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Penn Tops Princeton 13-9 in Ivy League Women's Lacrosse Semifinal
May 01, 2010 | Women's Lacrosse
PHILADELPHIA (4/30/10) - No. 5 Penn used a five-goal run in the middle of the second half to pull away from Princeton and earn a 13-9 win in the Ivy League Women's Lacrosse Tournament semifinal on Friday, April 30 at Franklin Field.
Princeton came out loose and looked confident as the first half began at Franklin Field. Senior Jenna Washabaugh won the opening draw and Princeton would maintain possession for the next five minutes. Sophomore Cassie Pyle had a free position attempt at 28:09 but the shot went wide. Penn got the loose ball but Princeton forced the Quakers into a turnover before the midline for a failed clear. Getting the ball back, senior Kristin Morrison gave the Tigers the 1-0 lead when she blasted a shot from outside the critical scoring area past goalkeeper Emily Szelest at 26:54.
The Tigers would maintain that lead for the next 19 minutes. Junior goalie Erin Tochihara was a force in the first half thwarting all of Penn's attempts during that time, including two low shots that the Quakers used less than two weeks ago as Tochihara's weak spot in a 12-5 Penn win.
Erin Brennan got a shot on goal past the Princeton defense at 7:53 when she picked up a Courtney Lubbe pass. Emma Spiro won the next draw and the Quakers quickly took the lead with a goal at 7:26.Maddie Poplawski delivered a low sling shot to give Penn its first lead of the game from the left side of the fan's rim.
Brennan added her second of the afternoon at 1:54 to give Penn at 3-1 lead at halftime.
Penn outshot Princeton 16-5 in the first frame due to the excellent play of the defense, however the Tigers couldn't get the same rhythm on the other end, with a 50 percent clearing rate and eight turnovers.
Penn made it a 5-1 game scoring two goals within 53 seconds. Megan Smith made it a four-goal game 25 seconds into the second half, nailing Penn's first shot on the first possession. The Quakers would win the next draw and Ali DeLuca put away a goal at 28:42.
Princeton wouldn't go away quietly scoring three straight to make it a 5-4 game with 23 minutes to play.
Freshman Charlotte Davis scored at 26:51 of the second half going over the left shoulder of Szelest. The goal came just seconds after a Pyle eight-meter shot was saved by Szelest but the ball rolled out of bounds and Princeton received the ball.
Sophomore Barb Previ cut the Tigers' deficit to just two at 24:48 when she ran across the goal mouth and turned to bring her stick across her body and lofted a shot over her left shoulder beating Szelest.
Morrison added her second of the game with a high shot over the shoulder of Szelest to make it 5-4 at 23:02.
DeLuca scored her second of the game at 19:27 when she came around the back of the net and delivered a high shot from the left side.
Penn was on the receiving end of back-to-back free position attempts with less than 18 minutes to play. The first attempt was passed off to a teammate and then back again for a shot that hit the pipe. The Quakers got its free position attempt on that play, and once again they passed the ball off to a teammate but instead of going back again, the receiver turned and fired a shot into the back of the net to give Penn at 7-4 lead at 18:29.
Meredith Cain gave Penn a four-goal lead at 15:06 when she picked up a feed from Keely Langdon on the right side and rocketed a shot into the net.
Junior Lizzy Drumm answered back less than a minute later with an eight-meter goal after Pyle won the next draw.
Penn went on a five-goal run to take a 13-5 lead with nine minutes to play putting the game out of reach for Princeton.
Senior Kaitlyn Perrelle would take over for Tochihara in net for the final 8:42 but would not be tested as Princeton would keep possession for much of the final minutes of the game.
Previ ended Penn's run and sparked a four-goal Tiger run with a tally at 7:07. Morrison and Drumm would score 46 seconds apart with less than two minutes to play and Pyle added the final goal of the game with 15 seconds remaining.
Penn had a 15-9 advantage in draw controls, while both teams had 13 ground balls apiece. Penn had a 15-14 edge in shots in the second half.
Morrison finished the game with three goals, while Previ and Drumm had two tallies each. Tochihara finished with 11 saves on 24 shots.
DeLuca finished with four goals and four assists, while Brennan tallied four goals and Cain had two. Szelest stopped six of 15 shots.
Princeton concludes its season with a 6-10 overall record.
Penn will play Dartmouth in the Ivy League Championship on Sunday, May 1 at 12:30 p.m.