Philadelphia, Pa. – The Holy Family University women's lacrosse team fell to Wilmington University 18-11, in the quarterfinals of the CACC conference tournament on Tuesday evening at Tiger Field.
Score: Wilmington 18, Holy Family 11
Records: Holy Family (8-9, 6-3 CACC) | Wilmington (10-7, 6-4 CACC)
Location: Philadelphia, Pa. (Tiger Field)
How It Happened
- The Wildcats started the game scoring three fast goals.
- The Tigers answers with a goal to cut the lead down to two at the 12:15 mark of the first quarter.
- Wilmington would score two goals to take a 5-1 lead, but Holy Family would score back to back goals to end the first quarter down two goals.
- The Wildcats started the second quarter with two goals. Both teams would exchange goals to end the first half, with the Tigers trailing three goals.
- Wilmington took control of the third period, holding the Holy Family to two goals as the Wildcats scored four goals to extend their lead to four.
- Holy Family scored the first goal of the fourth quarter, but Wilmington scored five unanswered goals to take a nine goal lead.
- The Tigers would score two goals in the last five minutes of the game, but it wasn't enough to catch the Wildcats.
- Holy Family outshot Wilmington, 45-38.
- The Tigers edged the Wildcats on ground balls 21-20, and won 20-13 draw controls.
Inside the Box Score
* Mackenzie Santucci (Columbus, N.J./Northern Burlington Regional (RCBC)) led the Tigers with six goals and two assists.
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Rianna Shields (Richboro, Pa./Council Rock South) put in two goals and notched one assist.
* Senior
Tatceyana Pulley (Edgewater Park, N.J./Burlington City) scored two goals.
* Payton Pugh (Philadelphia, Pa./St. Hubert's) scored one goal.
* Senior Yasmine Machlof (Huntingdon Valley, Pa./Lower Moreland) led the team with picking up four ground balls.
* Junior goalkeeper Caitlyn Musick (Bensalem, Pa./Conwell-Egan Catholic) finished with nine saves for the Tigers.