University of Connecticut Athletics
Huskies Defeat New Hampshire
3/30/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
STORRS, CT (March 30) – The University of Connecticut women’s lacrosse team held on to the lead and went on to defeat the University of New Hampshire, 9-5, on a cold and damp Sunday afternoon at the George Sherman-Family Sports Complex on the Storrs campus. The Huskies improve to 5-2 overall, while the Wildcats remain winless at 0-8.
Connecticut began the day’s scoring just 53-seconds into the game. Abbey VanDeusen (Fayetteville, NY) fed a pass to Jacqui Hamilton (Hopkinton, MA) for the Huskies first score. At the 27:27 mark, Kariane Lauri (Memphis, NY) assisted on a Bonnie Wehinger (North Syracuse, NY) goal to bring the score to 2-0. The Wildcats closed the scoring gap to one at 23:51 on a shot from the top of the fan from Kristin Blanchette. Lauri gave UConn the two-goal lead again on a free position shot at the 23:06 mark. Both teams were then held scoreless for the next 19:42, until Kelly Feeley (Collingswood, NJ) was fed an up field pass from Tammy Michel (Baldwinsville, NY) at the 3:24 mark. Michel then capped off the half’s scoring with 2:17 left on the clock, on a free position shot.
Feeley opened the second half on a free position shot at the 19:19 mark, giving UConn the 6-1 lead. New Hampshire notched the next four goals, the first two in a time span of 12-second, and the second in a span of 16-seconds. Kelly Blaney nailed the first shot (17:18), and then Jesse Groszkowski brought the score within in two on the next two goals. At the 12:28 mark, Blaney scored on an assist from Blanchette, still keeping the score in favor of UConn, 6-5. Connecticut broke New Hampshire’s scoring run at the 7:06 mark of the half. Feeley passed the ball to Wehinger, who redirected the shot from the left side for the score. Heather Levins (East Northport, NY) ran in from the left side, scoring UConn’s eighth goal to the opposite side of the net. Lauri intercepted a New Hampshire run, bringing the ball back up the side for the goal at the 3:02 mark.
UConn goalie April Pollock (North Syracuse, NY) had nine saves and three ground balls, while Wildcats keeper Danielle Martin stopped 15 shots.
Connecticut will travel to Notre Dame on Saturday, April 5 for a game slated to begin at 12 noon.
