Bucknell University Athletics
Bucknell Women's Lax Visits George Mason, George Washington this Weekend
2/28/2013 7:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
Feb. 28, 2013
Bucknell vs. George Mason: Live Stats | Webcast 
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LEWISBURG, Pa. -- The Bucknell women's lacrosse team continues its challenging six-game road trip this weekend with a pair of games in the Washington, D.C., area. The Bison take on George Mason in Fairfax, Va., on Friday at 7 p.m. and then visit George Washington on Sunday at 1 p.m.
Bucknell is 0-3 on the young season, but all three losses have come against nationally ranked teams in No. 18 Stony Brook, No. 9 Penn State and No. 15 Johns Hopkins. Sophomore Emily Kookogey has a goal in each game and leads the team with three goals on the year. Senior Madison Hurwitz also has three points with two goals and an assist, and freshman Emily Becker has a pair of goals.
Katelyn Miller leads the team in ground balls with six and shares the team lead with Andrea Feldman with three caused turnovers. Adrienne Wendling's eight draw controls is one ahead of Sophie Kleinert for the team lead.
George Washington defeated George Mason 10-6 in D.C. on Wednesday, sending the Patriots to 0-3 on the season while leveling GW's record at 2-2. George Mason has also fallen to Longwood (12-9) and Brown (15-10).
Rachel Obregon leads the Patriots in scoring with seven points on six goals and one assist. Allie Hilderbrandt and Kirstin Russell have scored four goals apiece. Only one of the team's 25 goals have been assisted.
Goalie Brittany Pastrana has started two of Mason's three games and has earned the decision in all three. She has a .429 save percentage and also paces the squad in ground balls (11) and caused turnovers (6).
George Washington opened the season with a 22-7 rout of Howard, then lost to Drexel (10-3) and Denver (17-6) before bouncing back with the win over George Mason. Rachel Mia scored seven goals in the Howard win and has a team-high 10 on the season. Jamie Bumgardner has three goals and a team-high 10 assists, and Nicole Lacey has seven goals, two assists and 17 draw controls.
Jess Hicks has started all four games in goal and has a .362 save percentage.
Bucknell and George Mason will be meeting for the first time. The Bison and George Washington played for the first time in 2012, with the Colonials winning 15-7 at Graham Field. Nicole Lacey tallied five goals and two assists for GW, while Kookogey and Arriana Sajjad scored twice apiece for the Bison. Miller tied a school record with six caused turnovers for Bucknell in that game.
After this weekend's games, Bucknell will open up Patriot League play on Saturday, March 9 at Colgate at noon.
