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Huskies Stopped By Georgetown in BIG EAST Tournament
4/30/2026 11:17:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse
DENVER, CO – The UConn women's lacrosse team saw the 2026 season come to an end on Thursday night falling to the Georgetown Hoyas, 12-6, in the BIG EAST Championship presented by JEEP semifinals from Denver's Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium.
The first quarter saw a tight defensive battle with UConn's Karsyn Burnash tying the game up at 1-1 with 1:29 left. The Hoyas would own the rest of the first half and used five unanswered goals to take a 6-1 lead into the break. Reagan Ziegler scored twice on the run.
Georgetown's Sophia Loschert scored to close the second quarter then extended the Hoya run to six-straight goals with her second goal to open the third and extend the lead to 7-1. UConn went back-to-back from Lucia Smigiel and McKenna Merkel to make it 7-3 but that would be the closest the Huskies would come the rest of the night.
Georgetown answered with two more in the third and the fourth saw Ziegler score her third and fourth of the night and Loschert notch her third on the way to closing out a 12-6 win.
UConn's Burnash and Merkel scored twice in the loss. The Hoyas would keep the Huskies to just 19 total shots and kept UConn's top two scorers in Rayea Davis and Megan O'Brien off the scoreboard on the night. The Huskies held a 12-8 edge on draws but turned the ball over 15 times
Goaltender Sofia Oximana stood out for the Huskies making 11 saves on the night.
The Huskies finish out the season at 7-10 overall.
