Liljeberg Leads SHU with Four Goals in Pioneers' 15-8 Loss to Vermont

Saturday, March 14

12 pm

Sacred Heart

2-4

Vermont

5-3

Team	1	2	Final F
Vermont	9	6	15
Sacred Heart	5	3	8

Liljeberg Leads SHU with Four Goals in Pioneers' 15-8 Loss to Vermont

3/14/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

FAIRFIELD, CONN. (March 14, 2015)—Jenna Liljeberg (Wrentham, Mass.) netted a team best four goals, accounting for half of the Pioneers' total, as the Sacred Heart women's lacrosse team fell to Vermont 15-8 on Campus Field Saturday afternoon. The loss drops SHU to 2-4 for the season, while the Catamounts improve to 5-3.

Alex Bernier got Vermont on the board early 2:53 into the game. The sophomore's was the first of three Catamount goals scored in the first six minutes of the game for a 3-0 lead.

Sophomore Liana Doyle (West Milford, N.J.) scored her first goal of the season with 21:57 remaining in the first half to put the Pioneers on the scoreboard and lessen the deficit to two goals. Each team notched one more before Vermont went on a streak of four goals while holding SHU scoreless for nearly 10 minutes propelling the Catamounts to an 8-2 lead 11:01 into the game.

Liljeberg provided a spark to the SHU offense late in the first half getting the ball from Jesslyn Joseph (Bolton, Mass.) and finding the back of the net with 8:40 remaining, and again at 4:05 this time getting the ball from Paige DeVine (Farmingdale, N.Y.).

Each team scored again before the clock ran out, including Caitlyn Delaney's (Cherry Hill, N.J.) unassisted goal with seven seconds remaining, making the score 9-5 in favor of the Catamounts at halftime.

The Pioneers came out red hot as Doyle found Averi Farhat (Hollis, N.H.) for the first goal of the second half just 1:47 in. After Vermont scored its first goal of the half at 25:11, SHU answered just 19 seconds later as Joseph scored her third goal of the season on a free position.

Four minutes later, Jessica Roach, who led Vermont with five goals, netted her third goal of the game sparking a three-goal streak for Vermont spanning 17 minutes for a 13-7 lead entering the final three minutes of the game.

Liljeberg managed one more goal with 1:28 remaining bringing the Pioneers within five goals, but the Catamounts capped off their win with two more unassisted goals for Roach in the final 1:03 of the game.

Sacred Heart finished the game with a 13-12 advantage in draw controls and a 9-4 lead in saves, while Vermont outshot the Pioneers 28-16 and picked up 19 ground balls to SHU's 10.

The Pioneers travel to La Salle next Saturday, March 21 for a 1:00 p.m. contest.