Women’s Lacrosse: No. 11 Virginia collects first ACC win at Cal, 20-9

Courtesy UVA Media Relations

The No. 11 Virginia women’s lacrosse team picked up a 20-9 victory against California on Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Berkeley.

The Bears (2-3, 0-2 ACC) scored two goals in the first three minutes of the contest to take an early lead, but the Cavaliers (3-2, 1-1) took a 4-3 lead on a goal by senior attacker Kate Miller with 5:43 remaining in the opening quarter and never again trailed in the game.

Virginia broke open a 9-6 game by coming out of the halftime break and going on a 9-0 run in the third quarter to lead 18-6 heading into the final period of play.

Sophomore attacker Jenna DiNardo scored five goals. Sophomore midfielder Kate Galica scored three goals with a career-high 15 draw controls. Sophomore midfielder Madison Alaimo had five points with four assists and a goal.

ADDITIONAL NOTES

• Virginia had 10 different players score
• Virginia held a 35-15 edge in shots. 29 of Virginia’s 35 shots were on goal
• Virginia held a 15-2 edge in shots during the third quarter
• Cal scored with 7:52 remaining in the second quarter and then did not score again until 1:17 into the fourth quarter, with Virginia holding them scoreless for a span of 24:19
• Kate Galica’s 15 draw controls are the second-highest single-game total in program history. Katherina Maser holds the record with 16 in a game against Old Dominion on March 27, 1984
• Galica has had 12 or more draw controls in three of five games this season
• Jenna DiNardo’s five goals match her career high, which she also scored last year against James Madison (3/20/24)
• DiNardo has had a hat trick in four of five games this season
• DiNardo scored her five goals on six shots
• Freshmen Fiona Allen and Peyton Sfreddo both scored their first career goals
• Sfreddo scored twice in the game as did Kate Miller, Addi Foster and Lauren Pederson
• Finley Barger scored her first goal of the year
• Freshman midfielder Livy LaVerghetta had her first career points with an assist
• All three Cavalier goalkeepers saw time in the game. Mel Josephson started and earned the victory. She played 39:58, allowing six goals with two saves
• Abby Jansen played 13:11 in goal without facing a shot
• Sophomore goalkeeper Breese Burlingame played the final 6:51 of the game for her collegiate debut. She made her first career save in the final 90 seconds of the game

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The Cavaliers play at Richmond on Wednesday at 7 p.m. The game will stream live on ESPN+.