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Furstenburg Leads Spiders Past American, 16-12
04/15/2009 | Women's Lacrosse
April 15, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senior Allison Furstenburg scored a game-high five goals as Richmond downed American, 16-12 Wednesday afternoon in Washington, D.C.
Richmond scored 45 seconds into the game, when freshman Sam Tajirian put one through the net from a Furstenburg assist. American responded three minutes later with a goal of its own. Richmond countered with two Furstenburg goals to go up 3-1 with 24 minutes remaining. American quickly scored a goal to put the score back at 3-2. Tajirian scored from a Ryan assist to edge Richmond ahead 4-2 with 19 minutes remaining.
American went on a run, scoring four consecutive goals to take a 6-4 lead. Richmond responded by outscoring American 3-1 in the last 10 minutes of play to knot the score at 7-all.
"This was a hard fought game for us," said assistant coach Allison Nuzzi. "American came out ready to play today but we were really able to turn things on in the second half. We made a few adjustments on the draw control that really helped with possession and control on attack. This is an important win for us as we keep our momentum going into the close of regular season play."
American scored two minutes into the second half, but Richmond broke the game open scoring five unanswered goals to take a comfortable 12-8 lead. American fought back with two goals to cut the gap to 12-10 with 18 minutes remaining. Richmond regained control scoring two consecutive goals to go back ahead 14-10. A Leslie Fischer goal cut the Richmond lead to 14-11 but the Spiders put the game out of reach with two more goals. American would score once more.
Senior Mandy Friend followed Furstenburg with three goals and three assists. Senior Lexie Marrocco also added three goals.
Richmond travels to La Salle Friday for its last conference road game. Game time is set for 4:00 p.m.
