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The 2025 HFU Women's Lacrosse Team huddles on the field
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Holy Family HOLY FAM 6-10, 5-4
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Winner Georgian Court GEORGIAN 8-10, 6-3
Holy Family HOLY FAM
6-10, 5-4
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Final
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Georgian Court GEORGIAN
8-10, 6-3
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Holy Family HOLY FAM 3 2 4 4 13
Georgian Court GEORGIAN 5 5 2 2 14

Game Recap: Women's Lacrosse |

Women’s Lacrosse’s Rally Falls Just Short in 13-14 Loss at Georgian Court in First Round of CACC Tournament

PHILADELPHIA – Trailing 3-10 late in the first half, the HFU women's lacrosse team rallied all the way back to within 13-14, but the Tigers could not tie the game in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Tournament First Round matchup at Georgian Court on Sunday. 
 
Gwen Varley (East Earl, Pa./Garden Spot) got the rally started by assisting Payton Pugh (Philadelphia, Pa./St. Hubert Catholic) and Rianna Shields (Richboro, Pa./Council Rock South) in the final 4:30 of the second quarter, before the Tigers scored four of the first five goals of the second half - two of which were by Pugh - to cut the deficit to 9-11 with 3:55 left in the third quarter. 
 
The Lions pushed the lead back to 10-14 with just 8:21 to go, but Abby Perkins (Langhorne, Pa./Neshaminy), Varley and Lexi Ryan (Bensalem, Pa./Bensalem), all freshmen, found the net 4:09 apart make it a one-goal game for the first time since the first quarter with 1:22 on the clock. 
 
Holy Family won the ensuing draw control but could get not get a shot off. 
 
Individual Highlights
  • Playing in her final career game, Shields led all players with a career-best five draw controls and two assists and added team-highs of four goals and four ground balls 
  • Also playing in their final career games, Pugh netted a career-best four goals and matched Perkins with a game-high two caused turnovers, while Tori Wolstenholme (Philadelphia, Pa./St. Hubert Catholic) tied Shields with four ground balls
    • Wolstenholme added a goal to finish 10th in program history with 110 for her career
  • Varley had four points on two goals and two assists, while Ryan was second on the Tigers with four draw controls
  • Renee Althoff (Lancaster, Pa./Solanco) made five saves in net
 
Inside the Box Score
  • Holy Family outshot GCU 31-26, including 16-9 on net, and the Tigers also held advantages in ground balls (24-19) and draw controls (15-14)
 
How it Happened
  • Georgian Court led throughout after scoring the first two goals, despite Shields cutting the deficit to one twice, at 1-2 and then 3-4, in the first quarter
  • The Lions would respond with six unanswered over the end of the first and beginning of the second though, establishing a 3-10 lead with 6:08 left in the first half
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