Gavin Scores 200th Career Goal in Loyola Win
from press release
VILLANOVA, Pa. -- Grace Gavin became the third
player in Loyola University Maryland women's lacrosse history to
eclipse the 200-goal mark in her career when she scored less than
two minutes into a 16-6 Big East Conference victory at Villanova
University on Sunday afternoon.
Gavin scored off an Abby Rehfuss assist just 76 seconds into the
game to join Janet Eisenhut '83 and Stacey Morlang '02 as the only
Greyhounds to score 200 or more. Eisenhut tallied 223 during her
career, and Morlang scored 221.
The early goal helped set in motion a first half that saw Loyola
(12-0 overall, 4-0 Big East) go ahead by eight at halftime, 10-2.
Gavin scored three times in the first half, and Mary Heneberry
added a pair of goals before the break, as well.
Marlee Paton scored one during the first half and led the
Greyhounds with four overall. It was the second time in as many
games that the freshman scored four in a game after tallying that
number on Friday in a victory over Louisville.
The four-goal game by Paton is her fourth of the season, raising
her goal total to 27, second-most on the team this year. Her 27
goals are most by a Loyola freshman since Gavin and Rehfuss scored
38 and 35, respectively, as freshmen in 2008.
Gavin and Heneberry each scored goals for Loyola in the first
two-minutes, 31-seconds of Sunday's game before Justine Donodeo put
the Wildcats (4-6, 0-3) on the board nearly five minutes later.
Paton kicked off a 5-0 Greyhounds run with a goal at 22:02,
followed by Gavin's other two goals of the game. Joanna Dalton and
Heneberry both scored - Dalton's coming on a Heneberry assist - to
give Loyola a 7-1 advantage with 15:56 to play before halftime.
Rachel Lasda broke through for Villanova 2:36 after Heneberry's
goal, but that was all the Wildcats would get in the first
half.
Taryn VanThof tallied her first of the game on a Heneberry
assist at 11:56, and Cara Filippelli used a VanThof assist to score
just 18 ticks of the clock later.
Rehfuss capped the first half with a free-position goal 2:10 before
the break.
Villanova scored twice to open the second stanza, but Paton scored
back-to-back goals at 23:46 and 22:02 to push the Greyhounds' lead
back to eight.
Kelly Quinlan added a free-position goal for the Greyhounds before
Donodeo scored from the 8-meter for Villanova.
Allison Habicht scored her first collegiate goal for Loyola with
8:24 to play in the game, and Kathleen Barranco registered her
first of the season with 2:08 to play. Barranco added an assist on
a Paton goal with 1:10 to go, and Carly Miller capped the scoring
with a Villanova goal nine seconds before the game's end.
Kerry Stoothoff and Meg Steffe evenly split the 60 minutes in goal
for Loyola. Stoothoff made seven first-half saves, and Steffe had
six in the second.
The Greyhounds have more than a week off before their next game.
They host Georgetown at Ridley Athletic Complex on Tuesday, April
19, at 7 o'clock.
