Feb. 19, 2009

Cavaliers Down Hokies in Season Opener
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - The No. 4 Virginia women’s lacrosse team opened its season in dominating fashion, defeating instate rival Virginia Tech, 19-3, in an Atlantic Coast Conference game played in Klöckner Stadium Wednesday evening.

Starting the game on a hot streak, the Cavaliers fired five-straight goals into the net before the Hokies were able to get a score of their own. Freshman Josie Owen sparked the streak, notching her first collegiate goal at the 27:36 mark. The senior All-American duo of Blair Weymouth and Ashley McCulloch then teamed up for the next two scores, with Weymouth firing two passes into the back of the net. Junior Whitaker Hagerman made it 4-0 at the 21:28 mark with a goal and Owen capped off the run with her second score at 18:42.

Virginia Tech got on the board at 18:12 with a goal from Jessica Nonn, but the Cavaliers answered with five of the next six scores to take a 10-2 advantage into the intermission. Hagerman, McCulloch, Weymouth and junior Marye Kellermann all scored for Virginia in that span.

Owen opened the scoring again in the second half, notching a score 50 seconds into play, but Rachel Culp answered for the Hokies to bring the score to 11-3. That would be all that Virginia’s defense would allow though, as the Cavaliers scored the final eight goals of the contest.