The No. 6
Florida lacrosse team captured its fourth straight victory this afternoon,
defeating William & Mary, 21-8. With the win, the Gators improve to 8-2,
while the Tribe sinks to 2-6.
Brittany
Dashiell (Bel Air, Md.) led the team with
a career-high-tying five goals, and Kitty Cullen (Rockville, Md.) and Gabi Wiegand (Bay Shore, N.Y) both put up four goals and two
assists. Shannon Gilroy
(Huntington, N.Y.) scored a personal-best four goals, and Ashley
Bruns (Ellicott City, Md.), Colby
Rhea (Abingdon, Md.), Taylor
McCord (Jacksonville, Fla.) and Nicole
Graziano (Mendham, N.J.) chipped in the
remaining four,
Bruns,
Graziano and Caroline Chesterman (South
Nyack, N.Y.) each notched two assists, and Erin Graziano (Mendham, N.J.) put up one as well.
Gilroy set a
new school record with seven draw controls, and Kayla Stolins (Glen Arm, Md.) added a career-high five more. Nora
Barry (Marcellus, N.Y.) earned a
team-leading three ground balls, and seven different Gators caused a turnover.
Cara
Canington (Bel Air, Md.) made a save and
allowed four goals in the first half, and Mikey Meagher (Liverpool, N.Y.) stopped three shots and allowed
the final four goals, adding a ground ball and a caused turnover.
Florida
started hot, opening the game on a 5-0 run in just over five minutes, with
Dashiell and Gilroy both scoring two and Bruns and Cullen assisting on two
each. William & Mary’s Kaleigh Noon put the Tribe on the board with a
crossing jump shot at 24:15, but the Gators pushed right back with a pair of
goals to go ahead, 7-2.
Kyrstin
Mackrides notched one for the Tribe at 19:36, but Florida followed with six
unanswered goals over the next six minutes to start the running clock, leading
13-2.
The Tribe
tacked on two more goals before the half, heading into the intermission
trailing 13-4.
Florida
dominated the beginning of the second half, scoring seven out of the gate and
taking a daunting 20-4 lead. The Tribe did not go quietly, scoring four in the
final five minutes before the horn blew, but fell by a final score of 21-8.
The Gators
scored 20-or-more points for the fourth time this season, and held their
opponents to single digits for the program-record-tying fourth game in a row.
