WATERVILLE, Maine - The Tufts women's lacrosse team set a program record for goals in an NCAA Tournament game with its 23-7 victory over Cabrini in a second-round game played at Colby College.
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Senior Catherine Lawliss led the Jumbos with five goals and three assists, senior Emily Games finished with three goals and four assists, senior Kirsten Grazewski added two goals and four assists, and senior Kathryn Delaney tallied five goals. The 23 total surpassed the previous team NCAA record from a 22-16 victory over Drew University in 2009.
Head coach Courtney Shute's team (7-0) advances to the third round Saturday (May 15) against Roger Williams at Colby with an 8 p.m. start. The Hawks defeated Westfield State 18-13 in their first-round game on Sunday.
Cabrini, whose season ends with an 8-3 record, was led by four goals from Dana Carlson today.
Carlson's second goal of the game for the Cavaliers made it a one goal game, 4-3, at the 12:58 mark of the first half. However, the Jumbos would score twice within the next 40 seconds to regain the momentum. Beyond that, Tufts would score 17 of the next 19 goals overall in what would become a running time victory.
The teams then went eight minutes without scoring before Games from Lawliss teamed up for a pair of goals to push the lead to 8-3. Delany scored 11 seconds later and again with 38 seconds left before halftime for a 10-3 Jumbo advantage at intermission.
The Jumbos won 10 of the 14 draws in the first half, in which they had a 22-15 shots advantage.
Carlson continued her fine game and brought Cabrini back to life with the first two goals of the second half. The first at 27:27 was the Cavaliers' first tally in over 15 minutes of game time. The second pulled Cabirini within 10-5 at the 26-minute mark.
However, Tufts would again reply with force, scoring four times within a 2:44 span to go up 14-5. Lawliss had a goal and an assist during this spurt. That would start an 11-goal run overall that included two scores and three assists from Games. When Anna Clarke scored at 16:52 the Tufts lead was 15-5 and the clock went to running time. When the run was over the Jumbos led 21-5 with 6:36 remaining in regulation.
Olivia Pace assisted by Little stopped the run for Cabrini with 5:50 on the second-half clock, then Little tallied again for the Cavaliers at 3:35. Delaney and Grazewski had the last two Tufts goals.
Cavaliers goalkeeper Sam Hamalak finished with 12 saves, including seven in the first half. In addition to her two goals and two assists today, Little also led Cabrini with six draw controls and caused two turnovers. Taylor Dimmering caused two turnovers and corralled two ground balls for the Cavaliers.
Molly Laliberty finished with eight saves on 15 shots for Tufts. Smith did a little bit of everything with three goals, two assists, five draw controls, a caused turnover and a ground ball. Delaney also won five draws in addition to her career-high five goals.
The Jumbos had final advantages of 43-21 in shots and 20-11 in a draw controls.
