A-10 women’s lax notebook: George Mason continues win streak, SJU and GW fall

The George Mason women’s lacrosse team won its fourth straight game with a 10-9 victory over Coastal Carolina on Monday.

Senior Katie Mascolo led the Patriots with three goals, while junior Kirstin Russell finished with two.

With the score tied at 1-1 early in the first half, George Mason (4-2) followed with two straight goals by Russell.

Following a 2-1 Coastal Carolina (2-4) run over the following seven minutes, the Chanticleers then scored three straight goals to close out the first half to take a 6-4 lead.

After Coastal Carolina opened the second half with another goal, the Patriots then permanently took the lead with six straight scores.

The Chanticleers attempted a comeback behind two goals in the last 10 minutes of the game, but the Patriots held on for the one-point win.

Although Coastal Carolina finished with a slim 11-10 advantage in draw controls, George Mason held the advantage in attempted shots (21-7) and ground balls (16-15).

The Patriots play Presbyterian on Friday to wrap up their road trip before hosting Marist on Monday.

Manhattan tops St. Joe’s

Behind three goals from sophomore Kaitlyn Cunningham, Manhattan picked up its first win of the season with a 13-6 victory over Saint Joseph’s on Saturday.

Following a game-opening score by Hawks’ sophomore Kelly Phelan, the Jaspers responded with three consecutive goals.

St. Joe’s (2-3) scored the next two goals behind senior Val Paolucci and freshman Nora McCallion to tie the game at 3-3 midway through the first half.

Manhattan scored the next six points and extended the lead to 9-4 with eight minutes, 31 seconds left in the second half.

St. Joe’s will next play on Tuesday against Stetson.

George Washington falls to No. 14 Johns Hopkins

No. 14 Johns Hopkins scored the first nine goals of the game en route to a 17-3 blowout victory over George Washington on Saturday.

The loss was the Colonials’ second-straight defeat at the hands of a nationally-ranked team, as they also lost to No. 20 Navy last Wednesday.
Michaela Lynch, Allie Rash and Olivia Boudreau each tallied a goal for the Colonials (3-3), who will host Mount St. Mary’s on Wednesday.


by Lauren McArdle

George Washington and Richmond both suffer losses

Playing in its first away game of the season, the George Washington women’s lacrosse team fell to Drexel on Sunday afternoon 12-7.

The Colonials (1-1) took a 2-1 lead in the first half over the Dragons (1-0) thanks to an early goal by Amanda Norcini just over three minutes into the game. But, Drexel answered back with two goals of its own to jump ahead 3-2.

By the break, the Colonials trailed 6-3 and continued to fall further behind, as the Dragons scored three straight tallies to open the second half. GW’s Julia Lawson stopped the Drexel scoring run when she scored an unassisted goal to bring the score to 9-4. From that point forward, both teams traded scores for the remainder of the game.

The Dragons outshot the Colonials 29 -15 on the day and controlled the play nearly the entire way. George Washington will look to get back to its winning ways when it returns home on Feb. 26 against Liberty at 3:30 p.m.

Richmond falls at Maryland

After having its home game against Duke on Friday cancelled due to the snow, Richmond traveled to Maryland on Sunday and suffered a 15-5 loss. Despite an even count on draw controls, the Terrapins (2-0) scored the first eight goals of the game through the first 24 minutes of play.

The Spiders’ (1-1) first goal came with just over a minute remaining on the clock in the first half when junior Anna Jeszeck managed to beat the Maryland goalie. Due to the Terrapin onslaught, Richmond played two goalies, with sophomore Michaela Amyong getting her first action of the season. She made a pair of saves in the second half, while the loss went to Emily Boyce who allowed 10 goals with two saves in the opening half.

Richmond will remain on the road for the next three games, with their next matchup at Virginia on Wednesday at 5 p.m.

Cancelled games

Three Atlantic 10 teams had games cancelled over the weekend due to the heavy snowfall that hit the east coast.

The first game was the Spiders’ game against Duke on Friday and then on Saturday, Duquesne had its season-opener against Howard cancelled.

On Sunday, the intra-city matchup between Saint Joseph’s and Temple was postponed for a second straight day, after the snow forced the teams to reschedule the game from Saturday to Sunday, but due to poor field conditions, the game Sunday was also postponed. No makeup date has been announced for any of the postponed games.

St. Joe’s will be in action on Wednesday, when it takes on La Salle, while Duquesne will open its season on the road at Penn State on Tuesday.

By Lauren McArdle