PHILADELPHIA – The HFU women's lacrosse team opened the scoring and cut a four-goal deficit to one, before five-time defending Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) champion Georgian Court pulled away for a 6-17 victory over the Tigers on Wednesday night at Tiger Field. 
 
Individual Highlights

• Lynn Hardy (Audubon, N.J./Camden Catholic) (7), Mackenzie Santucci (Columbus, N.J./Northern Burlington Regional (RCBC)) (6) and Tori Wolstenholme (Philadelphia, Pa./St. Hubert's) (6) had the match's three highest draw control totals
• Payton Pugh (Philadelphia, Pa./St. Hubert's) led Holy Family with four ground balls, while matching Hardy with a team-high two caused turnovers
• Rianna Shields (Richboro, Pa./Council Rock South) recorded her fifth consecutive hat trick, with Santucci adding two goals and Wolstenholme dishing out two assists
• Santucci is now seventh in program history in points (144), draw controls (140) and goals (117)
• Emma Hurley (Willow Grove, Pa./Upper Moreland) made nine saves and tied Hardy for second most ground balls on the team with three

 
Inside the Box Score

• The Tigers had twice as many draw controls as the Lions, 19-8, for its second highest total of the season

 
How it Happened 

• It took Shields just 34 second to put HFU ahead, only to have GCU respond with five unanswered, including the final four of the first quarter
• The two teams alternated scores in the second, with goals by Shileds and Rachael Sepcic (Robbinsville, N.J./Robbinsville (Georgian Court/Rowan)) cutting the deficit to 2-5 and eventually 3-6 entering the half
• Santucci began the third with back-to-back scores just 16 seconds apart, the second one coming making it a one-goal game, 5-6, with 13:39 on the clock
• The Tigers had an opportunity to tie the score on a free-position shot just over two minutes later, but failed to do so as the Lions scored 11 of the final 12 goals on the night

 
Up Next
Holy Family another night match on Friday, traveling to Dominican for a 7 p.m. first whistle.