BLOOMSBURG, Pa.: The Bloomsburg women's lacrosse is off to a 2-0 start for the first time since the 2019 season after a 17-9 win over Lock Haven Saturday morning. The red-hot Huskies' offense put up 17 goals for the second-straight contest.
The Huskies got on the board first as Annie Rollins (Shamong, N.J./Seneca) found Madison Coyle (Williamstown, N.J./Williamstown) in front of the net for Coyle's fourth goal of the young season at the 12:49 mark. The Bald Eagles evened the game at 1-1 with 9:06 to play in the quarter. After the Huskies and LHU traded the next two goals, Lock Haven took its first lead of the game with 4:00 to play before the first break as Abby Katrinak scored on a free position shot.
The lead for Lock Haven did not last long as Abby Seifert (Laurel, N.Y./Mattituck) and Reiley Knize (Harleysville, Pa./Souderton) scored back-to-back goals to give the Huskies a 4-3 lead. Katrinak scored with just three seconds to go in the quarter to tie the game at 4-4 after the first 15 minutes.
Bloomsburg rattled off five-straight goals to start the second quarter and built a 9-4 lead. Julia Cote (Macungie, Pa./Emmaus) got things going for the Huskies at the 11:31 mark, and Annie Rollins (Shamong, N.J./Seneca) and Cassidy Griffin (Lake Grove, N.Y./Sachem North) each found the back of the net. Lock Haven scored with 2:01 to play to halt the run, but Kelsey Clauss (Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill West) scored with nine seconds left. Amanda Stoll (Farmingdale, N.Y./Farmingdale) won the ensuing draw control, and Griffin put the final touches on the first half, scoring a goal with 1.9 seconds left on the clock.
The Huskies took the 11-5 lead into halftime.
The Huskies didn't let the flurries that began to fall during halftime cool off the offense as Kate Roberts (Lehman, Pa./Lake Lehman) buried a free position shot at the 11:06 mark to give the Huskies a 12-5 lead. The two teams faced an eight-minute scoring drought before Katie Fluck (Lancaster, Pa./Manheim Township), and Haley Williams (Garnet Valley, Pa./Garnet Valley) went back-to-back to push the BU lead to 14-5 with 2:52 to play. Katrinak and Josey Shaffer sandwiched a pair of goals around Griffin's third of the game as Bloomsburg carried a 15-7 lead into the final 15 minutes.
Lock Haven found the back of the net for the first goal of the fourth quarter to cut the lead to 15-8, but Griffin connected on another free position shot, her third FPG of the game, and pushed the Huskies' lead back to 16-8. Abby Hampson scored with 2:20 to play for the Bald Eagles' final goal of the game. Haley Williams (Garnet Valley, Pa./Garnet Valley) sealed the 17-9 win for the Huskies after grabbing the ground ball off a stick save of Roberts' shot. Williams got off a quick shot for the second goal of the game with 48 seconds left in the contest.
Lauren Foley (Schwenksville, Pa./Perkiomen Valley) stopped the final shot she faced as the clock hit zero for the Huskies' win.
Rollins finished the day with four points behind a pair of goals and assists. Griffin led the Huskies with four goals, while Clauss, Williams, and Roberts joined Rollins with two goals each.
Stoll won 10 draws for the Huskies and caused a pair of turnovers. Roberts led the team with three caused turnovers and picked up three ground balls. Delaney Allen (/) also finished the day with three CTs and grabbed four ground balls.
Foley finished the day with eight saves in the win, while her LHU counterpart, Dana Mirigliano, made 11 stops in the loss.
The Huskies return to action next Saturday when they host IUP at Steph Pettit Stadium for a 1:00 p.m. contest.
