Mountain Hawks meet Colgate on Senior Day
4/17/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Lehigh welcomes Colgate to town on Senior Day this weekend as the Mountain Hawks look to earn their third consecutive berth in the Patriot League Tournament. With a win on Saturday Lehigh clinches a spot in the 2009 Patriot League Tournament, set to take place in Hamilton, New York next weekend. The Mountain Hawks can also clinch a berth in the tournament should Holy Cross lose to American. Lehigh downed Monmouth on Wednesday night at home by a score of 14-9 to earn win number-ten on the season, while the Raiders enter Saturday’s contest with a perfect 5-0 record in the Patriot League, including a 12-7 win over Bucknell last weekend at home.
Lehigh will honor its senior class of Sarah Fudin, Sara MacIntyre, Tess McGrath, Meagan Tenety, and Meghan Tranter prior to Saturday’s contest. During their time in the Brown and White, that quintet has led Lehigh to 34 total wins and 11 Patriot League victories.
The Mountain Hawks enter this weekend riding a five-game win streak at home, including the win over Monmouth on Wednesday. Sophomore Lauren Dykstra and MacIntyre netted four goals apiece in the win as MacIntyre moved into sole possession of fourth place on Lehigh’s goals scored list. The Pennsylvania native now has 147 career scores. Dykstra leads Lehigh with 58 goals and 66 points this season, while junior Inneke Carmola is the leader in assists with 19.
Dykstra also leads the Mountain Hawks in ground balls (72), draw controls (37) and caused turnovers (22), with classmate Allison Thomas second in GBs (42) and freshman Leigh Ann Torcivia second in draw controls with 32. Kelsy Ferris, who is tenth in Patriot League history in total saves, has stopped 105 shots in goal this season, having played 855 minutes in between the pipes.
Colgate is the Patriot League’s hottest team, having won five straight overall, and ten of its last 11. The Raiders last loss came on March 21 in Eugene, Oregon as the Ducks downed the New York school 14-11. Brie Moran is the leading scorer for Colgate with 47 goals and 57 points, while Meghan Lawler (30 goals), Courtney Miller (28 goals) and Colleen Bubnack and Ashley Didio (27) are next in line. Bubnack leads the team with 24 assists with Lawler close behind with 21 helpers.
Eight different Colgate players have scooped up at least 20 ground balls, led by Bubnack with 47. She also paces the Raiders with 47 draw controls and 34 caused turnovers. In goal, Sara Drexler has started 13 games and stopped 49 shots in 459 minutes of action, while Christina Roa has sent back 62 shots in 433 minutes.
The Mountain Hawks and Raiders have played one another 26 times in women’s lacrosse, with Colgate leading the series 17-9. Colgate has won the last two meetings, including a 22-12 victory in last season’s Patriot League Tournament. The Mountain Hawks last win came in 2007, a 16-14 victory in Bethlehem.
Lehigh and Colgate will get things started at 1:00 on Saturday from the Ulrich Sports Complex. Live video of the contest will be shown on Lehighsports.com.
