Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 3/10/24
From Press Release
The Saint Joseph’s women’s lacrosse offense remained hot on a cold and windy Sunday afternoon on Sweeney Field, opening Atlantic 10 play with a 17-10 win over Virginia Commonwealth.
Four Hawks recorded a hat trick in the win to help move the Hawks to 3-3 (1-0 A-10), while VCU falls to 1-6 (0-1 A-10) on the year.
Kate Fuhrman recorded her second consecutive game with four goals, adding an assist for five points on the afternoon. Alexa Capozzoli (Episcopal Academy) had a team-best seven points after registering three goals and four assists. Capozzoli set a career-best with the seven points, matching her career-high in goals.
After becoming the 23rd player in program history to reach 100 career points, Lisa Ross added five assists in the win to tie Lindsey-Kate McCool for fifth in program history in career assists (65).
Sarah Groark (Episcopal Academy) also capped off an electric day in front of net, leading the team with eight shots with a tied team-best four strikes, doubling her output heading into the contest.
Maddie Yoder (Springfield-Montco) was the fourth Hawk to register a hat trick with three goals on the day, leading the team with nine draw controls. Jorden Concordia finished with seven saves on the afternoon.
The Hawks were a perfect 12-12 in clears and held a 17-9 advantage in ground balls. St. Joe’s produced a 37-24 margin in shots, 26-17 advantage in shots on goal. Saint Joseph’s is now 7-1.
Villanova 11, Vermont 9
Villanova defeated Vermont as Cara Moreau scored the game-winning goal with 1:53 remaining as the Wildcats scored four unanswered goals to close out the game. Mary Moore and Sydney Pappas led the way with four goals apiece.
Cailin Harrington (Owen J. Roberts) collected two groundballs, two caused turnovers and two draw controls for the Wildcats.
