Friday, February 29
Davidson, N.C.
4 p.m.
Davidson College Athletics
13
vs
5
Long Island
Senior Sarah Walter recorded three goals on seven of her shots. (photo courtesy of Brian Westerholt, Sports on Film)
Davidson Uses Three Hat Tricks To Turn in 13-5 Win over LIU in Lacrosse
2/29/2008 6:04:48 PM | Women's Lacrosse
Gavin McFarlin - Assistant SID
Box Score
DAVIDSON, N.C. –– Three different players for Davidson recorded a hat trick, including a natural one turned in by senior Emily Diefendorf, and its defense did the rest, shutting out Long Island for over 30 minutes of action in earning a 13-5 victory at Richardson Stadium on Friday afternoon in women's lacrosse.
Davidson ran its overall mark to 2-2 and scored its first home win of the season. The Blackbirds opened their 2008 campaign at 0-1.
Diefendorf scored three straight goals for a natural hat trick in the middle stages of the second half when Davidson pushed its lead out to seven, 11-4, with 8:15 remaining. Fellow senior Sarah Walter, who twice hooked up with Diefendorf during her three-goal stretch for assists, tallied a team-best five points on three goals and two assists.
Sophomore Haley Cook rounded out the hat-trick trio with three of her own, the third time this year she has netted three goals in a game, to push her season total 11.
Cook gave the Wildcats the lead for good when she fired in her second goal of the contest off a free position shot at the 20:02 mark in the first half for a 2-1 lead.
Becky Horton and Jen Crawford combined to score the Wildcats' next three goals, but LIU charged back before the half. With her two goals on the day, Crawford has a team-best 13 on the season.
Tailing 5-2, Annie Kalata and Christie Wienckowski each found the back of the net to close out the first-half scoring and bring the Blackbirds within one, 5-4, at halftime.
From there, Davidson took over. The Wildcats scored eight unanswered goals to push a one-goal halftime lead to a 13-4 advantage with just 2:37 remaining in the game. Cook started the scoring on a free position goal at the 19:56 mark of the second half.
Kate McDonald added her first goal of the season in the run, and Diefendorf and Walter took care of the rest.
In the meantime, Davidson's defense forced numerous turnovers and never allowed LIU to get any good looks on its few trips down to their end of the field in the second half. The Wildcats forced a total of 25 turnovers for the game.
Wienckowski, who led LIU with two goals, added her second score of the game at the 1:41 mark for the final score of 13-5. Three other Blackbirds recorded single goals.
Laura Johnson and Michelle Pav combined for seven saves in goal, while Kimberly Bostwick of Long Island had a game-high 11.
The Wildcats record a season-high in shots (31) and picked up team season-best 22 ground balls.
Davidson wraps up their four-game homestand with a 1 p.m. contest against Brown on Sunday, Mar. 2.
DAVIDSON, N.C. –– Three different players for Davidson recorded a hat trick, including a natural one turned in by senior Emily Diefendorf, and its defense did the rest, shutting out Long Island for over 30 minutes of action in earning a 13-5 victory at Richardson Stadium on Friday afternoon in women's lacrosse.
Davidson ran its overall mark to 2-2 and scored its first home win of the season. The Blackbirds opened their 2008 campaign at 0-1.
Diefendorf scored three straight goals for a natural hat trick in the middle stages of the second half when Davidson pushed its lead out to seven, 11-4, with 8:15 remaining. Fellow senior Sarah Walter, who twice hooked up with Diefendorf during her three-goal stretch for assists, tallied a team-best five points on three goals and two assists.
Sophomore Haley Cook rounded out the hat-trick trio with three of her own, the third time this year she has netted three goals in a game, to push her season total 11.
Cook gave the Wildcats the lead for good when she fired in her second goal of the contest off a free position shot at the 20:02 mark in the first half for a 2-1 lead.
Becky Horton and Jen Crawford combined to score the Wildcats' next three goals, but LIU charged back before the half. With her two goals on the day, Crawford has a team-best 13 on the season.
Tailing 5-2, Annie Kalata and Christie Wienckowski each found the back of the net to close out the first-half scoring and bring the Blackbirds within one, 5-4, at halftime.
From there, Davidson took over. The Wildcats scored eight unanswered goals to push a one-goal halftime lead to a 13-4 advantage with just 2:37 remaining in the game. Cook started the scoring on a free position goal at the 19:56 mark of the second half.
Kate McDonald added her first goal of the season in the run, and Diefendorf and Walter took care of the rest.
In the meantime, Davidson's defense forced numerous turnovers and never allowed LIU to get any good looks on its few trips down to their end of the field in the second half. The Wildcats forced a total of 25 turnovers for the game.
Wienckowski, who led LIU with two goals, added her second score of the game at the 1:41 mark for the final score of 13-5. Three other Blackbirds recorded single goals.
Laura Johnson and Michelle Pav combined for seven saves in goal, while Kimberly Bostwick of Long Island had a game-high 11.
The Wildcats record a season-high in shots (31) and picked up team season-best 22 ground balls.
Davidson wraps up their four-game homestand with a 1 p.m. contest against Brown on Sunday, Mar. 2.
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