University of Delaware Athletics
Postseason Fate on the Line as Hens Wrap Regular Season Saturday at Drexel
4/28/2017 1:46:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse
Delaware (8-7, 3-2 CAA) at Drexel (7-8, 2-3 CAA)
📅 Saturday, April 29, 2017
🕖 1 p.m. ET
📍 Vidas Field – Philadelphia, Pa.
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LAST TIME OUT
Sunday provided a lot of motivation for Delaware women's lacrosse. It marked the team's annual B+ Hero game in support of the fight against childhood cancer. No. 14/16 James Madison, a team undefeated in conference play, was in town. A win would mean CAA Tournament hopes were still alive. Oh, and it was the last game for the team's four seniors at Delaware Stadium. The Hens capitalized on all factors as Delaware upset the Dukes, 15-12 on a sunny afternoon in front of nearly 600 fans in the home regular season finale. Coley Ricci led all scorers with a career-high six points on a career-best five goals and an assist. She added two draw controls, two ground balls and a caused turnover in the win. Becky Gohsler posted her seventh hat trick of the season and tied a career-high with six points on four goals and two assists to go along with four draw controls and two caused turnovers. Megan Santoleri registered a career-game of her own by doubling her previous high with four goals and an assist for five points while Jamie Schwartz also got in on the scoring action as the senior tied a career-high with four assists and a goal of her own. Defensively, Mary Abram led the charge with game-high five draw controls and Kirsten Hale collected a game-best three caused turnovers. Taylor Carpentier was clutch in the cage once again with eight saves and three ground balls.
· Hannah Rudloff (Penn '09) is in her fourth season as the head coach of the Dragons after dedicating the previous three seasons as an assistant coach. She has registered a mark of 27-37 during her tenure as head coach.
ABOUT DREXEL 🐲
· The Dragons hung tough with No. 17 Towson for most of the game last Sunday afternoon in Maryland but ultimately fell to the Tigers, 14-7. Devin Nihill had a hat trick for the Dragons in the loss, while Lisa Rogers scored twice and Nadia Pelham-Lacey added a goal and an assist.
· The Dragons can earn their way into the CAA Championships with a win on Saturday. It would be their fifth appearance in the tournament in the last seven years, and second-consecutive appearance.
· Pelham-Lacey leads Drexel with 50 points on 33 goals and 17 assists while Nihill has registered 32 goals on the year and Caroline Thiele has dished out 20 assists.
· Eva Winiarski has accumulated a team-best 32 draws and 23 caused turnovers on the year while Molly Savage has picked up 32 ground balls.
· In the cage, Carlee Ries has started all 15 games while allowing 11.06 goals per with 108 saves at a clip of .414.
