Newark, Del. - The Holy Family University women's lacrosse team came up short at Wilmington University in the final regular season game of the season as the Tigers came away with a 15-9 victory in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) action on Saturday afternoon at the WU Athletics Complex.
Score: Wilmington 15, Holy Family 9
Records: Holy Family (2-12, 2-7 CACC) | Wilmington (7-9, 5-4 CACC)
Location: Newark, Del. (WU Athletics Complex)
How It Happened
Wilmington outscored Holy Family, 9-1, in the first half and maintained its lead the rest of the way to pick up the regular season final victory. The Wildcats scored the game's first two goals before sophomore
Vanessa Pagliei (Linwood, N.J./Mainland Regional) tallied a goal for the Tigers to make the score, 2-1.
From there, the Wildcats scored seven unanswered goals over the final 20 minutes of the first half to take a 9-1 advantage into halftime.
In the second half, Wilmington grabbed a double-digit lead after recording back-to-back goals after the Tigers opened the half with a goal. As the half progressed the Wildcats led 14-4 at the 14:26 mark. Holy Family rallied with four straight goals by four different players to cut the lead down to six at 14-8 with 2:43 to play.
Wilmington tacked on a goal in the final minute to snap the Tigers' run before senior
Nicole Mansi (Turnersville, N.J./Washington Twp.) scored the final goal of the game for the Tigers with less than :16 seconds to play.
Inside the Box Score
Holy Family: Mansi, along with junior
Rose Bachmayer (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Ryan) and freshman
Casey Brown (Philadelphia, Pa./Little Flower), each scored a pair of goals on the afternoon… Bachmayer led the team with four points as she also added two assists…She also finished with four ground balls and caused three turnovers… Sophomore
Dana Trevito (Voorhees, N.J./Eastern Regional) led the team with five ground balls and four caused turnovers on defense… Senior
Kacie Booth (Maple Shade, N.J./Maple Shade) totaled three ground balls and caused a pair of turnovers, while sophomore
Devon Felix (Huntingdon Valley, Pa./Lower Moreland) contributed two ground balls, three caused turnovers and one goal.
Wilmington: Megan Card scored a game-high four goals to lead the Wildcats offense… She also tallied an assist to finish with five points to go along with six ground balls and three caused turnovers… La'Dae Boykin finished the day with three goals and two assists for five points… Zameria Jones totaled five ground balls, while Lashay Ross scored three goals and had one assist while controlling a game-high seven draws.
All-Time Series
Today marked the 18
th meeting all-time between Holy Family and Wilmington dating back to the 2009 season. The win by the Wildcats snapped the Tigers four-game winning streak. Holy Family owns a 13-5 record in the series.
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