Pioneers Earns Fifth Consecutive Big East Regular Season Title with Win over Villanova

Saturday, April 20

Villanova, Pa.

11 a.m. MT

University of Denver

12-3, 5-0BE

Villanova

6-8, 2-3BE

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
DENVER	1	2	4	4	11
Villanova	3	4	1	0	8

Photo by: Martin Gonzalez

Pioneers Earns Fifth Consecutive Big East Regular Season Title with Win over Villanova

4/20/2024 2:07:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

By: Sarah Wettemann

DENVER- After trailing by four at the half, the [12/14] University of Denver women's lacrosse team came storming back to defeat the Villanova Wildcats, 11-8 on a sunny afternoon in Villanova, Pennsylvania.

KEY PERFORMANCES:
Lauren Black and Sloane Kipp led Denver offensively with three goals each while graduate student attackers Julia Gilbert and Olivia Penoyer each had four-point performances. Gilbert with a pair of goals and two assists and Penoyer netted a goal and three helpers.

Ryan Dineen and Jane Earley rounded out Denver's goal scorers and Caroline Colimore netted a helper on Gilbert's goal with 52 seconds remaining in the game.

On the defensive end, four different Pioneers recorded a pair of caused turnovers – Anna Palmisano, Trinity McPherson, Megan Klingenberg and Caroline Colimore. McPherson had another huge day for Denver, adding six draw controls and picking up ground balls. Palmisano added a career-high five grounders.

Black added four draw controls and Abby Jenkins grabbed two wins from the circle.

NOTES:

Gilbert extended her team-high point streak to 37 games, posting 120 points on 102 goals and 18 assists in that span.
Anna Palmisano earned a career-high five ground balls, her previous record, 4 was against Michigan on March 1, 2023.
Olivia Penoyer recorded her ninth game this season with 3+ assists and is now tied for eighth in the Denver record book with 39 assists in a single season.
The Pioneers held the Wildcats to only two shots on goal in the final frame of play.
Denver had double-digit (11) caused turnovers for the 11^th time this season.
The Crimson and Gold earned a 10-2 advantage in the circle in the second half.

UP NEXT:
Denver closes out its roadtrip with a neutral site game against [10] Yale on Monday afternoon at St. Joseph's University.

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