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| Alex Lugovina (#15) scores five goals |
Eagles Win Conference Opener, 16-8 Over Holy Cross
The American women's lacrosse team overcame a slow start (down 3-0) and rallied to dominate Patriot League foe Holy Cross 16-8 in front of an announced crowd of 207 at Jacobs Field yesterday afternoon. Alex Lugovina scored five goals on a team-high nine shots to lead AU, to go along with hat tricks by fellow starters Kimberly Collins and Jordan Harrington. AU improves to 2-6, 1-0 with the win... not bad, after losing their first six games of the season.
Lugovina got the Eagles on the board with her first goal 7:48 into the first half. From there, AU outscored the Crusaders 16-5, including the final four goals of the half (and 7-2 in the second.) American outshot their opponents 19-10 in the first half (and 31-17 for the entire game.) Defensively, Eagles freshman goalkeeper Teal Harrison came up with five saves, including three in the second half. Kudos also to a raucous crowd, who provided the home team with plenty of support (AU lacrosse fans really get into it.)
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| Samantha Marshall (#4) led AU with three assists |
AU travels to Colgate next Saturday, before returning home to host nationally ranked Johns Hopkins on Wednesday, March 27th. Wouldn't it be great to win six in a row (or even more?) After today's performance, that's hardly a stretch.
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| Emily Maher (#3) led all players with seven draw controls |
Click here for yesterday's box score.
