UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, Ohio – The Capital University women's lacrosse team traveled to the Cleveland area on Friday, meeting up with OAC rivals John Carroll. It was a battle for OAC supremacy as the result would go a long way in deciding seeding for the conference tournament come the end of the month. Capital would come out on top, winning the shootout by a score of 19-15.
Capital moves to 5-4 overall and 2-1 in the OAC.
JCU drops to 4-6 with a 2-1 conference mark.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Cap got the advantage in the early going, netting the first two goals of the game.
Grace Osborn broke open the scoring with an unassisted goal at 11:12 in the first, and the Foresi followed at 10:18 via an assist from
Luci Kanowsky. The Comets would stay ahead for nearly the rest of the quarter until the third of three straight from JCU put the Blue Streaks ahead 3-2 at the three-minute mark. Capital was quick to snatch the lead back, scoring three straight within a minute to end the frame. The first two came unassisted from Foresi with the last being an
Andi Henry unassisted goal. At the end of the first it was Cap in front, 5-3.
The Comets struck again to open up the second quarter and take a three-goal lead, this time it was Osborn from
Skyla Caito. John Carroll closed the gap once again, this time with five straight to take the 8-6 advantage. The Comets turned in another three-goal run, coming from Osborn (unassisted), Foresi (Henry), and Kanowsky (Foresi) to take a 9-8 lead. The Blue Streaks stopped the run at 2:44 left in the second quarter, tying the game. Kanowsky canned another with the help of Foresi to put Cap ahead at the half, 10-9.
The third quarter was a back and forth affair as neither team could put more than two goals in at a time without the other side retaliating. It was a net-zero third quarter with both clubs scoring four. For Capital it was Henry (unassisted), Osborn (unassisted), Foresi (Kanowsky), and Caito (Osborn) providing the attack.
The Purple and White pushed further ahead in the fourth quarter to finish of John Carroll, outscoring the Blue Streaks 5-2. Henry and Osborn headed up the final push, scoring all five unassisted and going on a streak of four straight around the midpoint of the period. Hendy had two and Oborn brought three, taking the final tally to 19-15.
THE NUMBERS
Grace Osborn got seven goals and one assist for a total of eight points. She shot 13-of-15 shots on goal with four draw controls, two ground balls, and one caused turnover.
Julia Foresi scored a career-high five goals and dished out two assists for a total of seven points. She shot 7-of-11 shots on target, also with four draw controls, a game-high four ground balls, and two caused turnovers.
Andi Henry had four goals and one assist for five points. She shot a perfect 6-for-6 and caused four turnovers along with three ground balls and one draw control.
Luci Kanowsky recorded two goals and two assists for four points. She shot a perfect 5-for-5 and collected one draw control.
Rounding out the scoring was
Skyla Caito with one goal as well as one caused turnover.
Haleigh McPhillips found herself with career-highs in both caused turnovers (4) and ground balls (3).
Riley Johnson caused a career-high three turnovers.
IN THE CAGE
It was the usual split between
Meg Garcia and
Emily Serafinchon in the cage. Garcia made five saves in the first half. Serafinchon saved nine shots in the second half and came away with the win.
UP NEXT
The Comets will be back at home on Wednesday, April 12 to face Marietta. That game is set to get going at 7:00 p.m.
