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Mountain Hawks top Bucknell in a thriller 9-7
4/16/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
Emilly Burman opened the game with a goal at the
Bucknell scored the game’s next two goals to tie the game at three with just 4:25 left before halftime, but Smith scored on a free position shot with 2:10 left and sent Lehigh into halftime ahead 4-3.
The Bison opened the second half with three straight scores to pull in front 6-4 with
Starsoneck finished with two goals and two assists on the day, while Cominsky scored one goal and dished out one assist. Freshman Brittany Besler stopped seven Bison shots for the game, while Bucknell goal keeper Lizzy McDaniel was outstanding in net for the Bison stopping 12 shots. The Mountain Hawks scooped up 36 ground balls on the afternoon and unleashed 26 shots, while wining 12 draw controls.
Head Coach Liz Ota was excited to pick up the crucial win on Saturday afternoon. “We called that time out after they (Bucknell) tied the game, and we drew up an isolation play for Amy (Chamberlain), and she was successful. Then we went to the draw control and called a second time out to set up our stall situation. Obviously we have not been in the stall situation that much this season, that was actually the first time we used it, but it did its job.”
Ota continued, “I’m very proud of this group, there are a young team and they played so well today. They were so intense and so focused coming into the game today, I’m just very proud of the entire team.”
Lehigh returns to action on Tuesday evening when the Mountain Hawks host
