Women's Lacrosse falls Tuesday at Franklin College
FRANKLIN, Ind. – The University of Dallas women's lacrosse team (2-4) could not overcome an early deficit on Tuesday afternoon at Franklin College (1-0) by a final of 13-6. The Grizzlies won their season-opener and scored five unanswered goals to build an 8-1 lead at halftime. This included a hat trick by Lexi Ingram, as she sank the feat in just under six minutes with FC's first three.
Senior Colby Madrigal (Laguna, Calif.) ended the scoring drought for Dallas, and got the team on the board with her 11th goal of the campaign nine and a half minutes into the stanza. Madrigal's unassisted goal was her fifth at the time on this road trip and gave her a career-high in a season with 11.
The midfielder would start the next 30 minute-span with consecutive goals in less than a minute out of the first draw control. It was Madrigal's third hat trick this season and in the past four contests. She tied a season-high, four points, with an assist on freshman Annie Elfelt's (Brookfield, Wis.) first collegiate goal.
After the Lady Crusaders initially cut the margin to five points (8-3), the home team piled a run of three straight scoring plays to build the edge back to seven with 16:17 in regulation. This included consecutive goals from FC's Paige Clark.
Senior Hayley Rodgers (Houston, Texas) did tally a goal on a free position shot to give her a three-game scoring streak. The senior's eighth goal on the year did spark three goals in a row for UD. Freshman Lexi Leite (Houston, Texas) scored with 11:29 remaining and Elfelt found the back of the cage with 10:27.
Dallas completed the stretch of three road games in four days with a 1-2 record.
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
- Rodgers and Madrigal combined for nine of the team's 15 shots. Madrigal was a perfect four-for-four hitting shots on cage.
- The same tandem tied the team-lead in ground balls and draw controls with three in each. Madrigal forced three turnovers.
- Sophomore Sarah Schmitz (Huntington, N.Y.) kept her point streak alive at four games with an assist.
- Freshman Kyla Mangham (Oklahoma City, Okla.) took the loss in 60 minutes as the goalie. She made a season-high nine saves.
- The teams were even in draw controls with nine.
- Franklin totaled 33 shots and placed 22 on cage. Presleigh Hobbs and Hannah Grow each had six shots and Taylor Tichenor contributed five.
- A trio of Grizzlies notched hat tricks. This group included: Ingram, Cali Wetli, and Carley Campbell.
- Kayanna Wolter got the win between the pipes with six saves.
UP NEXT
Dallas is back in Irving, Texas, this weekend with matches on Mach 12-13. The Lady Crusaders host Benedictine College (KS) and Illinois Institute of Technology on the respective days.