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Hannah Jaskuta (Gilbertsville, Pa./Boyertown Area) scored a game-high four goals and became the 15th player in team history to reach 100 goals for her career as the Bloomsburg University women's lacrosse team rolled to a 17-10 win over Lock Haven University Wednesday. The Huskies have now won three straight and improve to 9-3 overall, 5-2 in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) with the win.
Tuesday marked another highlight in Jaskuta's tremendous career at Bloomsburg, as the senior tallied four goals and assist on just six shots. Jaskuta ranks 15th on the Huskies all-time points list with 139 on 103 goals and 36 assists, including 29 goals and 11 helpers this season. She is just seven goals away from passing Kim Springman (2007-10) for 14th on the all-time goals list, and 13 points from passing Marisa Moley (2012-15) on the career points list.
After trading goals to open the first half, Bloomsburg seized control midway through the period with a 6-1 spurt to take a commanding 7-2 lead with just 13:22 to play in the half.
Anna Dempsey (Pottstown, Pa./Owen J. Roberts) had a pair of goals in the run for the Huskies, while Loren Librizzi and Addy Borkowski had the Lock Haven scores.
Borkowksi would find the back of the net with 9:58 remaining in the first to pull the Bald Eagles to within four, but back-to-back goals from Jaskuta and
Grace Kelleher (Rockville Centre, N.Y./South Side) gave Bloomsburg a 9-3 lead with under eight minutes to play in the half. Lock Haven answered once again with a late goal from Krysta Reading, but Dempsey splashed in her third score of the half at the 5:18 mark to give the Huskies a 10-4 lead at the break.
Back-and-forth runs defined the second stanza, as Bloomsburg and Lock Haven traded off back-to-back goals on three different occasions over the first 22 minutes of the half. The Bald Eagles would mount one final attempt at comeback with a pair of goals in the span of just :32 seconds to trim the Huskies lead to six with 8:05 to play, but
Abby Bergman (Collegeville, Pa./Perkiomen Valley) scored off of a dish from
Caitlin Leap (Collegeville, Pa./Perkiomen Valley) with just 7:11 remaining to salt away the victory for Bloomsburg.
Kelleher continued her torrid stretch since returning from an injury at the end of March, pacing the Huskies with nine total points on three goals and a career-high six assists. The redshirt sophomore has tallied 15 points in her last two games and leads Bloomsburg with 43 points (26 goals, 17 assists) on the year. Bergman finished with four points on three goals and an assist, while Dempsey was the fourth Bloomsburg player to notch a hat trick, finishing with three goals and a team-high five draws. Goalkeeper
Angela DiPasquale (Paramus, N.J./Paramus) turned away nine shots in the complete game victory.
Reddinger led the way for the Bald Eagles with five points on a goal and four assists, while Caitlin Morrow added a team-high three goals. Lauren Girardi got the nod in the net for Lock Haven and recorded 14 saves in the loss.
Bloomsburg returns home this Saturday, April 13, to host Slippery Rock in a crucial PSAC battle. The start time for the game has been moved to 11:00 a.m. from Steph Pettit Stadium.
