University of Richmond Athletics
Women's Lacrosse Hosts Saint Joseph's On Senior Day
04/17/2009 | Women's Lacrosse
April 17, 2009
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Va. -
The women's lacrosse team plays Saint Joseph's Sunday at noon at First Market Stadium. Richmond's six seniors will be recognized before the game. The Spiders face La Salle today at 4 pm. in their last regular season road conference game.
Richmond is coming off a 16-12 win over American Wednesday. Senior Allison Furstenburg led Richmond with a game-high five goals and three assists. Furstenburg leads the Spiders in goals (43) assists (23) and points (66).
La Salle is coming off a double-overtime loss to LaFayette, 12-11. The Explorers are 4-10 on the year. The Spiders lead the series, 7-0 and won last year's contest, 19-5 with Furstenburg again leading the Spiders with five goals and two assists.
Richmond leads the Saint Joseph's series, 8-0 and defeated the Hawks 13-9 last April. Senior Mandy Friend scored a team-best six goals.
After Sunday's game, the Spiders travel to Philadelphia next weekend for the Atlantic 10 Tournament.
