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#7 James Madison 16, #16 Delaware 7
March 27, 1999

 

Delaware Falls to JMU 16-7 in Women's Lacrosse

 

HARRISONBURG, VA -- James Madison senior Megan Riley scored five goals and dished out four assists and broke the school record for career points as the No. 7 ranked Dukes upended No. 16 University of Delaware 16-7 in a non-league women's lacrosse game Saturday afternoon.

The Blue Hens, coming off an 11-9 win over Towson Wednesday, had a two-game win streak snapped to fall to 2-2 despite two goals each from freshman Ashley Moderacki (Haverford/Havertown, PA) and sophomore Kate O'Connell (Mt. de Sales/Columbia, MD). James Madison improved to 5-1 with its fourth straight win.

James Madison scored the first three goals of the game and went up 6-2 before the Blue Hens rallied with consecutive goals by Megan Fortunato and Christy Buck to cut the lead to 6-4 with 8:20 left to go before halftime. But the Dukes scored the final two goals of the half for an 8-4 lead and scored three of the first four of the second half to put the game away.

Sarah Edwards added a goal and assist, Buck also assisted on a goal, and Amy Sullivan dished out two assists for the Blue Hens. Julie Martinez added three goals for JMU.

JMU's Riley upped her career point total to 202 on 119 goals and 83 assist to break the record of 199 held by Nora Maguire (1989-92).

The Hens travel to West Chester March 30. The Rams, an NCAA Tournament participant a year ago, are the No. 1 ranked team in NCAA Division I.

Delaware.....4.....3.....7
JMU..........8.....8....16

Goals: Delaware - Ashley Moderacki-2, Kate O'Connell-2, Christy Buck, Sarah Edwards, Megan Fortunato; JMU - Megan Riley-5, Julie Martinez-3, Jamie Pleyo-2, Michelle Zurfluh-2, Kristen Dinisio, Rebecca Tweel, Brooke Wagner, Julie Weiss; Assists: D - Amy Sullivan-2, Buck, Edwards; JMU - Riley-4, Martinez, McNevin Molloy, Weiss, Zurfluh; Saves: D - 6 (Laurie Tortorelli); JMU - 16 (Jennifer Corradini); Shots: D - 28, JMU - 30.

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