Women's Lacrosse | February 14, 2020
PHILADELPHIA – Women's lacrosse looks for its first win of 2020 as the road trip continues this Saturday with a first-ever meeting against Yale at 1 p.m.(ESPN+). The Explorers are coming off of an overtime loss at Manhattan in which juniors
Bridget Ruskey and
Emily Johnston combined for eight goals to lead the offense.
ABOUT THE EXPLORERS
- As noted, Ruskey and Johnston had a major impact to open the season. Ruskey added an assist to lead all players with five points. Johnston paced the team in draw controls with six, followed by Ruskey's five.
- Freshman Madi McKee found her footing late in the game, scoring twice in the final minute of regulation to force overtime.
- Junior Annina Iacobucci scored the other goal for La Salle, assisted by classmate Maddie Dachowski. La Salle's number 44 nearly got on the scoresheet herself in the most crucial of moments, hitting the post to begin extra time.
- Iacobucci also tied the team lead in caused turnovers with three, matched by classmate Priya Kavuru. Kavuru also paced the Blue & Gold in ground balls with five.
- La Salle's 17 caused turnovers was second among A-10 teams last weekend, while Kavuru's ground ball tally was the most in the conference.
- In net, sophomore Kelli Kazmarek got the nod and answered with nine saves on 21 shots faced.
SCOUTING THE BULLDOGS
- Yale begins its season this weekend. The Ivy League went 6-9 overall last year and 1-6 in conference play.
- The Bulldogs return all three of their 30+ goalscorers from a season ago: sophomores Olivia Penoyer and Jill Gollob (35 each) and junior Olivia Markert (34).
- Junior Amelia Drake and sophomore Clare Boone both return to compete for time in net. Drake finished with 65 saves in 525 minutes of action versus Boone's 38 saves in 373 minutes. Freshman Luanna Summer is also added into the mix.
- Overall, Yale brings in nine first-year players, six of whom are midfielders.
- The Bulldogs ranked towards the top of their conference in shot percentage (second), draw controls per game (second and 10th nationally), assists per game (third) and points per game (third). They topped the Ivy League in fouls per game, ranking 17th nationally with a mark of 15.73.
