Pyle Nets Seven Points in Princeton Win
from press release
PRINCETON, N.J. - The Ivy League Offensive
Player of the Week junior Cassie Pyle had a seven-point game to
lead the Princeton women's lacrosse team to an 18-10 win over
Columbia on Wednesday, April 27 at Princeton Stadium.
Pyle recorded a career-best seven points on three goals and four
assists in the final conference game of the season. Senior Lizzy
Drumm had three goals and one assist, sophomore Sam Ellis and
junior Barb Previ both had hat tricks and freshman Sarah Lloyd had
one goal and two helpers. Senior goalie Erin Tochihara made 11
saves. Freshman Caroline Franke made her first career appearance
for the final 2:50 and made one save on the final shot of the
game.
The No. 15-ranked Tigers quickly grabbed a 5-0 lead less than nine
minutes into the game. Pyle would score twice, while Drumm, junior
Jaci Gassaway and sophomore Charlotte Davis would each find the
back of the net.
Gabrielle Geronimos would score Columbia's first goal at 18:01.
Previ would record a natural hat trick with three straight goals to
expand the Tigers' lead to 8-1.
The Lions would score twice in 20 seconds which would lead to a 5-2
Columbia run over the next six minutes. Olivia Mann and Kacie
Johnson would each score twice and Taylor Gattinella would get her
first of three. Charlotte Davis and Ellis would record goals for
the Tigers, as Columbia made it a four-goal game, 10-6, with 5:20
left in the first half.
Senior Maisie Devine and Ellis each scored in the waning minutes to
give Princeton the 12-6 lead at the half.
Ellis would complete her hat trick to start the second half, and
Gassaway would get another goal 21 seconds later as the Tigers took
a 14-6 lead at 25:43.
Gattinella put away Columbia's last goal for the next 10 minutes as
Princeton scored three unanswered to keep the clock running. Drumm,
Pyle and Lloyd each recorded goals.
Geronimos ended the running clock at 12:16. Teammates Gattinella
and Mann made sure the 10-goal rule wouldn't go back into effect as
they both scored to make it a 17-10 game with 2:50 left.
Columbia called a timeout and Princeton replaced Tochihara with
Franke. Twelve seconds later Drumm would score her third goal of
the night after Previ won the draw control.
Franke would get her first test with just seconds to play on a Mann
shot and scooped up the ground ball to give Princeton possession as
time expired.
Columbia outshot Princeton 33-28, put Princeton had a 24-22 shot on
goal advantage. The teams split draw controls 15-15 and Princeton
had an 18-16 edge in ground balls.
Gattinnella had four points for Columbia with three goals and one
assist. Mann had a hat trick and Geronimos and Johnson each had two
goals. In goal Karlee Blanks made six stops. Columbia falls to 4-10
and 1-6 in league play.
Princeton improves to 8-6 overall and finishes the Ivy season 5-2.
The Tigers will face Penn State on Saturday, April 30 at 1 p.m., in
the final regular season and home game of the season.
