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BLOOMSBURG, Pa. – The Bloomsburg University women's lacrosse team earned its third win of the season over a nationally-ranked Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) opponent when the Huskies upset No. 21 Indiana (Pa.) (IUP) 11-9 at home on Saturday (Apr. 21).
The Crimson Hawks began the scoring just 54 seconds in on an unassisted marker from Riley Greenleaf, before Bloomsburg would score the next three goals before the five-minute mark.
Hannah Jaskuta (Gilbertsville, Pa./Boyertown Area) netted her 23
rd of the season assisted by
Kirsten Wozniak (Oradell, N.J./River Dell Regional) just over two and a half minuts in, before
Tracy Rusen (Martinsville, N.J./Bridgewater-Raritan) scored her 25
th of the year from Jaskuta 45 seconds later. Exactly one minute later,
Megan Smith (Lake Hopatcong, N.J./Jefferson Township) scored her ninth of the season unassisted to put the Huskies up 3-1 less than five minutes in. Adriana Greco scored from Katie Martin to get IUP back within one, before Bloomsburg would go on another three-goal run covering two minutes.
Cailyn Gormley (Springfield, Pa./Springfield) scored her 25
th of the year seven and a half minutes in, before Jaskuta tallied her second of the game just 1:11 later.
Sydney Collins (Westminster, Md./Winters Mill) netted her eighth of the season 51 seconds later to leave the Huskies up 6-2 10 minutes in. IUP would score their only consecutive goals of the game around the halfway point of the first half, with Lauren Robinson scoring from Greco (15:09) and Ally Burrows (woman-down, 13:38) to get back within two. Jaskuta would complete the hat trick with eight and a half minutes to play in the first, scoring a woman-up goal assisted by Wozniak. Jaskuta's third of the game was the final goal of the first half, as the Huskies led 7-4 at the break.
IUP scored the first goal of the second half less than eight minutes into the frame, coming off the stick of Kelly Shields assisted by Victoria Kerkovich. Gormley responded with her second of the game nine and a half minutes in, before Bri Chavis scored unassisted just over 10 minutes in to get IUP back within two at 8-6. Gormley would net her hat trick goal from
Taylor Turner (Corning, N.Y./Corning West) with 13 and a half minutes to play in the second half, before Kerkovich would score from Shields 48 seconds later. Turner would respond with her 11
th of the season assisted by
Erin Boulger (Coatesville, Pa./Coatesville Area) with 11 and a half minutes left, before Kerkovich would score again from Burrows with seven minutes and change to play. As the clock ticked down into the final five minutes,
Abby Bergman (Collegeville, Pa./Perkiomen Valley) scored her 12
th of the season (3:50) to give the Huskies an 11-8 lead. The final goal of the game came just seven seconds later when Kerkovich scored from Shields. The Huskies would hang on for the upset win.
IUP edged Bloomsburg in overall shots 32-30, and shots on goal 26-23. Gormley and Jaskuta each netted hat tricks in the win, while five others scored once in the win. Jaskuta and Turner each assisted on one BU goal in the game, while Jaskuta totaled a team-high four points. Gormley finished the day with three points, while Turner and Wozniak each had two points and five others each tallied one point. Bloomsburg won the battle for ground balls 30-27, with
Abby Nocito (Mount Laurel, N.J./Lenape) totaling a team-high five.
Angela DiPasquale (Paramus, N.J./Paramus) recorded four, three other Huskies picked up three, five other collected two each and Wozniak and Boulger each registered one. Bloomsburg caused 13 of IUP's 26 turnovers, led by three from
Tiffany Diachynsky (Barto, Pa./Boyertown Area). Nocito caused two turnovers in the win, while eight others forced one turnover in the game. Bloomsburg captured seven draw controls on the day, with Turner's three being a team-high. Gormley also grabbed two, while
Anna Dempsey (Pottstown, Pa./Owen J. Roberts) and Smith each snatched one. DiPasquale (10-5) made a new career-high 17 saves in the win.
The Huskies etch their 10
th win of the season to move to 10-5 overall and 6-4 in the conference, while No. 21 IUP is now 8-5 overall and 5-4 in the PSAC.
The Huskies are back in action on Wednesday (Apr. 25) when they host No. 18 East Stroudsburg at Steph Pettit Stadium. Opening draw is set for 4:00 p.m.
