NEW CASTLE, Del. – The Holy Family University women's lacrosse team fell at Wilmington on Wednesday, 12-19, in a postseason rematch from a year ago. 
 
Individual Highlights

• Rianna Shields (Richboro, Pa./Council Rock South) led all players with six goals to become the 11th student-athlete in program history to surpass 100 career goals
  • She now stands in fourth in the program's single-season annals with 57 goals this year, while her 63 points rank eighth
• Imani Hopkins (Baltimore, Md./Carver Center for Arts & Technology) tied a match-high with a season-best five ground balls, while leading the Tigers with a career-high three caused turnovers 
• Mackenzie Santucci (Columbus, N.J./Northern Burlington Regional (RCBC)) was second on HFU with five draw controls, two goals and two caused turnovers
• Lynn Hardy (Audubon, N.J./Camden Catholic) paced the Tigers with six draw controls, while also scoring twice
  • Her 72 draw controls on the year now rank fifth in the program's single-season history
• Tori Wolstenholme (Philadelphia, Pa./St. Hubert's) also two caused turnovers, while Payton Pugh (Philadelphia, Pa./St. Hubert's) was second on the Tigers with four ground balls
  • With four draw controls, Wolstenholme moved into a tie for eighth in program annals with 135
• Tatceyana Pulley (Edgewater Park, N.J./Burlington City) had an assist to move into sixth in program history with 31 for her career, while Santucci now ranks tied for seventh with 30
  • Pulley and Hardy moved into a tie for 10th in the program's single-season annals with 14 apiece on the year
• Emma Hurley's (Willow Grove, Pa./Upper Moreland) 17 saves were her second highest total of the season  

 
Inside the Box Score

• Holy Family had two more ground balls than the Wildcats, 23-21,  

 
How it Happened 

• Wilmington scored the initial four goals in the opening 7:39, but HFU would net two of the final three of the first quarter, via Rachael Sepcic (Robbinsville, N.J./Robbinsville (Georgian Court/Rowan)) and Shields, for a 2-5 score-line after 15 minutes of play
• The Tigers would get as close as two when Santucci found the net 2:33 into the second, but the Wildcats responded with a three in a row for the first of three five-goal cushions in the first half 10 minutes ahead of the break
• Wilmington also led 4-9 with 8:22 on the clock, but back-to-back scores by Shields and Hardy, which completed a first half hat trick for Shields, cut the deficit to 6-9 just 1:03 later
• The Wildcats closed the half with the final two tallies though, including one 26 before the buzzer for a 6-11 halftime lead
• It took just 16 seconds for Shields to answer WilmU opening the third period scoring, making it 7-12 with 12:09 left in the quarter, but HFU could never get closer

 
Up Next
Holy Family takes the weekend off before beginning a three-match home-stand when it welcomes Felician to Tiger Field on Tuesday at 4 p.m.