Princeton's Drumm Goes Out in Style
from press release
PRINCETON, N.J. - Eight different players
scored to lead the No. 15-ranked Princeton women's lacrosse team to
a 19-10 win over No. 13 Penn State in the regular-season finale on
Saturday, April 30 at Princeton Stadium.
Prior to the game, Princeton honored seniors Maisie Devine, Lizzy
Drumm, Caroline Markowitz, Kaitlyn Mauritz and Erin Tochihara for
their contributions to the women's lacrosse program.
In a celebration of its seniors on Senior Day, it was fitting that
Drumm would score a game-high five goals and Tochihara would match
her career-best with 16 saves. Junior Cassie Pyle a six-point game
with four goals and two assists. Sophomore Charlotte Davis,
freshman Mary-Kate Sivilli and Devine had three points apiece while
junior Barb Previ had two points.
Princeton had a 36-30 advantage in shots, a 16-13 edge in ground
balls and had 14 draw controls to Penn State's 17. The Tigers
converted 50 percent of their free-position chances, scoring four
goals off the fan.
The teams traded goals in the first eight minutes with Drumm
putting Princeton on the scoreboard at 24:54 and Mackenzie Cyr
answering for Penn two minutes later. The Tigers would take a 4-1
lead scoring three unanswered with Davis, Pyle and Previ recording
goals.
Molly Fernandez thought she had ended Princeton's run with a goal
at 15:12, but the Tigers - namely Pyle - weren't done yet
Pyle would collect a natural hat trick in a span of 4:19 to give
her team an 8-2 lead with five minutes to play in the half.
The half would end like it started with Theresa Zichelli scoring
for PSU before freshman Sarah Lloyd responded on the other end as
Princeton took a 9-3 lead into the locker room.
Zichelli would start off the second half with a quick goal 57
seconds off the opening draw.
Drumm, Davis and sophomore Jaci Gassaway would each find the back
of the net in a span of 2:40 to pad the lead by eight, 12-4, less
than five minutes into the second session.
The Nittany Lions called a timeout and drew up a play that seemed
to worked as Aly Adams put away a Jackie Eastman pass to make it
12-5.
That goal didn't faze the Tigers as Drumm, Davis and Lloyd scored
in succession to take a 10-goal lead.
Princeton couldn't keep the running clock for very long as the
teams would trade goals for the next 10 minutes, with Sivilli,
Drumm and sophomore Sam Ellis each scoring for the Tigers.
Sivilii would tally the final goal for the Orange and Black at 4:20
before PSU closed out the game getting goals from Jen Steadman and
Eastman.
Eastman led the Nittany Lion offense with three points on two goals
and an assist. Steadman, Zichelli, Cyr and Fernandez all had two
points. Dana Cahill made nine saves in goal, as her team drops to
9-7 overall.
Princeton improves to 9-6 on the season and will face Penn in the
Ivy League Tournament semifinals on Friday, May 6 at 7 p.m., at
Franklin Field.
