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Women's Lacrosse Closes Out Road Stretch on Saturday at Columbia
4/14/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Brown women's lacrosse team will play its final away game of the 2016 regular season on Saturday, April 16 at Columbia. The Ivy League contest will begin at 1:00 p.m.
FOLLOW THE BEARS
Brown (5-7, 0-4 Ivy League) at Columbia (5-7, 0-4 Ivy League)
Saturday, April 16 – 1 p.m.
New York, N.Y.
Robert K. Kraft Field
Video
Live Stats
ALL-TIME VERSUS COLUMBIA
The Bears are a perfect 18-0 versus Columbia, with the series starting in 1998. The Bears won last year's contest 7-6 at Stevenson-Pincince Field. Sophomore Lindsey Repp recorded a career-high three points, on two goals and one assists while senior Dianne Vitkus, senior Lauren Toy, and sophomore Emma Dahle also registered goals.
SCOUTING THE LIONS
Columbia brings an identical record to Brown into Saturday's matchup, at 5-7 overall and 0-4 in conference play. The Lions have dropped two straight, at Hofstra (11-9, April 2) and at No. 16 Penn (15-9, April 9). Victoria Kalamaras leads the squad in points with 36, on 19 goals and a team-best 17 assists. Lindsey Ewertsen carries the goal lead with 27, paired with six assists for 33 points, good for second on the team. Her 27 goals (2.25 per game) rank fourth in the Ivy League. Kelsey Gedin has started all 12 games for the Lions in net, posting an 11.22 goals against average and a .428 save percentage while ranking third in the conference in saves per game (8.42).
LAST TIME OUT: BEARS EDGE UMASS LOWELL, 5-4
Brown fought off a second half comeback by UMass Lowell to win the non-conference match-up, 5-4, on Tuesday night at Cushing Field. The Bears (5-7) scored all five of their goals in the first half while the River Hawks (1-13) tallied three of their four goals in the second period.
To start Brown's scoring in the opening half, freshman Zoe Verni recorded her sixth goal of the season at 27:56 with the feed coming from senior Lauren Toy. Toy then followed with the game's next goal (26:13), her team-leading 19th score, while senior Dianne Vitkus picked up the assist. Verni tallied her second goal of the contest at 25:33 with freshman Hafsa Moinuddin registering the helper to bring Brown's lead up to three. Junior Ali Kim next scored for the Bears, her first goal of the season, at 16:48. Fellow junior Kerianne Hunt followed with a tally at 1:12 for her eighth goal of the season, moving Brown's lead to 5-0. UMass Lowell got on the scoreboard right before the end of the half, with 15 seconds left (Kendyl Finelli).
Taylor Sokol started UMass Lowell's comeback at 24:33 of the second to bring the score to 5-2. After a bit of a scoring drought, the River Hawks further chipped away at the Bears' lead as Noelle Lambert (7:29) and Kaylan Dimodugno (6:24) registered goals to pull UMass Lowell within one (5-4). The River Hawks had possession for the last two minutes of play but Brown's defense held strong and senior Victoria Holland made a crucial save with 35 seconds left to lead Brown to the win.
Holland finished the contest with four saves while Courtney Barrett made six stops. UMass Lowell held a slight edge in shots, 17-16, and draw controls, 6-5, for the game. The Bears were 16-for-21 on clears while the River Hawks were 11-of-16. Both teams were 0-for-2 on free position shots.
POINT STREAK
Freshman Hafsa Moinuddin enters Saturday's game with an eight-game point streak. Moinuddin scored her first collegiate points in an 11-10 win at Bryant on March 9, recording two goals and two assists, and had her first hat trick at Sacred Heart on April 2. She has also had four multi-point games in the streak. The rookie currently ranks second on the team in points with 15 (9G, 6A).
BEARS WIN DRAW CONTROL BATTLE AT HARVARD
In its last Ivy League match-up, Brown finished its game against Harvard (April 9) with nine draw control wins compared to the Crimson's three. The Bears won all three draw controls in the first half and tacked on six in the second half. Freshman Alex O'Donnell led all players and recorded four draw controls for Brown.
IVY LEAGUE DIGITAL NETWORK
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UP NEXT
The Bears return home to Stevenson-Pincince to play their last two games of the regular season on Saturday, April 23 and Saturday, April 30. Dartmouth will visit College Hill on the 23rd for a 1:00 p.m. game while No. 11 Princeton will come to town on the 30th for Senior Day. Both games will be streamed on the ILDN and ESPN3.
