Cavalier Women’s Lacrosse Team Defeats Temple, 13-5

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April 1, 2000

Philadelphia, Pa. – The Cavaliers (7-3) used eight different goal scorers toturn back a determined Temple squad and defeat the #18 Owls 13-5 today.Five players scored twice for Virginia, and Gina Sambus (Garden City,N.Y./Garden City) scooped up seven ground balls and had four draw controlsfor the Cavaliers while Stephy Samaras (Annapolis, Md./Annapolis) causedthree turnovers to lead the Hoos.

Virginia jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead in the first four minuteson a pair of free position goals. Mills Hook (Baltimore, Md./St. Paul’s)converted a free position at 27:14. Sambus won the ensuing draw and drew ashooting space foul which she converted less than a minute later.

Temple got on the board with a cut to the crease at 20:22. The Owlstied the game seven minutes later as Jen Jefferson made good on an 8-meterwith 13:48 to play.

The Cavalier offense got untracked and scored three goals in a 2:24span to take control of the game. Molly Cangemi (Timonium, Md./Notre DamePrep) scored on a free position to start the streak. On the draw theCavaliers got control and Amy Fromal (Folsom, Pa./Ridley) was fouled in thearc. Her goal on the 8-meter was the fourth consecutive goal scored byVirginia from the free position and gave the Cavaliers a 4-2 lead. Lessthan a minute later the Aumiller sisters connected for a goal. LaceyAumiller (Baltimore, Md./Notre Dame Prep) fed her sister Lauren on thecrease who quicksticked the ball into the cage for a 5-2 lead at 10:05,forcing the Owls to take a timeout.

Out of the timeout the Owls got control and worked the ball intotheir offensive end. Jefferson picked up a loose ball in the arc andstuffed it in the cage to break the Virginia streak. Sambus answered theOwl goal with her second of the game with 6:45 to play in the half, sendingthe Cavaliers to the lead at the break 6-3.

Virginia won the opening draw of the second half and LaurenAumiller fed Jill Hansen (Killington, Vt./ Woodstock Union) who wasstreaking in from the top just 54 seconds into the stanza. Three minuteslater Temple’s Kelly Ruch took a feed from Robin Keevan to pull the Owlswithin three, but again Lauren Aumiller assisted and the Cavaliers wentback up by four. Aumiller fed a streaking Hook for the eighth Cavalier goal.

Sambus caused a turnover on the restraining line and got the ballto Hansen who forced a shooting space foul at 17:36 which she converted fora 9-4 lead. Just two minutes later Jefferson completed a hat trick with an8-meter goal of her own, but it would be all the scoring Temple would mountfor the rest of the day.

The Cavaliers got the ball back on a failed clear by Temple andSarah Gercke (Charlottesville, Va./St. Anne’s-Belfield) scored on an8-meter for a 10-5 lead with 13:16 to play. Just over three minutes laterFrances Segarra (Glen Mills, Pa./West Chester East) picked up a loose ballin front of the cage and started a transition that was finsihed by LaceyAumiller off an assist from Cangemi. Segarra also started the next play,again finished by Aumiller, as she made a save and started a transitionthat saw Laura Lindsay (Deerfield, Mass./Deerfield Academy) draw a shootingspace foul on the center hash. Lindsay fed Lacey Aumiller who was down lowon the reset and Aumiller scored her second goal of the game with 3:36 toplay.

With under a minute to play, Hansen caused a turnover as Temple wastransitioning into the offense and got the ball to Cangemi who rolled thecrease for a goal with just 19 seconds to play for the final score of 13-5.

Segarra had seven saves in the cage for the Cavaliers and alsopicked up five ground balls. Virginia will host #4 James Madison onWednesday, April 5 at Klockner Stadium at 7:00.

#8 VIRGINIA vs #18 Temple
STATISTICS

1 2 F (Records)
Virginia 6 7 13 (7-3)
Temple 3 2 5 (3-3)

Scoring summary:

V 1-0 27:14 Mills Hook (FP)
V 2-0 26:15 Gina Sambus (FP)
T 2-1 20:22 Jessica Yemm (Patience Synnestvedt)
T 2-2 13:48 Jen Jefferson (FP)
V 3-2 12:29 Molly Cangemi (FP)
V 4-2 11:04 Amy Fromal (FP)
V 5-2 10:05 Lauren Aumiller (Lacey Aumiller)
T 5-3 8:20 Jefferson
V 6-3 6:45 Sambus

Second half

V 7-3 29:06 Jill Hansen (Lauren Aumiller)
T 7-4 26:28 Kelly Ruch (Robin Keevan)
V 8-4 23:22 Hook (Lauren Aumiller)
V 9-4 17:36 Hansen (FP)
T 9-5 15:11 Jefferson (FP)
V 10-5 13:16 Sarah Gercke (FP)
V 11-5 10:56 Lacey Aumiller (Cangemi)
V 12-5 3:36 Lacey Aumiller (Laura Lindsay)
V 13-5 0:19 Cangemi
GOALS: V: Hook 2, Hansen 2, Sambus 2, Lacey Aumiller 2,
Cangemi 2, Gercke, Lauren Aumiller, Fromal
T: Jefferson 3, Yemm, Ruch
ASSISTS: V: Lauren Aumiller 2, Lacey Aumiller, Cangemi, Lindsay
T: Keevan, Synnestvedt
GOALIES: V: Frances Segarra: 60 minutes, 7 saves, 5 GA
T: Iris Alvarado: 60 minutes, 13 saves, 13 GA
Draws V: 10 (Sambus 4), T: 10
GB: V: 36 (Sambus 7, Samaras 6, Segarra 5, Fromal 5), T: 27
Turnovers V: 17, T: 20
Fouls V: 17, T: 19 Free position attempts
V:14, T: 11 FPSOG: V: 12, T:5
Clearing: V: 10-12, T: 8-13
Shots: V: 22, T: 18
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