Women’s Lacrosse: No. 11 Virginia tops California, 18-5

Courtesy UVA Media Relations

Junior Jaime Biskup scored a career-high six goals to lead No. 11 Virginia to an 18-5 victory over California on a snowy Sunday afternoon at Klöckner Stadium.

Biskup was one of nine different goal-scorers for the Cavaliers (2-0). Sophomore Morgan Schwab dished out a career-high five assists and added a goal to lead UVA with six points. Sophomore Mackenzie Hoeg had a hat trick with three goals, while senior Courtlynne Caskin had two goals and an assist. Freshman Kate Miller scored a career-high two goals.

Virginia had 46 shots to 13 for the Bears (0-2). UVA led in draw controls (17-10) and caused turnovers (10-1). Cal’s Riley Drullinger had 10 saves and Amanda Morse led the team with two goals.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Virginia scored back-to-back goals to take a 2-1 lead after Cal scored the first goal of the game.
• The Golden Bears scored just before the end of the first quarter to tie it up 2-2, then scored again to open the second quarter and lead 3-2.
• UVA used a 3-0 run in four minutes to take a 5-3 lead at the 8:16 mark in the second quarter.
• Cal cut it to one, but the Cavaliers had a 5-0 run with two goals by Biskup and two for Miller to lead 10-4 with 12:22 to play in the third quarter.
• The Cavaliers closed the game on an 8-0 run, including outscoring Cal 7-0 in the third quarter.
• UVA held Cal without a goal for the final 22:05 of the game.

FROM HEAD COACH JULIE MYERS

“It is really nice to have a convincing win. It didn’t necessarily feel that way throughout the course of the game, but to hold a team to five goals is a really nice effort. We generated almost 50 shots. I wish we were more effective on our shooting, but all told it was a great team effort. Happy to play in the snow and have that experience under our belt. We are looking forward to what is coming next.”

NOTES

• Virginia had a player score six goals for the second-consecutive game, as freshman Rachel Clark had six in the win at Elon.
• GOALS: Biskup (6), Hoeg (3), Caskin (2), Miller (2), McGovern (1), Clark (1), Schwab (1), Shaw (1), Dial (1).
• ASSISTS: Schwab (5), Caskin (1), Dial (1)
• Sophomore Aubrey Williams and junior Kiki Shaw led UVA with four draw controls.
• McGovern, sophomore Devon Whitaker, graduate student Megan Gordon and sophomore Ellena Schildmeyer each had two caused turnovers.
• Sophomore Maggie Bostain led UVA with three ground balls.

UP NEXT

Virginia hosts Maryland on Friday, February 18 at 5 p.m. at Klöckner Stadium. The game will be broadcast on ACC Network.