Hawks Pull Away From St. Francis
from press release
PHILADELPHIA - The Saint Joseph's women's
lacrosse team saw four players score two goals apiece to lead the
Hawks to a 10-6 win over Saint Francis at Finnesey Field on Sunday
afternoon. Sophomore Gwen Nihill had a pair of goals and assisted
on two, while goalkeeper Kaitlin LaBarbera made 10 saves in
net.
The Red Flash scored a goal five minutes into the game to get on
the board first, but the Hawks retaliated with three straight
scores to go up 3-1. Jen Peters connected on a free-position shot,
while Meghan McDevitt had an unassisted goal and Carly Kindbom
scored the third goal off a pass from Nora McGuire.
Saint Francis scored a minute later with a free-position goal and
added a goal with 1:19 on the clock to tie it up at 3-3 going into
the break.
Just 1:15 into the second half, McGuire caught Grace Dinn cutting
to the net for her first goal. Less than two minutes later, Nihill
drove to the net and scored on a one-on-one with the Red Flash
goalkeeper to put the Hawks up 5-3.
Saint Francis' Catherine Helming connected on another a
free-position shot just before Nihill assisted two consecutive
goals from Francesca Volpe and Peters to put the Hawks up, 7-4.
After another Red Flash goal, SJU went on a 3-0 run to go up by
five, 10-5, with 13:28 to go. The Hawks maintained possession for
the majority of the remaining minutes. Saint Francis' Danielle
Conwell scored on a breakaway with 3:18 left on the clock for a
10-6 final.
McDevitt finished with two goals and an assist, while Peters and
Dinn each had two goals and McGuire tallied two assists.
The Hawks (2-2) return to action on Wednesday, when they host
Rutgers at 4:00 p.m. on Finnesey Field.
