Regis RUWL 4-0

Grand Valley GV 2-2

Regis RUWL

4-0

Final

Mar. 05, 2023

Grand Valley GV

2-2

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Regis RUWL	3	7	1	3	14
Grand Valley GV	3	1	3	3	10

Summary
Box Score

Ted Betsy, Regis Athletics

Lily Ferguson (#26) tied for the team high with three goals and led all Rangers with nine draw controls Sunday (File Photo)

Game Recap: Women's Lacrosse | Mar 05 | David Wilson, Assistant AD-Communications

No. 8 Rangers dominate second quarter, earn 14-10 victory in rematch with No. 10 Grand Valley State

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Two of the top-10 women's lacrosse teams in the country squared off in a Sunday matinee out in Grand Junction on Sunday, with the No. 8 ranked Regis University coming away with a 14-10 statement win over No. 10 Grand Valley State University.

Sunday's clash was a rematch of last year's NCAA Division II Tournament first round game, a tight 12-11 win by Grand Valley State (2-2 overall). With the win, Regis improves to 4-0 in the early going of 2023 and moves to 4-2 all-time against the Lakers.

"I thought our team played tremendously. Our defense was the glue when things weren't working out well on offense in the second half, but we kept pressuring the ball and Brigit (Goetsch) made some really big stops when we needed them," said Regis head women's lacrosse coach, Sarah Kellner. "Then our attack in the first half, especially that second quarter, put us in a really good position."

HOW IT HAPPENED: After the two perennial powers were deadlocked at 3-3 after the first quarter, the Rangers would dominate the next 15 minutes as they outscored the Lakers, 7-1, in the second quarter to build a 10-4 cushion at the half.

Senior midfielder Bailey Truex, graduate student midfielder Lucy Johnson and junior midfielder Lily Ferguson all tallied two goals apiece during the Rangers' second quarter blitz. That trio would all tie for the team high in goals Sunday with three apiece.

The seventh goal in the Rangers' second-quarter outburst came courtesy of sophomore Madeline Schallmoser for one of her two scores on the afternoon.

"We shared the ball very well and our movement was great. We kept attacking and re-attacking and got to the free position line quite a bit. Then we were able to capitalize by scoring on a lot of our free positions," said Kellner, who's team finished 6-for-9 in free position shot attempts Sunday. "Then our draw team was outstanding winning a lot of 50-50 balls. Grand Valley has a lot of speed, but I thought we did a nice job countering that. We love playing 'make it, take it,' and one of our goals was to go on runs, which we were able to do in that second quarter."

Grand Valley State would trim the Rangers lead down to 11-7 entering the fourth quarter, but were never able to inch any closer than that the rest of the way as the Regis defensive core and sophomore goalkeeper Brigit Goetsch slammed the door shut on the 14-10 final.

Goetsch finished with a season-high nine saves while senior defenseman Tara Davis shined with team highs of three ground balls and three caused turnovers.

GAME NOTES:

Regis finished with an 18-10 advantage in draw controls, led by Ferguson with a team-high nine
The Rangers outshot Grand Valley, 30-28, and 20-19 in shots on goal
Regis held a 9-3 advantage in free position shots

UP NEXT: After an undefeated 3-0 road trip during Spring Break, the Rangers will have next week off before returning to action on Saturday, March 18 with a road game against Notre Dame College, hosted on the campus of UIndy. First draw is scheduled for 1 p.m. Mountain Time.

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Scoring Summary
Scoring Play	Home Team Score
1st Period		RUWL	GV
13:37	RUWL - Gabby Rothermund Assisted by Lucy Johnson	1	0
10:37	GV - ZOE ZIEGLER Assisted by MADDY CHAMPAGNE	1	1
09:07	RUWL - Justine Spahr	2	1
06:16	GV - MADDY CHAMPAGNE	2	2
05:54	RUWL - Madeline Schallmoser	3	2
00:35	GV - ELLIE BERNARD Assisted by MADDY CHAMPAGNE	3	3
2nd Period		RUWL	GV
14:13	RUWL - Lucy Johnson	4	3
13:27	RUWL - Bailey Truex	5	3
10:13	RUWL - Madeline Schallmoser	6	3
09:29	RUWL - Lily Ferguson	7	3
07:17	RUWL - Lucy Johnson	8	3
05:44	GV - MOLLY BURSINGER	8	4
01:15	RUWL - Lily Ferguson	9	4
00:14	RUWL - Bailey Truex	10	4
3rd Period		RUWL	GV
12:52	RUWL - Bailey Truex Assisted by Gabby Rothermund	11	4
07:55	GV - HAILEY CRITTENDEN Assisted by ELLIE BERNARD	11	5
05:07	GV - MADDY CHAMPAGNE	11	6
02:02	GV - SYDNEY STONE Assisted by MAGGIE HAMMER	11	7
4th Period		RUWL	GV
14:20	RUWL - Shea Murphy	12	7
12:27	RUWL - Lucy Johnson Assisted by Meg Hanson	13	7
11:51	GV - MAGGIE HAMMER Assisted by MOLLY BURSINGER	13	8
06:29	GV - SYDNEY STONE	13	9
03:14	RUWL - Lily Ferguson	14	9
02:40	GV - KATE DEYOUNG Assisted by MOLLY BURSINGER	14	10