Box Score 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 11th 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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