CALDWELL, NJ (April 15, 2023) - If you slept late, you might have missed Georgian Court Women's Lacrosse scoring another 20 goals in a 20-6 win over Caldwell. That's because the Lions and Cougars got underway at 10 a.m. The early start time wasn't a problem for the Lions as they scored at least 20 goals this season for the fourth time this season and move to 8-6 on the year and 6-1 in the CACC.
How it Happened
• Georgian Court controlled play getting off more than three-times as many shots as Caldwell, 41-13.
• GCU put 34 of those 41 shots on goal and scored 21 times.
• The Lions won 21-of-31 draw controls to get their offense jump started.
• Caldwell had issues holding onto the ball losing it 18 times to the Lions five. Georgian Court also scooped 23 ground balls to the Cougars eight.
First Half
• The early morning didn't bother the Lions who jumped out of the gates to score nine first period goals.
• GCU scored the first three getting goals from
Remi Reinhardt,
Riley O'Connor and
Alyssa Wahl.
• Caldwell scored their first, but O'Connor and Reinhardt each added another and
Isabel Raimondi joined the party with her first.
• Closing out the first, O'Connor and Reinhardt put their third tallies on the board and
Kasha Elzinga added one for a 9-2 lead after 15 minutes.
•
Alyssa Wahl scored back-to-back in the first 91 seconds of the second quarter as the Lions went into double-figure goals.
• Wahl finished with three in the second quarter, two on free-position shots. O'Connor and Raimondi also scored for a 14-3 GCU lead at the half.
Second Half
• Georgian Court poured on four more in the third quarter. Reinhardt scored two more times and Wahl and Raimondi with a free-position, player-advantage goal each scored once.
• The Lions were happy to run out the clock in the fourth quarter. But not before
Talysa Jimenez scored her second career goal and first since the 2021 season.
•
Natalie Moradian was put back in net to start the second half and finished the game in the cage.
• In the closing minutes, O'Connor and Reinhardt each scored one more time to get the Lions over 20 goals for the game.
Lion Stat Leaders
•
Alyssa Wahl scored five goals and added three assists. She was 2-2 on free-position shots.
•
Isabel Raimondi also totaled eight points with three goals and five assists.
•
Remi Reinhardt scored a game-high six goals. She came down with six draw controls as well with a game-high four ground balls.
•
Riley O'Connor added five goals with five draw controls.
•
Caitlin Petrellese won nine draw controls.
•
Kasha Elzinga and
Talysa Jimenez each scored once.
•
Alexis Hahn got the win. She wasn't tested all that often making two saves.
For the Cougars
• Madison Ellis scored three goals with an assist.
• Kelsey Maxwell added two goals.
• Megan Molinelli scored once.
• In goal, Sarahkate Schneider made nine saves.
News and Notes
•
Kelsey Naclerio enters the GCU all-time top-10 in caused turnovers with 52.
•
Kasha Elzinga played in her 40th career game.
• Talysa Jiminez picked up her 40th career ground ball and her second-ever goal. Her goal comes nearly two years to the day as the first of her career, April 20, 2021 against Chestnut Hill.
•
Riley O'Connor enters the all-time top-10 in points scored at GCU. She now has 153.
•
Remi Reinhardt's six goals are a new career-high.
Up Next
• Georgian Court plays their final nonconference game of the season Tuesday, April 18 when they host Mercy. It'll be a part of a doubleheader with the Lion men playing at the conclusion of the women's game against Chestnut Hill.
