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Huskies Victorious Against Crusaders, 16-11
BOX SCORE
STORRS, Conn. (April 16, 2005) – Both Tracy Mullaney and Dana Stewart
recorded hat tricks, and Mullaney also added four assists, as the
University of Connecticut women’s lacrosse team defeated The College
of the Holy Cross, 16-11, on Saturday afternoon at Joseph J. Morrone
Stadium in Storrs. The Huskies improve to 9-3 while the Crusaders fall
to 9-6 overall. With the win, UConn clinches a winning record for the
third time in school history and the first since 2002.
Shannon Burke dished the ball to Laura Trzasko at 3:49 to give the
Huskies the first goal of the game. Jacque Hastings would answer back
for Holy Cross as she scored on an assist from Patricia Sutton at
5:32. Less than a minute later, UConn’s Jacqui Hamilton responded
scoring unassisted at 6:05. The Crusaders would take the 4-2 advantage
at 9:51 with two goals from Patricia Sutton and one by Amy Archambault.
Archambault would go on to score two more goals in the half, but not
before the Huskies added four of their own. UConn’s scoring run was
sparked by a free position goal scored by Mullaney at 10:42. Mullaney
would then assist Kristin Link on the game-tying goal at 13:28. Burke
also capitalized on a free position goal at 15:35 just before
assisting on Mullaney’s second goal at 15:52. Archambault scored her
second goal of the half, unassisted, at 18:10 followed by her third
goal, which was assisted by Carolyn Smirti, at 19:36. The Huskies
rallied back to take the 8-6 lead at the break with goals coming from
Hamilton and Heather McHugh.
The Crusaders’ Kaitlin Nangle opened up the second half scoring with
just 48 seconds off of the clock. Archambault followed up with an
unassisted goal at 35:37 to tie the game 8-8. Stewart would score the
next two goals for the Huskies, both off passes from Mullaney. Sutton
then capitalized on a free position scoring at 40:21, cutting the
Crusader deficit to 10-9, but they would get no closer. The tandem of
Stewart and Mullaney would hook up again as Stewart scored her third
goal at 40:58. Trzasko would end the five-minute scoring drought with
an assist from Hamilton at 46:07. Sutton scored on Holy Cross’ first
free position of the afternoon at 48:21. McHugh, Link, Mullaney and
Burke would all score goals over the next 10 minutes for the Huskies.
Sutton scored the final goal of the game on her second free position
at 57:50 to set the final score at 16-11.
Jennifer Wong left the game at 22:45, making 10 saves while allowing
six goals. Kristen Haldeman took over for Wong adding six saves with
five goals. Megan Orr went the distance for the Crusaders stopping 23
shots.
UConn will return to action on Tuesday, April 19 when the Huskies play
host to New Hampshire in a 3:00 p.m. contest.
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