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Bucknell Women's Lax Ends Season with 17-3 Patriot League Semifinal Loss to American
5/1/2004 8:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
May 1, 2004
HAMILTON, N.Y. - The third-seeded Bucknell women's lacrosse team fell to second-seeded American 17-3 in a Patriot League Tournament semifinal match on Saturday afternoon, falling short of last year's achievement of reaching the league final. The Bison finish their season at 8-7, though, marking the fourth winning year in the 27-season history of the varsity program.
Moriah Linnell led all scorers with six goals, while American (8-8) led in shots, 34-10, and ground balls, 25-16. Each team controlled 11 draws, while Bucknell had seven saves to three for American.
American built a 5-0 lead in the first 16 minutes of the opening half. Bucknell's first goal came from Emily Burman with 13:40 to play in the first half. Andrea Paraud and Amy Hasler put Bucknell within two at 5-3, scoring within a minute of each other just inside the 10-minute mark. Both teams went scoreless for the last 8:37 of the half, as the Eagles entered halftime with a two-goal margin.
But Hasler's goal would be the last Bucknell would score, as the Bison were blanked for the last 38:37 of the game.
Bucknell's three previous winning seasons were in 1984 (9-6), 1997 (13-3) and 1998 (10-5). American advances to face top seed Colgate in the league final, as the Raiders were a 12-9 winner over fourth-seeded Lafayette.
Goal (Assist) B-A First Half A - McCarthy (Bennett), 28:21 0-1 A - Linnell (unassisted), 27:51 0-2 A - Gorman (FPS), 23:39 0-3 A - Linnell (unassisted), 19:31 0-4 A - Linnell (FPS), 16:18 0-5 B - Burman (unassisted), 13:40 1-5 B - Paraud (unassisted), 9:16 2-5 B - Hasler (FPS), 8:37 3-5 Second Half A - McCarthy (Michael), 29:32 3-6 A - Michael (unassisted), 27:59 3-7 A - Linnell (FPS), 27:00 3-8 A - Linnell (unassisted), 22:41 3-9 A - Michael (FPS), 19:01 3-10 A - Linnell (unassisted), 17:09 3-11 A - Michael (FPS), 16:15 3-12 A - Brandon (unassisted), 14:53 3-13 A - Gorman (unassisted), 13:54 3-14 A - McCarthy (unassisted), 11:29 3-15 A - Cartin (unassisted), 9:37 3-16 A - Richter (Sullivan), 6:49 3-17BUCKNELL BREAKDOWN: Goals - Burman, Paraud, Hasler. Assists - None.
AMERICAN BREAKDOWN: Goals - McCarthy 3, Linnell 6, Gorman 2, Michael 3, Brandon, Cartin, Richter. Assists - Bennett, Michael, Sullivan.
Shots: Bucknell 10, American 34 Ground Balls: Bucknell 16, American 25 Goalie Saves: Bucknell (McDaniel 6, Gaines 1) 7, American (Finnegan) 3 Draws: Bucknell 11, American 11 Team Records: Bucknell 8-7. American 8-8.
