Bucknell University Athletics
Bucknell Women's Lax Tackles Colgate Saturday on Senior Day, Game to Air on Bison Vision
4/16/2010 8:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
April 16, 2010
LEWISBURG, Pa. - The Bucknell women's lacrosse team will try to end the home portion of the 2010 schedule on a high note on Saturday when Colgate comes to town for a 1 p.m. game. It will be Senior Day at Graham Field, as each of Bucknell's six seniors will be honored prior to the contest. One of those seniors, Carol Donohue, will also be recognized before the game for breaking Bucknell's all-time points and assists records in last week's victory over Howard.
The Bucknell-Colgate game will air live on Bison Vision. The Webcast begins at 12:45 p.m., in time to pick up coverage of the Senior Day ceremony.
The Bison got their offense rolling in that win over Howard and scored 21 goals on 37 shots in the 21-8 victory. In only her fourth game back after returning from an Achilles tendon injury, Donohue racked up four goals and five assists, while teammate Julia Braun added five goals and four assists for a career-high nine points. It was the first time in program history that two Bucknell players tallied nine points in the same game.
The victory snapped a 12-game losing streak for the Bison and upped their overall mark to 2-13 in what has been an injury-riddled season. Bucknell goes for its first Patriot League win on Saturday against a Colgate team that comes in at 8-6 overall and 3-1 in the conference. The defending Patriot League champs defeated No. 20 Florida 12-11 last Sunday, and they have won two straight and four of their last five. The Raiders have already clinched a Patriot League Tournament berth and still hold out hopes of surpassing first-place Navy for the regular-season title.
Bucknell-Colgate Series Notes:
• Bucknell has won only 3 of 31 prior meetings with Colgate.
• Bucknell's only series win since 1995 was a big one, a 13-9 decision in the 2003 Patriot League Tournament.
• The two teams met twice last season, both times in Hamilton, N.Y. In the regular-season meeting, Colgate prevailed 12-7 in a battle of two league unbeatens. Bonnie Buechel scored three goals and Carol Donohue and Julia Braun had two each to account for all seven Bison goals. Alyssa DeLorenz had a strong game with 14 saves. Ashley Didio and Courtney Miller scored three apiece for Colgate.
• In the Patriot League Tournament semifinals at Tyler's Field, the Bison fell to top-seeded Colgate 15-11 despite a terrific showing from Buechel, who four goals and two assists. It was a 12-11 game in the final minutes before the Raiders scored three late goals to seal the win. Brie Moran led Colgate with two goals and four assists.
Bison Briefs:
• Following her nine-point game against Howard last week, Julia Braun now has 32 goals and eight assists for 40 points on the season. All three of those figures are career highs.
• Braun leads the Bison in every major statistical category except assists, where Becca Devine leads with nine after handing out a career-high four helpers in the Howard game. In addition to goals and points, Braun paces the team in ground balls (31), draw controls (47) and caused turnovers (20).
• Braun ranks eighth in the Patriot League in goals per game, third in draw controls per game (3.13) and fourth in caused turnovers per game (1.33).
• Goalie Alyssa DeLorenz ranks fourth in the nation in total saves (159) and eighth in saves per game (11.0).
• In addition to Braun, Michelle Milot (15), Becca Devine (13) and Paige Cobbs (13) and Carol Donohue have all reached double digits in goals. Chelsea Peters and Ryan Gribbon have nine each.
• Donohue has 10 goals and seven assists in her four games this season. Sunday's performance against Howard was the third time in her career that she scored nine or more points in a game. Donohue had a school-record 13 points against Wagner two seasons ago.
• In her career, Donohue now has 180 points on 105 goals and 75 assists. The previous career mark for points was 173, set by Suzanne Raffaele from 2000-03. Melissa Montefusco (1999-2002) held the career assists standard with 72. Donohue also ranks sixth in school history in career goals.
• Donohue also ranks fifth on the Patriot League career assists chart.
• Bucknell has six seniors playing in their final home game on Saturday: Carol Donohue, Katie Fox, Alison Heffernan, Chelsea Peters, Stephanie Stevens and Kendall Thibeault.
Scouting Colgate:
• Colgate ranks fouth in the Patriot League in goals per game (10.5) and third in goals allowed (11.3).
• Meghan Lawler (28-35-63) is the team's top scorer and the Patriot League assists leader. Other scoring leaders for Colgate are Colleen Bubnack (31-14-45), Courtney Miller (30-9-39) and Kate Bergstrom (17-5-22).
• Miller has a team-high 40 ground balls and 45 draw controls, while Bubnack leads the team with 22 caused turnovers.
• Christina Roa has played almost every minute in goal for the Raiders. She has a .505 save percentage and an 11.33 goals-against average.
• Colgate's only league loss so far was a 12-8 home setback to Navy. The Raiders have wins over Lafayette (15-8), American (11-9) and Holy Cross (14-13). They finish at home against Lehigh next Saturday.
Next Up:
Bucknell visits first-place Navy next Saturday at 3 p.m. in the season finale. The Bison and Mids played a terrific game last year at Graham Field. Navy prevailed 8-7 when goalie Elaina Ponchione made a tough save with three seconds left in the game.
