DeRuggiero Sets Delaware Stadium Record in 17-14 Loss to Towson

Saturday, April 27

Newark, DE

1:00 PM

University of Delaware

1-57-10 | CAA

Towson

5-17-9 | CAA

Towson

Delaware

Photo by: Mark Campbell

DeRuggiero Sets Delaware Stadium Record in 17-14 Loss to Towson

4/27/2019 5:10:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

NEWARK, Del. – Mia DeRuggiero set a Delaware Stadium record with 11 points Saturday afternoon, but it wasn't enough as the Blue Hens fell to Towson, 17-14.

The junior led all scorers with 11 points on seven assists and four goals for her second 10-plus point performance of the season. Her 11 points is also the most for a Blue Hen since All-American Karen Emas registered 13 points against James Madison in 1986.

DeRuggiero finishes the year with a school-record 53 assists and is second in program history with 97 career assists in just three seasons.

In what was a back and forth affair, the two teams held seven different tie scores. Caroline Farley gave the Hens the 10-9 lead heading into halftime, but the Tigers responded and never looked back after rattling off six unanswered goals.

Farley joined DeRuggiero and Sydney Rausa by scoring four goals apiece. Farley added two assists for a total of six points to go along with three draw controls while Rausa tallied a team-best four draw controls.

Kate Brewster tallied 11 saves in the loss.

POST-GAME QUOTES
Head Coach Kateri Linville
"In the first half, I thought we battled and even though there was a little bit of a momentum swing there, we found a way to keep it close. In the second half, the momentum shifted off the draw and we needed to take better care of the ball and put in the back of the net. That said, I think we played to win in the home stretch and had a lot of confidence in knowing we still had opportunities. I'm proud of their effort today. I'm proud of the seniors' efforts, hard work and leadership and really the overall team sentiment to want to play for the seniors, our B+ Heroes, our mentees and our professors. This was a disappointing end to a challenging season, but one that had a lot of shining moments for a lot of different people at different times."

HEN SCRATCHINGS
     •   Throughout the game, the Blue Hens honored seniors Sarah Comstock, Caroline Farley, Maggie McCarthy, Maura McNutt and Isabelle Schmitt in addition to senior student athletic trainers Dominique Padula and Brooke Snyder.
     •   Delaware also celebrated seven-year-old Hayden Weiss with its annual B+ Hero Game in honor of the Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation, which helps children fight cancer through family assistance, research and advocacy.
     •   Chantae Simms finishes the year tied for first in Delaware single-season history alongside Erin Wein (2016) with 39 caused turnovers. She also wraps her career second all-time with 90 caused turnovers.
     •   Caroline Farley completes the year tied for second in single-season history alongside Caitlin McCartney (2015) with 73 draw controls. She also concludes her career fourth all-time with 131 draw controls.
     •   Sydney Rausa closes her junior season with 99 career points (75g, 24a).