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Huskies Sweep Georgetown with 16-12 Win; Head Coach Katie Woods Wins 100th at UConn
4/25/2021 2:39:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse
STORRS, Conn. – The UConn women's lacrosse team closed out the regular season with a 16-12 win over Georgetown on Sunday at Joseph J. Morrone Stadium and clinched the No. 2 seed in the upcoming BIG EAST Tournament. The Huskies also delivered Head Coach Katie Woods her 100th victory at UConn.
The Huskies finish the regular season with a 7-3 mark in the BIG EAST and at 11-5 overall, their highest win total since the 2016 campaign (12-5). UConn will be the No. 2 seed in the championship tournament and face No. 3 Georgetown in the semifinals on Thursday, May 6.
Similar to Friday's game, UConn fell behind early as Georgetown opened up with a 2-0 lead just 2:11 into the game. From there the Huskies ripped off a 6-1 run over the next 10 minutes to take a 6-3 lead and would never trail the rest of the way.
Senior Stephanie Palmucci (Herndon, Va.) matched her career-high with six points coming on four goals and two assists to lead all Huskies on the stat sheet. Junior Lia LaPrise (Windsor, Conn.) scored twice and dished two assists while classmate Grace Coon (Marcellus, N.Y.) and sophomore Kyra Place (Enola, Pa.) each scored three goals in the win.
The Hoyas, 6-9 overall and 5-5 in the BIG EAST, twice pulled to within a goal in the first half but two-straight from Palmucci and Coon to close the half gave the Huskies a 9-6 lead at the break. In the second half, Georgetown cut to within 11-8 at the 21:21 mark but UConn answered with three-straight from Madelyn George (Rush, N.Y.), Place and Palmucci to take their biggest lead of the day at 14-8 with 14:30 left.
Defensively, sophomore Ariana Kline (Reading, Pa.) had two caused turnovers and four ground balls and also won six draws. Junior goaltender Landyn White (Alpharetta, Ga.) made seven saves and also had three caused turnovers in the win.
Georgetown controlled the draws in the game with 18 wins, 14 coming from Emma Driggs. Both Natalia Lynch and Ali Diamond scored three goals for the Hoyas.
