PHILADELPHIA – After neither team led by more than one in the first half, the HFU women's lacrosse team took control with an 8-3 third quarter in a 15-11 victory over Chestnut Hill at Tiger Field on Wednesday night.
Tied at 6-6 six and a half minutes out of the break,
Gwen Varley (East Earl, Pa./Garden Spot) scored three times in the span of less than three minutes, capping four unanswered for a 9-5 advantage with 5:40 left in the penultimate period.
The Griffins got as close as three on three occasions, but each time Holy Family had an answer.
Individual Highlights
- Varley matched Rianna Shields (Richboro, Pa./Council Rock South) with a game-high four goals, a new season-best, with Shields also topping the Tigers with two assists
- Payton Pugh (Philadelphia, Pa./St. Hubert Catholic) led all players with a career-high eight draw controls and four caused turnovers
- The senior moved into 10th in program history with 125 career draw controls and had two ground balls to move into fifth with 139
- Tori Wolstenholme (Philadelphia, Pa./St. Hubert Catholic) had a team-high four ground balls, seven draw controls, three goals, two assists and two caused turnovers
- The graduate student moved into second in program history with 53 career assists
- Abby Perkins (Langhorne, Pa./Neshaminy) had four ground balls too, a new season-best, while Lexi Ryan (Bensalem, Pa./Bensalem) had a season-high six draw controls
- Jocelyn McLaughlin (Bensalem, Pa./Bensalem) and Nicole Wiser (Langhorne, Pa./Villa Joseph Marie) with both second with three caused turnovers, new season-bests, with Wiser also making four saves in net
- Taina Harkins (Hopewell, N.J./Hopewell Valley Central) matched Shields and Wolstenholme with two assists
Inside the Box Score
- Holy Family more than doubled up CHC in draw controls, 21-8, while outshooting the Griffins 38-20
Up Next
The Tigers travel to Bridgeport this Saturday for a 1 p.m. start.
