After a disappointing weekend loss to ACC-rival Boston College, the No. 11 Virginia women’s lacrosse team bounced back Tuesday afternoon with a commanding 16-4 victory against American in Washington, D.C. The Cavaliers (7-6, 0-4 ACC) scored the first 11 goals of the game and limited the Eagles (5-7, 3-0 Patriot League) to seven shots on goal in just the second meeting ever between the two programs.
Virginia built a 6-0 advantage in the game’s opening 20 minutes and tacked on three more unanswered goals before halftime. Freshman attacker Kelly Boyd and sophomore midfielders Courtney Swan and Morgan Stephens all scored twice in the first half.
The Cavaliers continued to apply pressure in the game’s second half, with junior attacker Ashlee Warner adding two goals in the first five minutes after the break to her pair of first-half assists. American finally got on board when sophomore attacker Jordan Harrington scored off a pass from senior attacker Kimberly Collins with 20:59 to play. But the Eagles never closed the deficit to single digits despite three goals and an assist from Collins, a 2012 first-team All-Patriot League selection.
Sophomore attacker Casey Bocklet, Virginia’s leading scorer, bounced back from her first zero-point outing of the year — Saturday’s 10-7 loss at Boston College — with two goals and an assist. Stephens and Warner led the Cavaliers with four points each, and Swan won six draw controls. Sophomore defender Daniela Eppler contributed two grounds balls and caused two turnovers. Junior goalkeeper Liz Colgan recorded three saves in her fifth straight start filling in for injured senior Kim Kolarik.
Virginia will look to maintain its momentum Sunday against No. 4 Northwestern in the first of three games at Klöckner Stadium to conclude the regular season.
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