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GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Kennesaw State women's lacrosse fell behind fifth-ranked Florida 12-0 at the half, but would score five goals in the second half while allowing just six to make the final score 18-5 in favor of the home Gators.
KEY PLAYERS: Shannon Harrington scored a team-high two goals on just three total shots. Also scoring for KSU was senior
Alyssa Angelo, while freshmen
Lexi Tinker and
Cate Cummings both scored their first career goals.
THE RUNDOWN: Playing their home opener, the Gators came out strong defensively, limiting KSU to just five total shots in the opening half. UF took 24 of their own and scored on 12 of them to open up their halftime advantage. After Florida scored the first goal of the second half, back-to-back goals from Cummings and Harrington made it a 13-2 contest. Angelo added another goal in the third on a nice delay move before finding the far corner for KSU's third score. Harrington opened the fourth for KSU with a drive down the right side before rocketing a shot up high to the back of the next, while Tinker made a curl move around the left post and finished off the shot for her score and the final goal of the game for KSU.
POSTGAME QUOTES – Head Coach Laura Maness
"I thought today our draws unit started out very strong. We had some great positives with both Cate and Lexi scoring their first goals of their college career! Defensively our clearing was very good as well and that has been a point of emphasis, and it was a good effort by the whole defensive unit."
NOTES
-KSU did a much better job on clears in its second game, clearing 12 of 13 attempts.
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Natalia Cruz finished with 11 saves in the net for KSU in 53 minutes of action.
NEXT UP: The Owls are on the road again but it's a short trip as they will face Life University in Marietta on Wednesday, Feb. 12 in a 6 p.m. match.
