Just two days removed from a pair of East Coast road games, the USC women’s lacrosse team (4-3, 2-0 MPSF) rolled into Aggie Stadium to claim a 12-7 MPSF victory over UC Davis (1-3, 0-2) on Wednesday, March 6. Freshman midfield Amanda Johansen was solid in the center circle with six draw controls and had game-high honors with five goals for the Women of Troy.
“I’m really happy and proud of the girls for responding after the Princeton game,” said head coach Lindsey Munday. “We didn’t have much turnaround time after getting back from the East Coast on Sunday night, so I’m really proud that we were able to switch gears and get our minds set for a new opponent. The team really worked on the things that we needed to improve on from our last game, and I think we did a good job on those things, tonight.”
Freshman attack Caroline de Lyra continued her torrid string of performances with four goals and four assists to lead all players with eight points. Freshman attack Caroline Cordrey had a goal and freshmen midfields Katie Austin and Paige Bonomi each finished the night with a goal and an assist.
The Trojan defense held an opponent to eight goals or fewer for the fourth time, this season: all USC victories. Freshman goalie Liz Shaeffer put up a wall in front of the cage and stopped 11 shots to record a .611 save percentage against the Aggies. Freshman defense Courtney Tarleton had a team-high four ground balls and was responsible for two of USC’s nine caused turnovers.
Three other Trojans had two ground balls apiece: Shaeffer, junior midfield Ceilidh Meagher, and junior midfield Elizabeth Eddy who started for the first time, this season. Eddy also picked up a draw control and had a caused turnover.
“Elizabeth Eddy got her first start, tonight, and played a really solid defensive game for us,” said Munday. “We’re all really excited for her potential.”
For UC Davis, midfield Elizabeth Landry scored three times, with each of the other four goals coming from different Aggies. Landry also picked up a pair of ground balls and had two draw controls. Tess Alekna led all players with five ground balls and Hannah Mirza had three ground balls, and four draw controls to go with a goal and an assist.
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