LAKEWOOD, N.J. – The Bloomsburg women's lacrosse team opened the 2020 campaign with a convincing 13-9 win over Georgian Court, Friday afternoon. The Huskies opened the year 1-0 while the Lions dropped to 0-1 for the year.
 
For the second-straight season, the Huskies opened their season against Georgian Court and pushed their winning streak over the Lions to 3-0.
 
Junior Anna Dempsey (Pottstown, Pa./Owen J. Roberts) got the Huskies on the board quickly with the first goal of the season just 1:12 into action. Bloomsburg won the initial draw but a turnover put the Lions on the attack. Junior Lana Paulo (Sewell, N.J./Washington Township) caused a turnover and the Huskies completed their clear attempt and Dempsey struck first to give Bloomsburg a 1-0 lead.

The lead was short lived, however, as the Lions evened the scored just over two minutes later. Bloomsburg got two quick back-to-back goals, including freshman Kelsey Clauss's (Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill West) first collegiate tally and freshman Kate Robert's first on a free position shot, to push its lead to 3-1 with 23:41 to play in the first half but Arianna Quinlan took advantage of an extra-man opportunity on a free position shot to cut the lead back down to one, 3-2, with 18:50 to play.
 
Georgian Court then posted back-to-back goals of its own, including a free position shot, to take its first lead of the game, 4-3, with 14:05 to play before the break. Sophomore Caitlin Leap (Collegeville, Pa./Perkiomen Valley) registered her first goal of the season on a free position shot to tie the game at 4-4 at the 13:20 mark and kicked off a three-goal run for Bloomsburg to push the lead to 6-4. Sabrina Chandler got one back for the Lions at the 9:05 mark but Dempsey tallied her second of the game with 7:10 to play to push the Husky lead to 7-5.
 
The Lions ended the half on a two-goal run to even the score at 7-7 after the first 30 minutes of game play.
 
Bloomsburg rattled off three-straight goals in the first 7:16 of the second half to extend its lead to 10-7. The Lions took the game's next three shots but senior Angela DiPasquale (Paramus, N.J./Paramus) stopped each attempt to keep the three-goal advantage for the Huskies.
 
The score held 10-7 in favor of the Huskies until the 15:25 mark when junior Allison Bardman (Barto, Pa./Boyertown Area) got on the board with a free position shot to give Bloomsburg an 11-7 lead. Junior Grace Kelleher (Rockville Centre, N.Y./South Side) and junior Abby Bergman (Collegeville, Pa./Perkiomen Valley) posted back-to-back tallies for the Huskies with 6:58 to play to cap the scoring for Bloomsburg and push its lead to 13-7.
 
The Lions got their first goal of the second half with 4:35 to play to cut the lead to 13-8 and finished off the scoring with just 50 seconds to play to bring the score to its final 13-9.
 
Dempsey led the balanced attack for Bloomsburg with four goals while Kelleher had a pair of goals and a pair of assists. Clauss and Bergman each added a pair of goals as well while Leap, freshman Kate Roberts (Lehman, Pa./Lake Lehman), and Bardman added one tally. Leap and senior Kirsten Wozniak (Oradell, N.J./River Dell Regional) each chipped in an assist as well. Dempsey led the team with six draw controls and Bergman added five while senior Delaney Schappert (Manorville, N.Y./Eastport South Manor) caused a team-best five turnovers.
 
DiPasquale finished the day with 14 saves in her first win of the year while her counterpart Lucy Tamke finished with five saves in the loss for the Lions.
 
The Huskies return to action on Wednesday, February 19 when they travel to Seton Hill University for a non-conference contest at 3:00 p.m. Bloomsburg will play at home for the first time this season on Tuesday. February 25 when the Huskies host Lock Haven at 4:00 p.m.