-4 overall and 0-2 in the Liberty League.

William Smith junior Molly Fitzgerald (Gould Academy/Sudbury, Mass.) led the offense with five goals, while first-years Lucy Johnson (Millburn/Short Hills, N.J.) and Callie Frelinghuysen (Darien/Darien, Conn.) each notched two goals and two assists.

Allie Morgan led Vassar with four goals and a helper, while Sarah Warner and Moe Byrne both tallied two goals and an assist.

Fitzgerald opened the scoring less than three minutes into the game, off an assist from Frelinghuysen. Two minutes, 11 seconds later, Frelinghuysen set up Johnson to put the Herons up 2-0. Warner and Morgan answered for Vassar with consecutive tallies 27 seconds apart, to even the game at 2-all with 22:36 to play in the first half.

Frelinghuysen's first goal of the day at the 21:57 mark sparked William Smith to end the stanza with a 10-2 scoring run. The Herons took a comfortable 12-3 advantage into halftime.

The Brewers found life in the second half. After winning four out of 16 draw controls in the first period, Vassar came up with 10 of the 15 draw controls in the second half. This enabled the Brewers' offense to net seven goals in the final 30 minutes, including three straight from Morgan, Katama Martellucci, and Byrne, which cut their deficit to six, 13-7, with 22:54 left on the clock.

The Herons did not allow their lead to dip lower than six goals, and consecutive tallies from Frelinghuysen, senior Michaela Parnell (Guilford/Guilford, Conn.) and Fitzgerald midway through the half put the contest firmly out of reach. Parnell finished with two goals and a helper.

William Smith first-year Katherine Vesce (Cold Spring Harbor/Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.) and sophomore Lexi Walston (Suffield Academy/Farmington, Conn.) both netted their first collegiate goals in today's contest.

Heron senior goaltender Rebecca Josefiak (West Seneca East/West Seneca, N.Y.) recorded 10 saves in her fifth win of the year, while Vassar goalie Nicole Engelhardt collected 22 stops. William Smith out shot its visitor 51-23.

Senior Heron defender Torie Allen (The Governor's Academy/Dedham, Mass.) and Brewer Liz Pacheco each picked up a game-high six ground balls.

William Smith will be back in action on April 1, when the Herons travel to 1¬¬4th-ranked Cortland for a non-league game at 4 p.m.