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Bucknell Women's Lax Can't Slow Duquesne in 20-10 Loss
3/11/2009 8:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
March 11, 2009
PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Ashley Wood scored seven goals to lead a red-hot Duquesne offense in a 20-10 women's lacrosse victory over Bucknell on Wednesday afternoon at Rooney Field. Julia Braun (Tomkins Cove, N.Y./North Rockland) scored three goals for the Bison, who fell to 4-2 on the season.
Bucknell scored on most of its settled possessions, as it found the net 10 times on 15 shots. Those possessions were few and far between, however, as Duquesne won two-thirds of the 30 draws in the game and outshot the Bison by a whopping 43-15 margin, including 22-4 in the second half.
In addition to Braun's hat trick, Bonnie Buechel (South Orange, N.J./Columbia), Carol Donohue (West Babylon, N.Y./West Babylon) and Chelsea Peters (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y./Cold Spring Harbor) scored two goals apiece, while Laura Van Schaack (Winnetka, Ill./New Trier) chipped in a goal and an assist.
Katie Rekart had four goals and three assists, Meghan Frederick two goals and four assists, and Shannon Hadaway three goals for the Dukes, who improved to 2-4 on the season with their second straight win. Duquesne's four losses came against a tough early schedule in No. 1 Northwestern, No. 11 Notre Dame, Denver and Cincinnati.
Duquesne cracked open a 3-2 game with a 7-1 run in the latter stages of the first half, and the Dukes needed only 18:56 to reach the 10-goal plateau against a Bucknell team that was giving up only 9.8 goals per game coming in.
Three straight goals by Braun, Peters and Donohue trimmed a 10-3 deficit to 10-6, but the Dukes scored twice more before the half, the last with nine seconds left, and led 12-7 at intermission.
The hosts then put the game away with four straight goals to start the second half, and they would eventually lead by as many as 11 at 20-9.
Bison goalie Alyssa DeLorenz (Garland, Texas/Plano East) made 10 saves while allowing 19 goals. Sara Beckstead and Caitlin Carducci combined to make only three saves for Duquesne.
For Bucknell, this non-league contest was sandwiched between two key Patriot League road games. The Bison passed the first test with a 12-11 overtime win at Lehigh this past Saturday, and now they will travel to American this coming Saturday looking to make it a 2-0 start in league play.
