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Mary Babbage
10
Winner LAFW LAFW 1-0
9
LASALLE LASALLE 1-1
Winner
LAFW LAFW
1-0
10
Final
9
LASALLE LASALLE
1-1
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
LAFW LAFW 2 3 1 4 10
LASALLE LASALLE 3 2 3 1 9

Game Recap: Women's Lacrosse |

Lacrosse Falls Short to Lafayette in Home Opener

PHILADELPHIA – The La Salle women's lacrosse team fell to Lafayette at McCarthy Stadium Wednesday afternoon, losing 10-9 in its season home opener. Despite a four-goal effort by Katie Johnson, the visiting Leopards came back from a two-goal deficit late for the win.

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HOW IT HAPPENED:
  • Senior Katie Johnson scored La Salle's first goal of the game once again, making it 1-0 with 7:33 left in the first quarter.
  • Right after Lafayette's equalizer, Johnson got her second a minute later to help the Explorers retake the lead.
  • Johnson got her third with 10 seconds left in the quarter, putting La Salle up once again to 3-2.
  • Lafayette immediately responded in the second quarter to tie it at three, then scored two more within the first six minutes of the quarter to go up two.
  • Down a man with 7:38 left in the half, Johnson scored her fourth to trim the deficit to one.
  • 1:25 later, junior Emi Waldron tied the game with her first goal of the game.
  • After half, Lafayette went back up with a goal with 12:14 left in the third quarter.
  • Sophomore Kate Licciardi scored on a free position shot exactly five minutes later.
  • Redshirt junior Alana Lathan got a free position goal of her own with 3:39 left in the third. Two minutes later, she assisted on junior Molly Maloney's goal to put the Explorers up 8-6 heading into the fourth quarter.
  • Within the first four minutes of the last quarter, Lafayette got two more goals. In between those two goals was Waldron's tally with 12:24 left.
  • The Leopards tied it at nine with 5:52 left, then got the go-ahead goal 48 seconds later.
  • Johnson's last gasp shot for the Explorers went wide, and the Leopards saw out the rest of the game.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
  • With Johnson's four goals and Waldron's two goals, both players lead the team in goals this season with six.
  • The Explorers successfully cleared the ball 15 times out of 16 attempts.
  • Junior Mary Babbage made 12 saves in the game. It was the fourth game in her last five games played she made that many saves.
UP NEXT
  • La Salle Lacrosse will stay home for another game this Saturday against FDU after 12 p.m. at McCarthy Stadium.
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