The Virginia women’s lacrosse team kept busy during Spring Break with three games — two of which were against top-five opponents.
The No. 2 Cavaliers (5-1, 1-1 ACC) began with a 14-11 victory against then-No. 3 Syracuse (4-1) on the road Feb. 27. Junior attack Whitaker Hagerman led the Cavaliers with a career-high five goals, while senior All-American midfielder Ashley McCulloch dished out a career-high five assists to go along with two nettings.
Virginia’s Spring Break success was short-lived, however, as the team lost to then-No. 3 Maryland (4-0, 2-0 ACC) 17-11 at home Friday. Senior attack Jenny Hauser led the Cavaliers with five goals and one assist. The 17 Terrapin goals marked the most in a single game against Virginia this season.
The Cavaliers managed to rebound from the Maryland loss with a 12-11 overtime win against Penn State(4-1) Sunday. Virginia rallied from six goals down to tie the game against the Nittany Lions and force sudden-death overtime. Freshman midfielder Julie Gardner then scored the game-winning goal with 52 seconds left. Senior All-Americans Blair Weymouth and Hauser led the Cavalier attack with three goals each.
Virginia will take to the road Saturday against No. 4 North Carolina.
—compiled by Ben Gomez
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