Box Score SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – The No. 4 ranked Regis University women's lacrosse team (16-0, 9-0 RMAC) made history once again on Saturday, becoming the first team in Regis women's lacrosse history to finish a regular season undefeated.
Regis completed the perfect regular season with a 16-4 win over the Westminster College Griffins (4-9, 4-5 RMAC) in the regular season finale. With the win, the Rangers have secured their first Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) regular season championship, and the overall No. 1 seed in the RMAC Tournament.
How it Happened: From the opening draw, RU was eager to push the tempo and take care of business. Redshirt-senior
Sarah Lugo drew first blood with her 14
thgoal of the season, taking a pass from junior
Jessica Berg and finishing strong. Junior
Ali Vanek netted the next goal, her 30
thof the season, when she teamed up with senior
Sarah Myres on a brilliant attacking play.
Westminster managed to get their first and only goal of the opening half at the 26:11 mark to cut the lead to 2-1. However, Regis countered with a barrage of goals, putting together an 11-0 run to take a firm 13-1 lead into the break. The Rangers defense held the Griffins to only three shots in the first half.
The lead grew to 16-1 after goals from Myres (2) and freshman
Jordan Winchester, but the home team responded with back-to-back goals to give them three for the game. Only one more goal was scored in the final
Game Notes:Three RU players finished the game with six or more points including Myres (4 G, 3 A, 3 GB, 3 CT, 3 DC) who led all players with seven, collecting her 77
th goal and 103
rd point of 2019. Vanek (3 G, 3 A, 2 GB) and sophomore
Kyleigh Peoples (4 G, 2 A, 5 GB, 1 DC) were the other two. Berg (1 A, 6 GB, 2 CT, 2 DC) led the team lead with six ground balls, while Myres had a team-high three caused turnovers. Berg and sophomore
Sarah Kate Dhom added two caused turnovers apiece. Senior
Wendy Donier captured four draw controls in the effort to go along with one goal and a caused turnover and three ground balls.
Sophomore
Elle Crawford (W, 15-0) picked up her 15
thwin of the season, setting a new single-season program best for a goalkeeper. The previous record was 14 wins held by Gianna Lombardi in 2014. Crawford made two saves in her time between the pipes, allowing only one goal for a .667 save percentage. Senior
Hope Correia spent 20:14 seconds in net for the visitors.
Up Next for the Rangers:The No. 4 ranked Regis University women's lacrosse team has secured the No. 1 overall seed in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) Tournament that will begin on Thursday, May 2 in St. Charles, Missouri. Stay tuned to find out more about the 2019 RMAC Tournament bracket as the rest of the teams finish out their games today.
