Women’s Lacrosse: No. 10 Virginia falls 17-11 to No. 16 Princeton

Courtesy UVA Media Relations

The No. 10 Virginia women’s lacrosse team (2-2) fell 17-11 to No. 16 Princeton (1-0) on Sunday afternoon at Klöckner Stadium.

Sophomore Morgan Schwab led UVA with three goals and an assist. Seniors Ashlyn McGovern, Courtlynne Caskin and Annie Dyson each had two goals. Junior Kiki Shaw and freshman Kate Miller had one goal apiece.

It was a close game, with UVA taking 33 shots to 34 for Princeton. The Cavaliers had a 17-15 edge in ground balls and led 16-15 in draw controls. Both teams finished with 13 turnovers. Princeton made 15 saves to eight for the Cavaliers.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Princeton scored just 21 seconds into the contest and Virginia responded with its first goal from Schwab 44 seconds later to tie it up 1-1.
• The Tigers took a 4-2 lead at the end of the first quarter with a 3-1 run.
• UVA scored back-to-back goals from Shaw and Miller within 47 seconds to cut Princeton’s lead to 5-4 with 11:06 to go in the second quarter.
• Princeton closed the first half with a 4-1 run to lead 9-5 at the break.
• Dyson scored just 50 seconds into the second half to cut it to three.
• Princeton extended its lead to 12-6 on a 3-0 run over the next 12 minutes.
• McGovern scored at the end of the third quarter and Caskin opened the fourth with a goal to make it 12-8, but the Tigers had another 3-0 run to lead 15-8 with 8:37 to play.
• Caskin and Schwab scored two goals just 10 seconds apart, but Princeton responded once again to keep the momentum.

FROM HEAD COACH JULIE MYERS

“I thought we played pretty consistently, but obviously not well enough against a really hungry and talented Princeton team. A lot of credit to Princeton for coming in after 700+ days without playing a competitive game. I’d say they did very well. We were better today than we were Friday, but we are not quite good enough. The good news is its February 20, we have a lot of practice and film days and game days left so we are going to focus on what we can control and where we can get better.”

NOTES

• It was the second game against a ranked opponent in three days for the Cavaliers.
• Schwab had her first hat trick of the season.
• McGovern has scored a goal in all four games this season and multiple goals in three of those.
• Sophomore Aubrey Williams led the Cavaliers with a season-high nine draw controls.
• Dyson had five draw controls and three caused turnovers to go with her two goals.
• Sophomore Maggie Bostain had a career-high and team-best five ground balls.

UP NEXT

Virginia hosts No. 1 Boston College at 1 p.m. at Klöckner Stadium. Admission will be free and the game will be streamed live on ACCNX.