Saturday, March 13
Washington, D.C.
2 p.m.
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Carnevale’s Eight Goals Lead Mountain Hawks past American, 12-10
3/13/2021 8:40:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sophomore Katia Carnevale scored a career-high eight goals on just nine shots, and the Lehigh women's lacrosse team allowed just three second-half goals, on its way to a 12-10 win at American on Saturday afternoon. Six of Carnevale's goals were go-ahead goals while the other two were equalizers, in a game that saw neither team lead by more than two. Saturday marked Lehigh's first Patriot League game since the 2019 season. The Mountain Hawks improve to 2-2 on the young season, 1-0 in league play.
"Today was a battle," said Lehigh head coach Jill Redfern. "American played hard and I credit our team on coming out with a hard-fought win. Katia had a spectacular shooting day and Sondra had a couple key caused turnovers to preserve our win late in the game. Sam also played a key role with two caused turnovers and 10 saves."
Senior Cecily Redfern and sophomore Emma Eberhardt each scored twice and dished an assist, while senior Hannah Cermack tallied three assists. Carnevale's eight goals are tied for the second most in a game in Division I women's lacrosse this season. She also had two groundballs and a career-high tying three caused turnovers. Graduate student Sondra Dickey had three groundballs, three caused turnovers and five draw controls.
Lehigh jumped out to a 2-0 lead before American responded with the next two. A back-and-forth first half saw American go up 4-3 then after goals from Redfern and Carnevale to put the Mountain Hawks back in front, the Eagles ended the first half on a 3-0 run for a 7-5 halftime advantage.
The Mountain Hawks scored the first three second-half goals, all in the first three minutes, to go back in front 8-7. Carnevale went on to score five second-half goals, including one stretch of five straight Lehigh scores. Consecutive Carnevale goals turned a 9-8 Lehigh deficit into a 10-9 lead. After the Eagles pulled even at 10, Carnevale converted a free position shot with 11:27 on the clock for an 11-10 lead, which proved to be the difference.
American finished with a 29-19 edge in shots, 12-11 advantage in draw controls and 18-13 edge in groundballs. Senior Samantha Sagi made a season-high 10 saves across the Eagles' Delaney Oliveira, who recorded three.
The Mountain Hawks will return home next Saturday to host Army West Point at 12 p.m.
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"Today was a battle," said Lehigh head coach Jill Redfern. "American played hard and I credit our team on coming out with a hard-fought win. Katia had a spectacular shooting day and Sondra had a couple key caused turnovers to preserve our win late in the game. Sam also played a key role with two caused turnovers and 10 saves."
Senior Cecily Redfern and sophomore Emma Eberhardt each scored twice and dished an assist, while senior Hannah Cermack tallied three assists. Carnevale's eight goals are tied for the second most in a game in Division I women's lacrosse this season. She also had two groundballs and a career-high tying three caused turnovers. Graduate student Sondra Dickey had three groundballs, three caused turnovers and five draw controls.
This is how all 8️⃣ of Katia Carnevale's goals looked in today's impressive effort. The eight goals came on just nine shots!@ILWomen @NCAALAX @USLacrosseMag pic.twitter.com/45kcoRRtpW
— Lehigh W Lacrosse (@LehighWLacrosse) March 14, 2021
Lehigh jumped out to a 2-0 lead before American responded with the next two. A back-and-forth first half saw American go up 4-3 then after goals from Redfern and Carnevale to put the Mountain Hawks back in front, the Eagles ended the first half on a 3-0 run for a 7-5 halftime advantage.
The Mountain Hawks scored the first three second-half goals, all in the first three minutes, to go back in front 8-7. Carnevale went on to score five second-half goals, including one stretch of five straight Lehigh scores. Consecutive Carnevale goals turned a 9-8 Lehigh deficit into a 10-9 lead. After the Eagles pulled even at 10, Carnevale converted a free position shot with 11:27 on the clock for an 11-10 lead, which proved to be the difference.
American finished with a 29-19 edge in shots, 12-11 advantage in draw controls and 18-13 edge in groundballs. Senior Samantha Sagi made a season-high 10 saves across the Eagles' Delaney Oliveira, who recorded three.
The Mountain Hawks will return home next Saturday to host Army West Point at 12 p.m.
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Team Stats
LEHIGH
AMERICAN
Shots
19
29
Turnovers
18
16
Caused Turnovers
12
7
Draw Controls
11
12
Free-Position Shots
4
7
Ground Balls
13
18
Game Leaders
G
8
A
0
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
2
CT
3
G
2
A
1
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
1
CT
0
G
2
A
1
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
1
CT
0
G
0
A
0
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
0
CT
0
Players Mentioned
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