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March 18, 2000 Buck's Second Half Heroics Helps Hens Hold Off Richmond
NEWARK, DE -- Senior co-captain Christy Buck (Mt. de Sales/Catonsville, MD) scored all four of her goals in the second half as No. 14 ranked University of Delaware held off Richmond for an 11-8 non-league women's lacrosse victory Saturday afternoon at Rullo Stadium. Buck, a two-time all-region midfielder, was held quiet in the first half but sparked the Hens in the second half against the upset-minded Spiders. The win was Delaware's sixth straight since last season and upped the Hens' record to 3-0, the best start for a Delaware team since the 1989 squad opened up 4-0. Richmond got two second half goals from Carrie Aitken, but dropped its third straight game to fall to 2-4. It was Delaware's fourth straight win over the Spiders and 13th in the teams' last 14 meetings. Junior Kate O'Connell (Mt. de Sales/Columbia, MD) added three goals for the Blue Hens and Megan Fortunato (Upper Moreland/Hatboro, PA) chipped in with two to lead the Delaware effort. Richmond got scoring from seven different players with Katie Dolan scoring a goal and adding one assist. The game looked like a runaway early as the Hens scored the game's first four goals, including two by O'Connell, before Richmond got on the board with a goal by Amy Stringer with 17:31 left in the opening half. The Hens took a 5-2 lead into intermission. Buck scored three goals in the first 20 minutes of the second half to stake the Hens to a 9-5 lead with 10:17 left to play. But Richmond rallied behind two goals by Aitken and cut the lead to 9-7 with 5:02 left. But Buck responded once again for the Hens, scoring just 1:03 later to put the Hens up 10-7 with 3:59 left. Richmond cut the lead to two goals once again on a goal by Jessica Popham with 2:57 left, but the Hens added an insurance goal when Corinne Shuck (Broadneck/Annapolis, MD) scored off a feed from Brooke Mulligan (Mt. de Sales/Columbia, MD) with 25 seconds left to play. The three-time defending America East champion Blue Hens will put their 23-game conference win streak on the line today (Sunday) when they open conference play at home vs. Vermont at 1 p.m.
AGATE: Richmond.....2.....6.....8 Goals &endash; Richmond &endash; Carrie Aitken-2, Jessica Popham, Lauren Weschler, Lacy Pica, Katie Dolan, Katie Chasney, Amy Stringer; Delaware &endash; Christy Buck &endash; 4, Kate O'Connell &endash; 3, Megan Fortunato-2, Sarah Edwards, Corinne Shuck Assists: Richmond &endash; Katie Dolan; Delaware &endash; Brooke Mulligan Saves: Richmond &endash; 11 (Kelly Johnson); Delaware &endash; 9 (Laurie Tortorelli) Shots: Richmond &endash; 22, Delaware - 35 Groundballs: Richmond &endash; 31, Delaware - 20 Attendance: 300
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