May 11, 2008

No. 1 Northwestern 15, Notre Dame 7
Led by eight points from junior Hilary Bowen (Rochester, N.Y./Rochester) and seven from junior Hannah Nielsen (Adelaide, Australia/Brighton Secondary), top-seeded Northwestern turned a 5-5 halftime tie into a convincing 15-7 victory over ninth-ranked Notre Dame in the opening round of the 2008 NCAA women's lacrosse tournament. The Wildcats will now host the eighth-seeded Princeton Tigers in the quarterfinals next weekend...[MORE]

No. 8 Princeton 14, Vanderbilt 10
Ashley Amo's three goals and three assists vaulted eighth-seeded Princeton over Vanderbilt, 14-10, in an NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament first-round game. Its reward: No. 1 Northwestern...[MORE]

No. 5 Syracuse 21, Towson 9
Junior attack Katie Rowan set NCAA Championship and school single-game records with eight assists and 13 points to lead the fifth-seeded Orange to a 21-9 victory against Towson in the first round of the NCAA Women's Lacrosse Championship on Sunday in the Carrier Dome. The game marked the first time in the program's history that Syracuse hosted a first-round NCAA Championship game. For the second straight year, Syracuse advances to the tournament quarterfinals where it will face North Carolina on Saturday, May 17 at 1 p.m. in the Carrier Dome...[MORE]

North Carolina 11, No. 4 Virginia 7
Corey Donohoe scored five goals and Megan Bosica had two goals and three assists as the unseeded University of North Carolina women's lacrosse team upset fourth-seeded Virginia, 11-7, on a cold and rainy Sunday afternoon at Klockner Stadium in the NCAA Tournament first round. With the win, Carolina improves to 13-6 this season. Virginia fell to 14-4 with the defeat...[MORE]

No. 3 Maryland 20, Temple 7
Senior Katie Pumphrey ignited the Maryland offense with her first goal of the season and the third-seeded Terrapins ended the game with a 12-1 run en route to a 20-7 victory on Mother's Day in the first round of the 2008 NCAA Women's Lacrosse Championship. The Terps will host No. 12 Duke on Saturday, May 17 at 1:00 p.m. in the quarterfinals...[MORE]

Duke 10, No. 6 Georgetown 8
Georgetown senior Patty Piotrowicz (Plymouth Meeting, Pa.) scored a career-high four goals but it wasn't enough as the visiting Duke Blue Devils got past the No. 6 seeded Hoyas, 10-8 in NCAA Tournament First Round action on a rainy Sunday afternoon at the Multi-Sport Field. Duke junior goalie Kim Imbesi made nine saves including three in the final 1:30 to hold off Georgetown's rally...[MORE]

No. 7 Boston University 16, New Hampshire 8
The No. 6/7 Boston University lacrosse team broke open a second-half deadlock by scoring the game's final eight goals to post a 16-8 victory over No. 13 New Hampshire in the first round of the NCAA tournament on Saturday afternoon at Nickerson Field. Junior Sarah Dalton matched a career high with six goals, including four in the late run, to help the Terriers advance to the quarterfinal round for just the second time in program history...[MORE]

No. 2 Penn 16, Colgate 7
The Colgate women's lacrosse team gave second-seeded Penn all it could handle, but in the end, the top-ranked Quakers came out on top, 16-7, in the NCAA tournament first-round game on Sunday, May 11, at Franklin Field...[MORE]