ROCHESTER, NY- The Utica College field hockey team fell to defending conference champion, St. John Fisher College, 4-1, in Empire 8 Conference action Saturday. Senior Maria Orsino (Sauquoit, NY/Sauquoit) scored the lone goal for UC for her first score of the year.
 
The Cardinals went up 1-0 in the first half, but Orsino evened the score at 51:05 as she buried a crossing pass from junior Rylee Meelan (Clinton, NY/Clinton).  Fisher responded just 1:07 later and added two more scores in the final six minutes of action to improve to 6-0 overall and 3-0 in the E8.
 
Senior Samantha Whitehouse (Greenwich, NY/Greenwich) made eight saves in net, while classmate Jordan Noga (Marcy, NY/Whitesboro) tallied her league-leading fifth defensive save of the season. Fisher's Ashley Maynard had three saves in the win.
 
The Pioneers (5-3, 2-2 Empire 8) return to action Tuesday as they travel to local rival, Hamilton College.  Game time is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.