WILMINGTON, Del. (April 9, 2025) - Georgian Court Women's Lacrosse fell at Wilmington Wednesday afternoon, 19-9. The loss puts Georgian Court at 3-3 in league play with three games left to go.
How it Happened
• Wilmington did an excellent job on the draw winning 19-31.
• Turnover numbers were even with GCU turning it over 14 times and Wilmington 15.
• Georgian Court really struggled on free-position shots going just 1-8. Wilmington was 0-2.
• The Wildcats took 35 shots, putting 28 on net. The Lions had 28 total shots with just 13 on target.
• There were 13 total cards, six on Wilmington and seven on Georgian Court. Wilmington was 3-7 on the power play and the Lions 0-6.
1st Quarter
• Wilmington scored twice in the first minute of the game. Ella Royer got the Wildcats on the board just nine seconds in.
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Michaela Scirrotto cut the lead in half with the third goal in the first two minutes.
• Things settled down, but Wilmington finished the frame scoring three more times to lead 5-1 after one.
2nd Quarter
• A Lions card gave the Wildcats a woman-up opportunity and they cashed in to go up 6-1.
• Scirrotto scored twice more in a 53 second span to keep the Lions in the game at 6-3.
• Wilmington's offense was relentless though.
• They scored seven times in the quarter. The Lions took another penalty and with just 20 seconds left, Wilmington capitalized to lead 12-4 at the half.
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Isabel Raimondi scored midway through the period and just she and Scirrotto scored first half goals.
3rd Quarter
• Raimondi opened the second half with a goal, but Wilmington answered with two of their own.
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Caitlin Petrellese and
Nena Menard each tallied one to make it a 14-7 game, but the Wildcats picked up another and led 15-7 heading to the fourth.
4th Quarter
• Petrellese was able to score two more times in the fourth, but the Wildcats offense continued to pour it on.
• Wilmington started the frame with two goals and ended with two more.
• Ella Royer scored three times in the frame as the Wildcats went up and on to win by 10, 19-9.
Lion Stat Leaders
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Michaela Scirrotto scored three goals and won five draws.
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Caitlin Petrellese also scored three times with four ground balls.
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Isabel Raimondi scored twice with an assist.
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Cadence Gentile made 10 saves.
For the Wildcats
• Ella Royer scored eight times with two assists and six draw controls.
• Eden Ward picked up three goals and nine draw controls.
• Alea Javorowsky scored three times as well.
• The Wildcats split goaltenders. Ashleigh Lawry started and made fie saves for the win.
• Allison Schiavone made five second-half saves.
News and Notes
• This is just the second time the Lions have ever lost to Wilmington in 23 meetings.
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Michaela Scirrotto picked up her 25th ground ball and 30th draw control.
Up Next
• Georgian Court returns home this Saturday for Senior Day as they host Felician starting at 12 pm.