No. 13 Orange Loses To No. 8 Georgetown, 10-7, In BIG EAST Opener

Saturday, March 11

Carrier Dome

1:00 p.m.

Syracuse University

Georgetown

Kathryn Rowan scored four goals for the second time this season.

No. 13 Orange Loses To No. 8 Georgetown, 10-7, In BIG EAST Opener

3/11/2006 3:45:11 PM | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Freshman Kathryn Rowan (Delmar, N.Y.) scored four goals for the second time this season as No. 13 Syracuse lost to No. 8 Georgetown, 10-7, on March 11 at the Carrier Dome in both schools’ conference opener. The Hoyas’ Coco Stanwick also scored four goals to lead Georgetown to victory.

Rowan also scored four times in the Orange’s season-opening win against Harvard. Junior Gaddy Fortune (Long Branch, N.J.), freshman Megan Mosenson (Malvern, Pa.), and freshman Bridget Hamm (Penn Yan, N.Y.) notched the other goals for Syracuse. Caitlyn Dragon (Jackson, N.J.) tallied an assist in the loss. Mosenson and sophomore Bridget Looney (Silver Spring, Md.) both secured five ground balls.

Stanwick started the scoring in the first half with a goal 22:36 into frame. Mosenson tied it up, 1-1, with her goal just two minutes later. Bridget Noon scored the next two goals for the Hoyas to give them a 3-1 lead with 15:55 remaining. After Rowan put one in the back of the net, Georgetown scored three times in a row to push its lead to 6-2 with 9:34 to go in the first half. Rowan closed out the scoring as she slipped a shot past the keeper with six seconds left to close within three, 6-3. Sophomore Stephanie Bissett (Woodstock, Md.) set the goal up by causing a Georgetown turnover and picking up the loose ball.

Rowan picked up where she left off and scored a goal 2:27 into the second frame to pull SU within two, 6-4. Stanwick responded with two goals of her own to push the lead back to four goals, 8-4. After Fortune notched a goal, Sara Zorzi scored two more to put the Hoyas up for good, 10-5. Hamm and Rowan both registered goals in the waning minutes of the game.

Syracuse only controlled two draws in each half as Georgetown led that category 15-4 in the game.

For Georgetown (3-0), Zorzi had five points with three goals and two assists to go along with five ground balls. Stanwick added eight draw controls in the game. Maggie Koch was strong in goal as she stopped 11 shots.

SU (3-2) continues its seven-game home stand on Wednesday, March 15 when it hosts Massachusetts in a 7:00 p.m. tilt at the Carrier Dome.