No. 6 Virginia Doubles Up No. 13 Princeton
from press release
PRINCETON, N.J. – The No. 6 Virginia
women’s lacrosse team snapped a two-game one-goal
losing streak to Princeton Saturday afternoon, using
eight-unanswered scores to defeat the 13th-ranked Tigers, 14-7,
at Princeton Stadium. The win marks the fourth-straight for
the Cavaliers over a nationally ranked team and improves
Virginia to 6-2 on the season, while the Tigers fall to 2-4 on the
year.
Senior All-American Brittany Kalkstein led the way with four goals
and two assists for a career-high six points. Three Cavaliers
added two scores each – senior All-American Kaitlin
Duff, redshirt sophomore Ainsley Baker and sophomore Josie
Owen, while senior Caity Whiteley had one goal and two
assists. Sophomore Julie Gardner tallied one goal and
one helper. Sophomore Charlie Finnigan and freshman Anne Thomas
rounded out the scoring with one goal each.
Princeton was led by a hat trick from Barb Previ and Cassie Pyle,
who contributed two scores.
Virginia’s seniors started the scoring, with Whiteley
assisting a goal from Kalkstein at 26:33 for Virginia’s first
score. Duff, scoring in her 16th-straight contest, followed that up
with a goal of her own at 25:24 to give the Cavaliers a 2-0
advantage.
The Tigers worked to even the score at two all, with Previ notching
back-to-back goals before the home team tallied another score to
take a 3-2 lead with 11:54 on the clock.
Those would be the only goals Princeton would score in the opening
half. Thomas tied the score at three with her first collegiate
goal. Kalkstein then had a hand in Virginia’s final three
goals of the half – assisting Owen at 7:31 and Finnigan at
5:30, before finishing a pass from Gardner with 12.7 seconds on the
clock, marking her 28th multiple goal game. The flurry of goals
gave Virginia a 6-3 halftime advantage.
The Cavaliers continued their scoring spree into the second half.
Kalkstein had Virginia’s first goal, before goals from Duff,
Gardner and Baker put the Cavaliers up 10-3 with 18:08 left to
play.
Princeton rallied to tally three-straight goals within three
minutes, but Whiteley snapped the streak with her first goal of the
game at 11:21. Baker, Owen and Kalkstein wrapped up the scoring for
the Cavaliers, before Princeton tacked on one final goal, bringing
the final
score to 14-7.
In goal, redshirt junior Lauren Benner improved to 4-0 on the year,
stopping a season-high 11 shots. Erin Tochihara collected 10 saves
for Princeton.
