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WILLIAMSBURG, Va. The No. 3 Virginia Cavaliers used a balance scoring attack to hold off a feisty William & Mary squad, 14-11, Wednesday evening at Albert-Daly Field in Williamsburg, Va.
Eight Cavaliers recorded points for Virginia, led by sophomore Kaitlin Duff’s three goals. Junior Jenny Hauser, redshirt-sophomore Whitaker Hagerman, senior Megan O’Malley and senior Kaitlin Swagart each tallied two goals, while sophomore Brittany Kalkstein, and juniors Ashley McCulloch and Katie Shannon each contributed one score.
Defensively, Duff scooped up three ground balls and senior Claire Bordley won three draw controls. Hauser had four caused turnovers, a career-high.
For William & Mary, Jaime Sellers notched five goals, the most a single player has scored against the Cavaliers all season.
The game opened on a scoring spree with 10 goals scored in the first 13 minutes of play. For the fourth time this season, Virginia gave up the first goal of the game. But the Cavaliers responded with the next three scores to take a 3-1 advantage by the 25:06 mark.
Duff tallied the first goal for Virginia before O’Malley and Hagerman tallied marks also. William & Mary notched their second score at the 24:57 mark and Hauser then found the back of the net with 24:08 left in the half, firing a pass from Kalkstein past Sara Beckstead.
The Tribe responded again with a second goal from Sellers, before Hauser put Virginia up 5-3 with her second of the day. Hagerman and Duff tallied two straight for the Cavaliers forcing the Tribe to call a timeout, down 7-3 with 17:11 remaining.
Out of the break, William & Mary fired two past Cavaliers’ goalie, senior Kendall McBrearty, forcing a Virginia to take a timeout.
The Cavaliers went on to score the final three goals of the half, to take a 10-5 advantage into halftime.
McBrearty came up big for Virginia to open the second half with two big saves. Kalkstein then notched a score for the Cavaliers 2:47 after play resumed. It was at the 24:31 mark that Shannon tallied the first goal of her career.
The Tribe went on a three-goal scoring spree to cut Virginia’s lead to four by the 10:23 mark, but a quick goal from Swagart after the Cavaliers’ second timeout put Virginia up 13-8.
William & Mary scored two more, but a goal from O’Malley, assisted on by McCulloch, marked the final goal of the contest, giving Virginia a 14-10 win.
The Cavaliers (5-1, 1-1 ACC) will return to action this Sunday at 1 p.m. Virginia will play host to ACC-rival North Carolina at Klckner Stadium.