‘Hoos Rally To Defeat Hokies On Senior Day

Posted on Saturday, Apr. 20, 2019, 3:47 pm

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The No. 7 Virginia women’s lacrosse team (12-5, 3-4 ACC) closed the game on a 6-0 run to win 13-10 over No. 22 Virginia Tech (8-9, 1-6 ACC) on Senior Day in the Commonwealth Clash Saturday at Klöckner Stadium.

Senior Maggie Jackson had six points on a career-high five assists and one goal, while adding a season-best 10 draw controls. Senior Avery Shoemaker had four goals and one assist to finish with five points. Junior Nora Bowen added four goals, including three of the last four.

Virginia led in shots (32-29), ground balls (22-15) and draw controls (16-9). The Cavaliers had 25 turnovers to 12 for Virginia Tech. Both teams finished with 10 saves. Virginia held the Hokies scoreless for the final 19:47 minutes of the game. Emma Harden led VT with four goals.

The teams traded goals early with four ties to start the game. With the game tied 4-4, Virginia Tech closed the first half on a 3-0 run to lead 7-4 at the break. The Hokies scored first out of halftime to lead 8-4 with 27:44 to play. Freshman Lillie Kloak scored to cut it back to three but VT responded right back to take a 9-5 lead. Shoemaker scored then sophomore Lila Barker scored her first career goal to close the gap to 9-7 with 21:17 on the clock.

The Hokies scored their final goal of the game at 19:47. Shoemaker reached a hat trick to begin the 6-0 run. Jackson scored on a free position, then assisted Bowen on back-to-back goals to give UVA its first lead of the game, 11-10. Shoemaker scored another then Bowen and Jackson combined for another score to close the run.

Jackson’s 10 draw controls today give her 292 for her career to set the new Virginia school record. Jackson had a career-high five assists, recording multiple assists in nine games.

Shoemaker notched her eighth hat trick of the season, while Bowen’s four goals were a career-high, marking her fourth hat trick of the season.

“We definitely didn’t make it easy,” said head coach Julie Myers. “I think VT did a great job of being really consistent and making plays throughout the game. They made it hard, we turned the ball over a lot of times. When it really counted, we just chipped away to score the last six goals and put the game away. It was important for our fourth years, but also great to finish the regular-season on that note and go into the ACC Tournament with another win under our belt.”

Virginia earned the No. 5 seed in the 2019 Atlantic Coast Conference Women’s Lacrosse Championship, taking on No. 4 seed Syracuse in the quarterfinals on Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Chestnut Hill, Mass. The tournament will be hosted by Boston College and held in Chestnut Hill, Mass., at Alumni Stadium. All seven games will be broadcast on the ACC Regional Sports Network (RSN) and ACC Network Extra.

The winner of the Syracuse/Virginia game will advance to the semifinals to take on either No. 1 Boston College or No. 8 Louisville at 5 p.m. on Friday, April 26. The winner of Friday’s semifinals games will advance to the championship on Sunday, April 28 at 1 p.m. Virginia fell 16-11 on the road at Syracuse in the regular-season meeting.

The game was part of the Commonwealth Clash presented by Virginia529, a head-to-head, points-based competition between the athletic teams at University of Virginia and Virginia Tech. The Commonwealth Clash encourages a friendly, statewide rivalry between the two schools across all school-sponsored sports with 21 individual event points on the line. The school that accumulates 11 points or more will be crowned the winner and take home the Virginia529 Commonwealth Clash trophy. Visit www.TheCommonwealthClash.com for more information. With today’s win and UVA’s wins for men’s and women’s golf, Virginia now leads Virginia Tech 10.5-8.5.