Davidson Women Score 21 in Rout of Howard
from press release
WASHINGTON – Sophomore Ann
Fucigna (Darien, Conn.) matched her season-high with
five goals and six Wildcats in all had multi-goal games on the
afternoon in carrying Davidson to a season-high tying 21 goals
during a 21-5 National Lacrosse Conference road win at Howard on
Sunday.
Davidson (5-8, 2-2 NLC) snapped its three-game losing streak as it
evened its NLC mark and remained perfect against the Bison (0-10,
0-4 NLC) in the all-time series at 9-0. The ‘Cats
netted a season-best 13 first-half goals and never looked back in
scoring their biggest win of the season.
After being held to just one goal last game out vs. Detroit,
Fucigna scored four of her five goals in the first half to push her
season total to a team-best 33.
Erin Keitel (Carlsbad, Calif.), Erin
Doherty (Cincinnati, Ohio) and Emily
Cooke (Woodstock, Md.) each netted three goals,
while Paige Logan (Garden City, N.Y.)
and Alanna Parker(Spring Valley, Calif.) rounded
out the multi-goal scorers on the day with two goals apiece. Keitel
finished with five points after picking up a team-high two assists,
while six other ‘Cats picked up single assists.
Howard was led by Cynithia Smalls two goals, while Cheryse and
Jaymie Cox along with Courtland Lackey netted one goal each. Smalls
finished with thee points as she picked up an assist.
Davidson fired off a season-high 37 shots and went a season-best
7-for-10 on free-position shots, with Keitel (2-for-3) and Parker
(2-for-2) combining to go 4-for-5.
Logan and Keitel started the scoring early, hooking up just 45
seconds into the start of the game as the defender Logan netted her
first goal of the year off a pass from Keitel. Shortly thereafter,
Keitel scored one of her own off a free-position attempt.
Davidson pushed its lead out to 4-0 behind Doherty’s
back-to-back scores at the 27:05 and 24:56, one off a pass
from Emily Rademacher (Lynchburg, Va.).
Howard would finally get on the board at the 22:49 mark and added
one more score 47 seconds later to make it 5-2. But, the Wildcats
offense got rolling again with Fucigna hitting the back of the net
twice off assists from Liz
Edwards (Cincinnati, Ohio) and Keitel. It started a 5-0
run to pushed the lead out to 10-2. Also scoring in the spurt
was Jenna Mugele (Baltimore, Md.)
and Mary Leonard (Hendersonville, Tenn.).
Coming out of the break up 13-4, Cooke netted the first of her two
second-half goals just 12 seconds into the new stanza for a 14-4
lead. Howard countered with a quick strike of its own as Smalls hit
her second goal of the game at the 28:27 mark.
It was all Davidson then after Smalls goal, rattling off seven
unanswered goals in the last 27:30 of the half for the easy 16-goal
win. Catherine Schmidt (Bridgewaters, N.Y.)
topped off the 7-0 run by being the ninth Wildcat to score on the
afternoon with her fifth goal of the year on Doherty’s 10th
assist of the season at the 3:16 mark.
Davidson’s defense was solid, forcing eight turnovers,
picking up 12 groundballs and 17 draw controls. Erin
McGuire (Bishopville, Md.) had her best game of the
season with three groundballs, three caused turnovers and four draw
controls.
Jessica Melby (Pittsburgh, Pa.) played all 60
minutes, earning her fourth win of the season between the pipes.
She stopped three shots and allowed a season-low five goals.
The Wildcats return home for their final two home contests,
starting April 20 against Longwood at 7 p.m. They will then host
Liberty Sunday, April 22, for Senior Day at 1 p.m.
