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April 22, 2000

Loyola Holds Off Late Blue Hen Rally For Top 20 Win


BALTIMORE, MD -- No. 7 ranked Loyola held off a furious late game rally by 11th ranked University of Delaware for a 10-9 non-league women's lacrosse victory over the Blue Hens Saturday afternoon at Curley Field.

The Blue Hens, playing their seventh Top 20 team this season and holding on to hopes for an NCAA Tournament berth, fell to 11-3 on the season. Loyola, which captured the Colonial Athletic Association title last week, won its 11th straight game to improve to 13-2 on the season.

Sara Hills Scored Two Goals for the Hens
Senior Christy Buck (Mt. de Sales/Catonsville, MD), Kate O'Connell (Mt. de Sales/Columbia, MD), and Sara Hills (St. Stephen's/Alexandria, VA) each scored two goals to pace the Blue Hens but top two leading goals scorers Sarah Edwards (38 goals) and Megan Fortunato (24) were held scoreless. Edwards did dish out two assists and Fortunato had one.

Loyola, which defeated the Hens for the fifth straight year, got three goals each from Stacey Morlang and Krissy Warnock. Goalkeeper Tricia Dabrowski notched a career-high 15 saves.

The Blue Hens trailed 4-2 at halftime but rallied and cut the lead to 5-4 on a goal by Corinne Shuck (Broadneck/Annapolis, MD) with 22:14 left to play in the second half.

But the Greyhounds took control of the game, scoring three straight goals and four of the next six, including two by Morlang, to go up 9-6 with 12:08 remaining.

The Hens made one last push as Buck scored with 5:45 left and Hills converted with 1:54 remaining to cut the lead to 9-8. Delaware had one last chance to tie the game but a free position shot with 48 seconds left was knocked away and the Greyhounds held out for the win.

Delaware will resume play April 25 at Temple.

 

AGATE:

Delaware........2.......6.......8
Loyola............4.......5.......9

Goals: Delaware - Christy Buck-2, Sara Hills-2, Kate O'Connell-2, Corinne Shuck, Liz Walton; Loyola - Stacey Morlang-3, Krissy Warnock-3, Danielle Battersby-2, Jen Testrake; Assists: Delaware - Sarah Edwards-3, Megan Fortunato, Ashley Moderacki, Kate O'Connell; Loyola - Danielle Battersby-2, Kory Miller; Shots: Delaware - 30, Loyola - 32; Groundballs: Delaware - 19, Loyola - 29; Saves: Delaware - 10 (Laurie Tortorelli), Loyola - 15 (Tricia Dabrowski); Attendance: 384.

 

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