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Sept. 23, 1999
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.–The Cavaliers’ Jess Coleman (Oceanport,N.J./Shore Regional) scored twice in the first half and assisted on themiddle goal of the period to stake Virginia to a 3-1 lead at halftime asthe Hoos went on to defeat the Hoyas 6-1 today in Washington, D. C.
Coleman scored the first goal six minutes into the period on apenalty corner. She was assisted on the goal by Carrie Goodloe (St. Louis,Mo./John Burroughs) and Laura Lindsay (Deerfield, Mass./Deerfield Academy).Less than two minutes later the Hoyas forced a corner and scored anequalizer as Jori Keating’s shot found the back of the cage.
The teams battled back and forth for the next 23 minutes withneither team able to score. Finally the Cavaliers were able to work it downin front of the cage where they forced another corner. Coleman’s shot wastipped into the net by Meredith Elwell (Moorestown, N.J./Moorestown) with4:21 remaining in the period. Less than two minutes later, LorraineVizzuso’s (Fairfield, N.J./West Essex) shot was smothered by the Hoyakeeper, drawing a penalty stroke. Coleman converted the stroke with 2:49left in the half, giving the Hoos a 3-1 lead at the break.
Coleman completed her first career hat trick with a goal fiveminutes into the second half. She collected a pass from Lindsay at the topof the circle and shoved it into the cage, giving the Hoos a 4-1 lead. Tenminutes later Goodloe blasted in a shot from the top of the circle to upthe Cavaliers’ lead to 5-1. Katie Slocum (Carlisle, Pa./Carlisle Area)closed out the scoring with a putback of a Goodloe shot with just undereight minutes to play.
Elwell’s game-winning goal gives her 13 career game-winning goals,which ties her for the career lead with former Cavalier great MichelleVizzuso. Vizzuso, currently one of the assistant coaches for Virginia, iscompeting with the national field hockey team in Australia at a tournament.
The Cavaliers host Old Dominion on Sunday, Sept. 26 at 1:00 pm. TheMonarchs have defeated the Cavaliers in the last two NCAA semifinals.
STATISTICS:
1 2 FVirginia (6-1) 3 3 6Georgetown (1-4) 1 0 1
Scoring Summary: V:Coleman (Goodloe, Lindsay)/29:02, G:Keating (Stewart,Fogliano)/27:13, V: Elwell (Coleman)/4:21, V: Coleman (PS)/2:49, V: Coleman(Lindsay)/29:30, V: Goodloe/19:20, V: Slocum/7:50
Goals: V: Coleman 3, Elwell, Slocum, Goodloe G: Keating
Assists: V: Lindsay 2, Coleman, Goodloe, G: Stewart, Fogliano
Saves: UVA: 1 (Worthington 1), GT: 7 (Herring 7)
Shots: UVA 20, GT: 5
Corners: UVA 19, GT: 5