High Point Rallies Past Navy in Opener
from press release
HIGH POINT, N.C. - Christie Dougherty scored
with just over four minutes left in the game to give the High Point
University women's lacrosse team their first lead of the day and
lift the Panthers to an 11-10 win over Navy in the season opener on
Saturday at Vert Stadium.
“Navy is the type of quality team we need to get wins
over,” said head coach Lindsey Boswell. “The team did a
great job listening to us at halftime and making adjustments in the
second half. Julia Burns was great for us in the cage
today.”
Heather Ziccarelli fed a pass to Dougherty with 4:20 left in the
game. Dougherty was able to shoot the ball past Navy goalie Elaina
Ponchione to give High Point an 11-10 lead, the team's first lead
of the game.
High Point outscored Navy 7-3 in the second half, including three
goals by Dougherty to battle back from a 7-4 deficit at
halftime. HPU scored the final three goals of the game and
kept Navy from scoring for the final 15 minutes of play.
Freshman Julia Burns made five saves, including a huge save on a
free position shot by Navy's Kathy Young in the final minutes of
the game to earn her first career win.
Ziccarelli had two goals to go with her assist of the game-winning
goal. Chelsea Thompson also notched a pair of goals to go with
three assists and Alexis Goldman added two goals. Courtney
McLaughlin led the team with four groundballs and Jasmine Jordan
came up with three draw controls.
Ziccarelli started the scoring for HPU with a goal two minutes in
to the game, assisted by Thompson. At 12:25 in the first half Navy
took its first lead on a free position goal by Jill Coughlin. Navy
controlled the rest of the half, leading 7-4 at the break.
Dougherty scored the first two goals of the second half to cut
Navy's lead to 7-6. High Point wasn't able to tie the score until
8-8 when Thompson found the back of the net midway through the
second half. Navy took the lead back, 10-8, with back-to-back goals
from Danielle Vivonetto and Molly Hamilton. The Panthers scored the
final three goals of the game and kept Navy off the board for the
final 15 minutes to secure the win. Kendyl Gardner knotted the game
at 10-10 on a free position goal and Dougherty scored the game
winner.
High Point plays again on Feb. 22 at Virginia Tech. Game time is
set for 4 p.m.
