CHICAGO – The College of Chicago girls’s lacrosse staff set the tone proper from the beginning of Friday’s matchup. The hosts scored within the recreation’s first minute and utilized a formidable defensive effort all recreation lengthy to beat visiting Christopher Newport College by a 15-5 closing.
The No. 22-ranked Maroons (10-1 report) gained their sixth-straight recreation. The Captains fell to 6-7 on the season.
Junior Zoe Torok snagged the opening draw management and ended up feeding senior Ali Sheehy for a purpose solely 49 seconds into the competition. Torok then drew a foul and added a free-position purpose of her personal lower than two minutes later. UChicago rode that early momentum to a 6-1 lead after one quarter of play.
Temperatures have been within the 30s with a relentless snowfall on the Stagg Discipline turf. Nevertheless it was the Maroon protection that put CNU right into a deep freeze, particularly as the sport wore on. The Captains have been restricted to 11 photographs taken within the recreation, together with solely two makes an attempt in your entire second half. CNU got here into the sport boasting a top-20 mark within the nation in capturing proportion, so the house aspect countered with a smothering defensive effort that minimize off inside feeds that the Captains have been trying to arrange.
All instructed, Christopher Newport’s high three scorers this 12 months have accounted for 151 complete factors. That trio weren’t capable of make an influence on Friday, totaling a mere one help mixed. Senior Adriana Shutler performed an enormous function in gumming up CNU’s offense. The defender tied her profession excessive with 9 floor balls whereas her energetic stick brought on 4 turnovers.
UChicago constructed up its result in 8-1 by means of the primary 21 minutes. Nonetheless, the guests started to search out some rhythm for the remainder of the second quarter and tallied three unanswered targets to make the rating 8-4 at halftime.
The Maroons remained unfazed. One other free-position purpose by Torok preceded two fast strikes from sophomore Lulu Hardy – all within the span of 100 seconds early within the third quarter.
With the sport in hand, UChicago made fast work of the fourth quarter and picked up its seventh win by double digits this season.
Hardy scored a team-high 4 targets with two floor balls. Torok collected three targets, two assists and 4 draw controls. Sheehy contributed three targets and two floor balls. First-year Jane Chen compiled one purpose, three assists and two floor balls. Senior Lally Johnson dished out three assists. Junior Becky Van Kirk was impactful with 5 draw controls, three floor balls and two brought on turnovers.
First-year goalie Rachel Keefe (10-1 report) performed all 60 minutes between the pipes. She made 4 saves with 5 targets allowed.
UChicago was super-efficient offensively, scoring 15 instances on 23 photographs for a season-best .652 shot proportion.
Draw controls have been even at 12-12, whereas the Maroons held a 27-22 lead in floor balls. CNU turned the ball over 34 instances, with UChicago committing 24 turnovers of its personal.
The Captains went 15-for-27 on clears (.556) whereas the Maroons transformed 15 of 19 (.789).
NEXT GAME:
- Wednesday, April 13 @ 7:00 PM – Carroll College at UChicago
