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Saint Joseph’s Storms Back to Win in Lehigh’s Season Opener, 13-11
2/16/2022 9:06:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse
PHILADELPHIA – The Lehigh women's lacrosse team jumped out to a 7-2 lead after one quarter, but Saint Joseph's held a 4-0 edge in the fourth to down the Mountain Hawks, 13-11 on Wednesday. The starting attack for Lehigh combined for nine goals and four assists, with each scoring multiple times. Making her Lehigh debut, sophomore Hayley Hunt finished with 13 saves in a strong performance between the pipes.
Wednesday was a matchup of teams that advanced to its respective conference finals last season - Saint Joseph's in the Atlantic 10 and Lehigh in the Patriot League.
Offensively, junior Gabby Schneider tallied a team-high five points via two goals and three assists. Sophomore Olivia Memeger scored three goals for her first-career hat trick, while juniors Emma Eberhardt and Katia Carnevale each scored twice.
Senior Jenna Garden led the defense with two caused turnovers. Eberhardt and junior Cassie Marte each recorded a team-high five draw controls. Sophomore Caroline Casey finished with a team-high three groundballs, along with a caused turnover.
Lehigh had an impressive answer, getting goals from Carnevale and senior Nora Giordano to take an 11-9 lead into the fourth, but Saint Joseph's scored four unanswered goals in the first 6:52 of the final period. Lehigh didn't score for the game's final 19:12, with Saint Joseph's goalkeeper Jorden Concordia making three of her 12 stops in that stretch.
Final shots were 31-29 in favor of Saint Joseph's while the Hawks held a 13-12 edge in groundballs. Saint Joseph's finished with an 18-10 edge in draw controls, including 5-0 in the fourth quarter.
Next up, the Mountain Hawks remain on the road next Saturday (Feb. 26) to face No. 17 Rutgers. Gametime is set for 1 p.m.
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Gallery: (2-16-2022) Women's Lacrosse at Saint Joseph's, 2/16/22
Wednesday was a matchup of teams that advanced to its respective conference finals last season - Saint Joseph's in the Atlantic 10 and Lehigh in the Patriot League.
Offensively, junior Gabby Schneider tallied a team-high five points via two goals and three assists. Sophomore Olivia Memeger scored three goals for her first-career hat trick, while juniors Emma Eberhardt and Katia Carnevale each scored twice.
Senior Jenna Garden led the defense with two caused turnovers. Eberhardt and junior Cassie Marte each recorded a team-high five draw controls. Sophomore Caroline Casey finished with a team-high three groundballs, along with a caused turnover.
The Mountain Hawks led 3-0 before the game was four minutes old, with goals scored by Memeger, Marte and Eberhardt. After Saint Joseph's pulled within two, Lehigh responded with four of the next five. Included was a highlight-reel goal from Eberhardt with the shot clock winding down.Miss today's season opener at Saint Joseph's? Here were a few of the highlights 📹 pic.twitter.com/QBUEGXHRbp
— Lehigh W Lacrosse (@LehighWLacrosse) February 17, 2022
Taking a 7-2 lead into the second quarter, Saint Joseph's quickly scored three straight to pull within 7-5. Lehigh answered with goals from Schneider and Memeger, but Saint Joseph's would score the next four – bridging the end of the second and beginning of the third quarters. That evened the score at nine with 10:26 on the third-quarter clock.This is just tremendous from Emma Eberhardt. 🤯
— USA Lacrosse Magazine (@USALacrosseMag) February 17, 2022
What do we even call that? @LehighWLacrosse pic.twitter.com/VlmHlBy9jY
Lehigh had an impressive answer, getting goals from Carnevale and senior Nora Giordano to take an 11-9 lead into the fourth, but Saint Joseph's scored four unanswered goals in the first 6:52 of the final period. Lehigh didn't score for the game's final 19:12, with Saint Joseph's goalkeeper Jorden Concordia making three of her 12 stops in that stretch.
Final shots were 31-29 in favor of Saint Joseph's while the Hawks held a 13-12 edge in groundballs. Saint Joseph's finished with an 18-10 edge in draw controls, including 5-0 in the fourth quarter.
Next up, the Mountain Hawks remain on the road next Saturday (Feb. 26) to face No. 17 Rutgers. Gametime is set for 1 p.m.
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