Vermont Uses Second Half Burst to Run Away from Women's Lacrosse, 16-4

Saturday, March 2

Burlington, VT

12 pm

Sacred Heart University Department of Athletics

0-3

Vermont

3-1

Sacred Heart

VERMONT

Vermont Uses Second Half Burst to Run Away from Women's Lacrosse, 16-4

3/2/2019 12:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

BURLINGTON, Vt. – Trailing 8-3 with 6:09 remaining in the first half, the Sacred Heart women's lacrosse team had some life but the Catamounts rode an 8-1 run for the remainder of play and walked away with the 16-4 victory from Virtue Field on Saturday afternoon. The loss drops the Pioneers to 0-3 on the season while Vermont jumps up to 3-1.

SCORE
Vermont 16 / Sacred Heart 4

RECORDS
Sacred Heart (0-3) / Vermont (3-1)

LOCATION
Virtue Field / Burlington, VT

First Half (9-3 UVM)

Vermont came out firing on all cylinders, scoring six consecutive goals to take a commanding 6-0 lead with less than 12 minutes expired in the contest
The Pioneers responded, scoring three of the next five goals, to cut the gap to 8-3
Lydia Werlau picked up a pair of goals in the scoring run for SHU while Hanna Wise took a feed from Caroline Wax and scored her team-leading fifth goal of the season
Freshman goalkeeper Shana Hecht made seven of her 12 saves in the first half alone while limiting Vermont to just a 2-for-5 showing on free position attempts in the opening 30 minutes

Second Half (16-4 UVM)

Vermont scored the first four goals of the second half to build a 10-goal advantage just over five minutes into the half to seal the win
Werlau scored off a free position for the second time on the afternoon to complete her hat trick

NOTES

After her three-goal showing this afternoon, Werlau (four goals, one assist) is now tied with Wise (five goals) for the team-lead with five points
Wax dished out her first career assist on Wise's first half goal
Hecht is building quite the resume in her rookie season as she tallied 12 saves for her second double digit save total through three games in 2019
Hecht added a team-high four ground balls
Sophomore Anna Mesham provided a nice spark with five draw controls, easily setting a new career-high as she accounted for five of the nine total draw control wins on the day for SHU
Wax and Olivia Mittleman tied for the team-lead with two caused turnovers
Vermont doubled up SHU in shots 36-18 and won the draw control battle 12-9

NEXT GAME
SHU has the benefit of a week to prepare for its next game on Saturday, March 9 at Manhattan. The game is set to begin at 3:30 PM.