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WLAX Team vs. Millersville 2023
Credit: Justin Maldonado, @visual.jxm
10
Holy Family HOLY FAM 8-10, 7-2
15
Winner Georgian Court GEORGIAN 9-9, 8-2
Holy Family HOLY FAM
8-10, 7-2
10
Final
15
Georgian Court GEORGIAN
9-9, 8-2
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Holy Family HOLY FAM 1 4 2 3 10
Georgian Court GEORGIAN 1 5 4 5 15

Game Recap: Women's Lacrosse |

Women’s Lacrosse Pushes Five-Time Defending Champion Georgian Court in CACC Tournament

LAKEWOOD, N.J. – The HFU women's lacrosse team was tied with five-time defending Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) champion Georgian Court early in the third quarter, before the Lions pulled away for an eventual 10-15 win over the Tigers in a CACC Tournament First Round matchup on Tuesday.  
 
Individual Highlights
  • Lynn Hardy (Audubon, N.J./Camden Catholic) led all players with nine draw controls and added a team-high three goals for her fourth hat trick of the season
    • She also had two ground balls to end the year tied for sixth in the program's single-season history with 47
  • Tori Wolstenholme (Philadelphia, Pa./St. Hubert's) had the match's second highest total with six draw controls, and she led HFU with a career-best four caused turnovers and three ground balls 
    • Wolstenholme ends the year fifth in the program's single-season annals with 87 draw controls
  • Rianna Shields (Richboro, Pa./Council Rock South), Emma Hurley (Willow Grove, Pa./Upper Moreland) (season-high) and Maura Coleman (Lower Moreland, Pa./Little Flower) all had three ground balls as well
    • Shields scored once to move into a tie for seventh in program history with 122 career goals
    • Hurley made seven saves in net to end the year seventh in the program's single-season history with 149 stops
  • Tatceyana Pulley (Edgewater Park, N.J./Burlington City) matched Hardy with three points via two goals and an assist, while Mackenzie Santucci (Columbus, N.J./Northern Burlington Regional (RCBC)) also scored twice
    • Santucci ends the year sixth in the program's single-season annals with 68 points
  • Payton Pugh (Philadelphia, Pa./St. Hubert's) caused three turnovers
 
Inside the Box Score
  • Holy Family had double the amount of draw controls as GCU, 20-9, one shy of a season-best
  • The Tigers also had one more ground ball, 21-20, while both teams had 29 shots
 
How it Happened 
  • After the first quarter ended 1-1, despite HFU outshooting the Lions 8-3, the Tigers took their first lead, 3-2 just 3:42 into the second, following back-to-back scores by Rachael Sepcic (Robbinsville, N.J./Robbinsville (Georgian Court/Rowan)) and Pulley that were 29 seconds apart
  • Georgian Court would respond with three goals in a row though, beginning a 1-4 run that ended with the Lions on top 4-6 2:30 ahead of the break
  • Santucci would cut the deficit to one heading into the half on a goal with 49 seconds on the clock
  • Santucci then tied the score 1:29 into the second half, and Pulley did so again at 7-7 with 10:43 left in the third period
  • Georgian Court with tally three unanswered once more, the final of which made it 7-10 41 seconds ahead of the final quarter
  • Hardy cut the deficit to two one final time just 22 seconds into the fourth, but the Lions would put the match away four unanswered for an 8-14 advantage with 3:06 to go
 
 
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