PREVIEW: Women's Lacrosse at Carroll University (4/2) | Loras College (4/3)
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THE LEAD
The University of Dallas women's lacrosse team will begin a four-game road trip to conclude the final month of the season by playing on April 2-3. The road stint begins at Carroll University on Saturday and ends Sunday at Loras College. Start times are 3 p.m. and 11:45 a.m., respectively.
Dallas has dropped the past four matches and is 2-6 this spring. The most recent setback was a 14-5 final to Illinois Institute of Technology on March 13.
CRUSADER NOTES
- Senior Hayley Rodgers (Houston, Texas) leads the team with 19 points. She ranks third in scoring by tallying 12 goals and dished a team-high seven assists.
- Rodgers is on a five-game scoring streak and netted her second hat trick last game. She has tallied a point in seven contests.
- Fellow senior Colby Madrigal (Laguna Niguel, Calif.) has tallied a goal in six of the seven games she has played in. Madrigal boasts a career-high 14 goals to tie the team lead.
- Freshman Lexi Leite (Houston, Texas) also leads the team with 14 goals in her rookie season. She is second on the team with 16 points. Leite has scored in six of eight games, including the last four. Her career-high was a five-goal display against Benedictine College.
- Sophomore Sarah Schmitz (Huntington, N.Y.) has also eclipsed the double-digit mark for points with 14 and has tallied 10 goals.
(UD SEASON STATS)
SCOUTING THE PIONEEERS
Carroll is 2-5 on the campaign and fell 15-5 yesterday evening to Concordia University (WI). The Pioneers are 2-2 at home this season, and have won the previous pair of games at the friendly confines.
Kailey Leahy has done most of the scoring with 12 goals to pace the squad. Betty Koenig has scored seven goals and dished six assists. Leahy and Koenig are both in double figures for points with 14 and 13, respectively. A trio of Pioneers have five goals including: Donna January, Karla DeLaRosa, and Ariannah Ritter. Shelby Will has worked 415:30 minutes in the goalkeeper role, making 69 saves.
Saturday marks the first time these teams will play each other in history.
(CARROLL SEASON STATS)
SCOUTING THE DUHAWKS
Loras College is 2-4 this season and have dropped the past two contests. The most recent occurred on Wednesday in a 14-3 loss to Elmhurst. Prior to Sunday's tilt, Loras plays at Aurora on Saturday. The Duhawks have only played once at home and fell 18-1 in that match.
Kaitlyn Kutsch has done most of the scoring for this offense, piling 24 of the team's 49 goals. She has accounted for 28 points. Sarah Hanson is the other player to break double-digits with 10 goals and 12 points. Hannah Nelson rounds out the top three scorers with six goals. Ashley McGee has worked 360 minutes between the pipes and nabbed 59 saves.
These programs have only met one time previously. The Lady Crusaders prevailed 12-10 in that game at Dubuque, Iowa, on a date almost exactly two years before Sunday's matchup. Rodgers pounded 11 shots with 10 on cage. She etched five goals and was the only player on this current roster to play for UD. Kutsch had four goals for Loras.
UP NEXT
Dallas is at University of Northwestern on April 16 and complete the season at Augsburg College on April 17. The final match is at Hamline College for a neutral site.
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