April 4, 2009

Cavaliers Escape Eagles, 11-9
The No. 9 Virginia women’s lacrosse team defeated Boston College 11-9 in an Atlantic Coast Conference game played on Saturday afternoon at the Newton Campus Field. The win improves the Cavaliers to 8-5 on the season and gives them a 2-3 mark in ACC play, while Boston College falls to 7-5 and 0-4 in league action.

Senior Blair Weymouth led the attack with four goals and junior Brittany Kalkstein notched three. Senior Ashley McCulloch and junior Kaitlin Duff each had a goal and an assist, while senior Jenny Hauser and freshman Julie Gardner each had a goal.

Maura Mahoney had four goals for the Eagles, while Jenna McCabe tallied three scores. In goal, Katie Monaghan stopped 10 shots.

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Hokies claim 19-11 win over American
Tech’s trio of Rachel Culp, Allie Emala and Jessica Nonn combined to score 14 goals as the Virginia Tech women’s lacrosse team held off American University for the 19-11 win in a non-conference match played at Jacobs Field on Saturday afternoon.

The Hokies have now won two-straight games and hold a 6-7 overall record (1-3 Atlantic Coast Conference). American falls to 2-10 on the year (1-4 Patriot League) with the loss.

Morgan Widlake (Fr., Catonsville, Md.) opened the scoring for Virginia Tech and the Hokies continued to build a 6-1 lead, propelled by three goals from Emala (So., Baltimore, Md.), halfway through the opening period. But the Eagles pecked away at the lead and trailed only 8-6 after 22:30 minutes of play.