University of Richmond
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Women's Lacrosse Drops 15-6 Decision to Georgetown
03/02/2002 | Women's Lacrosse
March 1, 2002
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Richmond Spiders kicked off their 2002 Lacrosse campaign with a 15-6 loss at NCAA national runner-up, Georgetown (1-0, 0-0) on Friday afternoon, 15-6 at Kehoe Field.
Senior attacker Carrie Aitken (Paxton, Mass/ St. Mark's) paced the Spiders with three goals but Georgetown proved too much for Richmond. Senior midfielder Kate Ahearn scored just 53 seconds into the game for Georgetown, followed by another goal to give the Hoyas the advantage. Aitken answered for the Spiders with 16:56 remaining in the first half. Richmond narrowed the lead to 4-2 with eight minutes into the first stanza. However, the Hoyas outscored their guests 8-2 in the first half. The Spiders first half scoring came from Aitkin and senior attacker Alexis Brandolini (Berwyn, Pa./ Notre Dame Academy).
Richmond came out firing in the second half with junior Katie Dolan (Towson, Md./ Towson), taking a feed from sophomore Libby Berlacher (Villanova, Pa./ Agnes Irwin) at the 28:43 mark. Aitken netted her second goal of the day with 21:24 on the clock to pull the Spider within six, 10-4. They could get no closer as the Hoyas erupted on a 5-0 scoring run to put the game out of reach. The Spiders scored twice more in the second half, another Aitken tally and sophomore transfer attacker Polly Purcell's (Ellicott City, Md./ Mt. Hebron) first goal in a Spiders uniform.
The Spiders (0-1, 0-0) on the season will face American in an a non-conference match up at President's Field on the UR campus this Tuesday, March 5 at 3:30 pm. New head coach Sue Murphy bring her Spiders home for the first time this season.
SCORE BY HALVES: 1 2 OT TOTAL Georgetown 8 7 0 15 Richmond 2 4 0 6Goals: Georgetown: Wick Stanwick 5, Erin Elbe 2, Kate Ahearn 2, Tracy Weickel 2, Gloria Lozano 2, Allison Chambers, Liz Ryan. Richmond: Carrie Aitken 3, Alexis Brandolini, Carrie Dolan, Polly Purcell's.
Assists: Georgetown: Liz Ryan 2, Wick Stanwick, Gloria Lozano. Richmond Libby Berlacher
Shots: Georgetown: 28 Richmond: 10
Saves: Georgetown: 4 Chandler Vicchio (4GA), 1 Claire Foster (2 GA). Richmond: 11 Kelly Johnson (15 GA).
Free Positions: Georgetown: 5 Richmond: 4
Team Records: Georgetown (1-0), Richmond (0-1)
#4 Georgetown vs. Richmond, Friday, March 1, 2002
Scoring Summary Quarter Team Time Goal (#) Assist (#) Score 1 GU 29:07 Kate Ahearn (1) 1-0 1 GU 19:43 Tracy Weickel (1) Wick Stanwick (1) 2-0 1 UR 16:56 Carrie Aitken (1) 2-1 1 GU 13:21 Allison Chambers (1) 3-1 1 GU 9:43 Kate Ahearn (2) 4-1 1 UR 8:08 Alexis Brandolini (1) 4-2 1 GU 6:58 Erin Elbe (1) 5-2 1 GU 6:08 Wick Stanwick (1) 6-2 1 GU 4:56 Wick Stanwick (2) 7-2 1 GU 1:40 Tracy Weickel (2) Gloria Lozano (1) 8-22 UR 28:43 Katie Dolan (1) Libby Berlacher 8-3 2 GU 23:49 Gloria Lozano (1) Liz Ryan 9-3 2 GU 22:05 Gloria Lozano (2) Free Position 10-3 2 UR 21:24 Carrie Aitken (2) 10-4 2 GU 16:37 Liz Ryan (1) Free Position 11-4 2 GU 15:24 Wick Stanwick (3) Liz Ryan (2) 12-4 2 GU 10:29 Erin Elbe (2) 13-4 2 GU 7:17 Wick Stanwick (4) 14-4 2 GU 3:05 Wink Stanwick (5) 15-4 2 UR 1:27 Carrie Aitken (3) 15-5 2 UR :02 Polly Purcell's (1) 15-6
