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Shields vs. Millersville
Credit: Justin Maldonado, @visual.jxm
19
Winner Holy Family HOLY FAM 2-6, 1-0
11
Post POST 0-4, 0-1
Winner
Holy Family HOLY FAM
2-6, 1-0
19
Final
11
Post POST
0-4, 0-1
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Holy Family HOLY FAM 7 4 6 2 19
Post POST 2 2 3 4 11

Game Recap: Women's Lacrosse |

Women’s Lacrosse Starts Fast in CACC Opening 19-11 Victory at Post

WATERBURY, Conn. – The HFU women's lacrosse team outscored Post 7-2 in the first quarter en route to defeating the Eagles 19-11 in its Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) opener on Saturday afternoon. 
 
Individual Highlights
  • Rianna Shields (Richboro, Pa./Council Rock South) had double the amount of goals as any other player with eight, tying a career-high, and she added an assist for a career-best nine points
    • She also tied Paige Affet (Philadelphia, Pa./Little Flower Catholic) with a match-high two caused turnovers
  • Mackenzie Santucci (Columbus, N.J./Northern Burlington Regional (RCBC)) had the match's second highest totals with four goals and six points to move into eighth in program history with 142 career points
  • Lynn Hardy (Audubon, N.J./Camden Catholic) also had six points, a new career-best, while her six draw controls trailed only Tori Wolstenholme (Philadelphia, Pa./St. Hubert's)n's nine
    • Hardy now ranks third in program history with 185 career draw controls
  • Wolstenholme's nine draw controls were a new season-high
  • Rachael Sepcic (Robbinsville, N.J./Robbinsville (Georgian Court/Rowan)) recorded her second hat trick of the season, while Tatceyana Pulley (Edgewater Park, N.J./Burlington City) tallied three assists to move into a tie for eighth in program history with 28 for her career
  • Imani Hopkins (Baltimore, Md./Carver Center for Arts & Technology) matched Santucci, Hardy, Wolstenholme and Affet with a team-high two ground balls
  • Emma Hurley (Willow Grove, Pa./Upper Moreland) made six saves for her second win of the season
 
Inside the Box Score
  • Holy Family had more than double the amount of draw controls as Post, 22-10, while outshooting the Eagles 41-25 and converting 13-of-14 clears 
 
How it Happened 
  • Both teams scored in the opening 1:59, before HFU pulled away with six consecutive goals in less than nine minutes that featured Santucci netting twice
  • Her second closed the run to put the Tigers ahead six, although Post did close out the first quarter scoring to make it 7-2 
  • Shields then netted twice in the first six minutes of the second for a seven-goal lead, which was only trimmed to five when the Eagles scored a second in a row 4:41 ahead of the break
  • Holy Family had an immediate response via Santucci 41 seconds later though, and Shields closed out the second period scoring for another seven-goal cushion at the half
  • Pulley then scored the first goal of third quarter as Post was never able to get closer than seven
  • Back-to-back tallies by Sepcic 29 seconds apart highlighted three unanswered over 37 seconds for the first double-digit advantage, 16-6, with 4:59 to go in the third
 
Up Next
The Tigers open their CACC home schedule against defending champion Georgian Court on Wednesday at 7 p.m. 
 
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