Georgetown Scores Season-High 21 in Victory
from press release
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Georgetown University
women's lacrosse squad continued to roll Friday evening as the
Hoyas defeated the Louisville Cardinals in the semifinals of the
BIG EAST Championship at Multi-Sport Field. The No. 1 Hoyas (12-4)
downed the fourth-seeded Cardinals (9-6) 21-12, to advance to the
championship game on Sunday against No. 3 Notre Dame. It marks the
third consecutive season that GU will play in the championship.
Georgetown is the only team in the BIG EAST to have participated in
every championship game played in league history.
The Hoyas were one score shy of the conference record for goals in
a game as they continued to showcase a potent attack. GU is
averaging 17.2 goals per game in its last five outings. The 21
goals in the win over Louisville was a season high.
Georgetown opened the scoring just two minutes in with a goal from
Jordy Kirr (Baltimore, Md./Bryn Mawr Academy) and Ashby Kaestner
(Trappe, Md./Saints Peter and Paul) tallying the assist. Louisville
answered with three-straight scores to take a, 3-1, lead.
Looking at the first deficit against Louisville in program
history, Kaestner tied it up with shots off of the draws just 12
seconds apart, but the Cardinals came back with one more at
18:12.
That would be Louisville's last big push of the half as the Hoyas
posted a 7-0 run including two goals from Molly Ford (Reisterstown,
Md./Notre Dame Prep). Also contributing was Megan Bloomer (Paoli,
Pa./Conestoga), Jacqueline Giles (Ellicott City, Md./Mount Hebron),
Sarah Seats (Baltimore, Md./St. Paul's School), Allie Hubschmann
(Short Hills, N.J./Oak Knoll) and Kelly Barnes (St. David's,
Pa./Radnor). GU went into the break with a commanding, 10-4,
lead.
Kaestner kept it going in the second half with a goal to make it
an 8-0 run, but Louisville snapped the streak at 28:28. Kirr put
her second of the game away eight minutes later, but Louisville
once against answered with a pair of its own.
Hubschmann tallied her second of the contest but the Cardinals
matched it midway through. Erin Lovett (Wantagh, N.Y./Kellenberg
Memorial) and Ford made it a 3-0 run at 10:53 as GU held the
six-goal advantage.
Louisville pulled within five, but that would be as close as they
would get as Ford rattled off two more and Kirr added another.
Kaestner then made it four for the night while Hubschmann added
her third and Giles notched her second on the evening. Louisville
scored in the final minute making the final, 21-12.
"I was happy to see so many people get involved tonight, we showed
that we have more than just three players that can score. If teams
choose to faceguard Molly, Ashby and Jordy, there are a lot of
other people that can step up which shows how incredibly deep we
are," said Head Coach Ricky Fried.
Ford and Kaestner led all scorers with seven points each. Ford had
five goals and two assists, while Kaestner added four goals and
three assists. Six different Hoyas had multiple goals, nine scored
and 11 tallied points. Georgetown out-shot the Cardinals, 44-29,
and had seven more draw controls. GU also had just 11 turnovers and
forced 19. Bergan Foley led Louisville with five points. This was
UofL's first season in the BIG EAST and just second in Division
I.
Since the championship started in 2007, Georgetown has been the
top seed once before and played in both championship games falling
to Syracuse both seasons. The Hoyas are 9-3 all-time against the
Fighting Irish and defeated them earlier in the regular season in
South Bend, Ind., coming back from a big halftime deficit to get
the victory.
"We aren't going to change much when we play Notre Dame," said
Fried. "We'll continue to play our up-tempo game because we have so
much depth we can run people in and out. They (Notre Dame)
dominated possession tonight against Syracuse which really made a
difference, so we will focus on gaining and controlling
possession."
Georgetown will face Notre Dame in the championship on Sunday at 1
p.m., at Multi-Sport Field. The game will be televised live on CBS
College Sports featuring former Hoya Sheehan Stanwick broadcasting.
Live stats will also be available through the BIG EAST website at
women's lacrosse championship central. Tickets are $6 for adults
and $4 for children. Students from a BIG EAST institution with a
valid student ID get in free.
