March 8, 2009

Gardner’s Overtime Goal Sends No. 2 Virginia Past Penn State, 12-11
Despite being down 11-5, the No. 2 Virginia women’s lacrosse team used a six goal rally late in the second half - and a game winning goal from freshman Julie Gardner with 52 seconds remaining in overtime - to come-from-behind and defeat Penn State, 12-11.

The win bumps the Cavaliers to 5-1 on the season, while that was Penn State’s first loss, dropping the Nittany Lions to 4-1.

For the second consecutive game, the Cavaliers gave up the first goal of the contest, with Erica Mihm getting Penn State on the board faster than any opponent this season – at 28:50. Senior All-American Blair Weymouth rallied for Virginia, winning the ensuing draw control and converted it into a goal, just 10 seconds later. Redshirt junior Whitaker Hagerman then made it two straight for the Cavaliers at 27:46, with a free position goal. 

Tech charges past Colonials 20-10
Rachel Culp (Sr., Kent, Ohio) and Allie Emala (So., Baltimore, Md.) both recorded seven points and the Virginia Tech women’s lacrosse team broke out for a season-high in goals, knocking off George Washington 20-10 in a non-conference match played on Sunday afternoon at Thompson Field.

The Hokies have now won two in a row and improve their record to 2-4 overall (0-1 ACC). George Washington falls to 0-6 on the year with the loss.

Tech won the opening draw control and never looked back, outshooting GW 41-27 on the day. Julie Wolfinger (Fr., Finksburg, Md.) led off the contest with a goal 16 seconds into the first half and added another score at the 26:36 mark for the first multi-goal game of her career. Goals by Culp and Caitlyn Wier (So., Cockeysville, Md.) pushed the Hokie lead to 4-0 early on before George Washington got on the board six minutes into the match. The Colonials put together a 2-1 run over the next 4:18 to narrow the score to 5-3, but Tech would answer with 3-0 run started by Culp and ending with two goals from Emala.