Spiders Remain Perfect in A-10 Play with 19-10 Win at Duquesne

Saturday, March 31

Pittsburgh, PA

12PM

University of Richmond

Duquesne

Spiders Remain Perfect in A-10 Play with 19-10 Win at Duquesne

03/31/2018 | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

PITTSBURGH, Pa. – The University of Richmond women's lacrosse team faced a determined Duquesne squad on Saturday afternoon, but the duo of Kim Egizi and Marissa Brown were too much for the host Dukes.

A career-high eight goals from Egizi and 10 points from Brown would send the Spiders past the Dukes, 19-10. Egizi finished the game with nine points, while Brown tallied five goals and five assists in the win.

The Spiders opened the game with two quick goals from Katie Trainer and Brown, but Duquesne bounced back with three-straight goals of their own to take the lead.

Richmond rebounded with four goals over the next 10 minutes, including one each from Katie Sciandra and Aly Fries and two from Egizi, before the Dukes stopped the Spider run with their final goal of the half.

Egizi and Brown closed the half with a goal apiece in the closing minutes to both total four points heading into the break.

Duquesne scored early in the second stanza to cut into the Spider lead, but two more goals from Egizi gave Richmond a 10-5 advantage less than five minutes into the half. The two teams then traded goals, with Caroline Queally and Brown each scoring from free position to maintain the five-goal lead.

Egizi kept the pressure on, scoring twice more to match her career high of seven goals, and Sciandra scored her second of the day following a Duquesne goal to give the Spiders a 15-9 advantage.

Brown added two more goals to tie her career high of five, and Egizi scored once more to post a new career high to extend the lead, before senior defender Carolyn Chambers scored her first career goal to make it 19-9.

The Dukes scored again to stop the running clock with just under seven minutes to play, but it wouldn't be enough as the Spiders went on to take the 19-10 win and move to 2-0 in A-10 play.

Queally and Egizi won nine and eight draw controls on the day, respectively, to give the Spiders a 20-10 advantage at the draw. Egizi's first draw control win of the day was the 200th of her career, making her just the third Spider ever to hit the mark. She now has 207 and moves into send place all-time behind Queally, who now has 316.

The Spiders return to action on Friday, April 6, when they travel to Philadelphia to face Saint Joseph's. Game time is set for 5 p.m.