Bucknell University Athletics
Bucknell Women's Lacrosse Visits Howard Saturday
2/18/2011 7:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
Feb. 18, 2011
LEWISBURG, Pa. - The Bucknell women's lacrosse team hits the road for the first time in 2011, traveling to Howard for a 3 p.m. "Battle of the Bison" contest on Saturday. Both teams dropped their season openers earlier this week and come in with 0-1 records. Bucknell fell 14-10 to St. Bonaventure, while Howard lost 21-3 at George Washington.
Bucknell features 14 first-year players on its 2011 roster, and seven of those freshmen were in the starting lineup last Sunday against The Bonnies. The Bison struggled with turnovers, particularly in clearing situations, early in the game, but they seemed to become more comfortable as the game progressed. When they had the ball in settled offensive situations, the Bison generated plenty of good scoring chances. Bucknell scored seven goals on nine shots in the first half, and then in the second half they ran into a hot backup goalie, but still generated 16 shots while cutting the turnover total in half.
Ali Carey made quite a first impression with five goals, four of which came in the first half. The last Bucknell player to record five goals in her collegiate debut was current senior co-captain Julia Braun, who had five against Long Island in the 2008 season opener.
This will be the third all-time meeting between Bucknell and Howard, but it will be the first played in Washington, D.C. Bucknell won 16-6 in the 2004 season opener and 21-8 last season at Graham Field. In last year's meeting, Braun posted a career-high nine points on five goals and four assists, helping her eclipse the 100-point mark for her career. Then-senior Carol Donohue also had nine points while breaking the Bucknell career points and assists records. Alyssa DeLorenz had 10 saves for Bucknell, which outshot Howard 37-21 and won the draw control battle 22-9.
Bison Briefs:
• Bucknell is just beginning its 34th season of women's lacrosse.
• In addition to Ali Carey, other Bison freshmen in the starting lineup on opening day included Andrea Feldman, Katelyn Miller, Sophie Kleinert, Molly Ford, Elizabeth Gauf and Kerri Althouse. Defenders Char Damico and Sarah Shehadi came on as substitutes.
• Miller scored her first two career goals against St. Bonaventure, while Althouse had a nice finish on a fastbreak off a feed from Ford. Ford had two assists in the game.
• Julia Braun tallied a goal and an assist, along with two draw controls and a caused turnover.
• Braun entered her senior year ranked on Bucknell's career top-10 lists in draw controls (2nd), caused turnovers (4th), ground balls (6th) and goals (9th).
• Alyssa DeLorenz made nine saves against The Bonnies, seven coming in the second half.
• Miller led the team in both ground balls and draw controls with four each. Feldman and sophomore Adrienne Wendling had a team-high two caused turnovers.
• Carey's five goals came on just seven shots. The Bison were outshot 29-25 in the game.
• Bucknell won 15 of the 26 draws but went just 11-for-22 on clears.
Scouting Howard:
• The Bison opened with a 21-3 loss to cross-town rival George Washington on Wednesday. Junior Desiree Cox scored all three of Howard's goals. The Bison trailed 16-2 at the half and were outshot 41-4 in the game.
• Cox scored a whopping 68 goals last season, and her average of 4.0 goals per game ranked No. 2 in the nation. Cox accounted for six of Howard's eight goals against Bucknell last season.
• Sarah Schermerhorn is in her first year's as head coach at Howard.
• Howard finished 3-14 overall and 0-6 in the National Lacrosse Conference last season.
Next Up:
Bucknell returns home next Sunday, Feb. 27, to face Robert Morris at noon at Graham Field.
