Davidson Erupts for Season-High 15 Goals
from press release
DAVIDSON, N.C. — Alanna Parker, Paige
Logan and Ann Fucigna combined for 11 of the Wildcats’
season-high 15 goals in helping carry Davidson to its first win of
the 2011 campaign in a 15-6 triumph over visiting Robert Morris on
a rainy Wednesday evening at Richardson Stadium in women’s
lacrosse.
Davidson, playing its fourth home game of the season, improved to
1-5 overall and moved to 3-1 vs. Robert Morris (1-2) in the
all-time series.
Parker, Logan and Fucigna would score five of Davidson’s
seven straight goals that spanned from the 17:29 mark of the first
half into the 27th minute of the second period. During that spurt,
the ‘Cats broke open a 3-3 tie for a commanding 10-3 lead
after Logan and Fucigna netted back-to-back scores to open the
second half.
The Colonials, who went scoreless for nearly 28 minutes after Emily
Vandyne tied it up at 3-all with 17:48 on the clock, got no closer
than five goals as the Wildcat defense shut them down.
Parker’s four goals gave her a team-high 14 on the year and
pushed her streak of scoring at least one goal in a game to 14
straight. The sophomore has had five multi-goal games this year,
with her four scores tonight being a season-high. She also added
her first assist of the season to give her five points.
Fucigna continued her hot scoring touch lately, with three goals to
give her 10 in the last three games. The freshman was coming off a
team season-high five goals at Lafayette over the weekend.
Like her classmate, Logan has also give the Wildcat offense a
spark, scoring six goals in the past three games after her
season-best four-goal outing this evening. She picked up a three
draw controls as well.
Erin Doherty (goal and assist), Jenna Mugele (goal) and Erin Keitel
(goal) rounded out the scoring for Davidson. Doherty pushed her
assist total to a team-best six to go along with five goals on the
year.
Robert Morris’ Vandyne had two goals to match Rachel Engel
(2) and Elizabeth Sunser (2) for team-high honors. Vandyne, who
assisted on the first goal of the game, and Engel gave the
Colonials an early 2-1 lead seven minutes into the start of the
contest.
The Wildcat defense, led by goalie Jessica Melby, played a big part
in the long scoring drought by Robert Morris. They forced 19
turnovers on the night with six of those being caused, led by Lily
Graham’s two.
When Robert Morris did get a shot off, Melby was there for the
defensive stop, matching her career-high with 10 saves and picked
up four groundballs.
Davidson had a two-shot edge, 25-23, in shots and picked up 14
groundballs to go along with 13 draw controls compared to the
Colonials’ 12 and 10, respectively, in each category.
The Wildcats stay at home and seek win number two with a 6:30
contest vs. La Salle on Friday evening in Richardson Stadium.
