Virginia Hands Loyola, Adams First Loss
from staff reports
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| Blair Weymouth had four goals in UVa's 19-8 win over
Loyola. Photo: © John Strohsacker |
BALTIMORE – The No. 4 Virginia
women’s lacrosse team continued its offensive dominance
Saturday afternoon, defeating Loyola College, 19-8, at Diane
Geppi-Aikens Field in Baltimore, Md. The loss was the first for
Loyola's first-year head coach Jen Adams.
Senior All-Americans Ashley McCulloch and Blair Weymouth led the
way again. McCulloch tallied four goals and three assists, while
Weymouth had four goals and two assists. Junior Kaitlin Duff had
three goals and two assists, while winning a career-high six draw
controls. Freshman Julie Gardner contributed three goals, while
classmates Josie Owen and Caroline Cochran, redshirt freshman
Ainsley Baker, and juniors Marye Kellermann and Caity Whiteley each
added one score. Freshman Bailey Fogarty contributed an assist.
McCulloch backed a wide Cavalier shot and dished it ahead to
Gardner who found the back of the net just 24 seconds into play to
open scoring. Loyola responded with a goal from Abby Rehfuss at
24:07 to even the score at 1-1.
Duff then sparked a four-goal run for Virginia with a score at
23:40. McCulloch notched her first goal of the game at 23:14, and
then dished a pass to Weymouth, whose score at 22:03 forced the
Greyhounds to call a timeout. Whiteley capped off the run,
finishing a feed from Duff, at 19:35 to push the Cavaliers ahead
5-1.
A goal from Loyola’s Grace Gavin at 18:14 halted the streak,
but Weymouth fired off back-to-back goals for Virginia, giving the
Cavaliers a 7-2 advantage. Owen and Fogarty teamed for the
Cavaliers next score, but Loyola would find the net for
two-consecutive goals within a minute of each other to force the
Cavaliers to call a timeout, at 8-4.
Gardner, Weymouth and McCulloch each tallied scores out of the
break and senior goalkeeper Sara Hairfield stopped a shot in the
final seconds of the opening half to keep the score at 11-4 heading
into the intermission.
Out of the break, McCulloch and Duff each contributed two of the
first five goals scored and redshirt junior Lauren Benner, in goal
for the Cavaliers, blocked a wide open Greyhound shot to maintain
Virginia’s 15-5 lead with 20 minutes remaining.
Gardner tallied another score for Virginia, while Baker and
Cochran each tallied their first collegiate goals in that remaining
time.
Defensively, Duff caused a game-high four turnovers, while
sophomore Liz Downs, Gardner and Weymouth each collected three
ground balls. Senior Katie Shannon won three draw controls.
In the cage, Benner stopped six shots, while Hairfield collected
two saves.
