Feb. 11, 2007
Final Stats
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The Navy women's lacrosse team dropped a pair of exhibition scrimmages at chilly Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium on Sunday afternoon. La Salle edged the Mids, 10-8, before American knocked off Navy, 11-2, in the nightcap.
In the first game of the day, La Salle jumped out to an 8-3 advantage early in the second half, then held off a spirited Navy charge to claim the 10-8 victory. Navy stormed back to tie the game at 8-8 on a Valerie Cappalaere goal with 14:43 to play. However, La Salle's Jill Davis, who led all scorers with five goals, scored twice in the last 11 minutes to give La Salle the victory.
"I thought we got a lot tougher during the game," said Navy head coach Cindy Timchal. "We gained a lot of experience today and it was good to see us come back from a big deficit. It is a sign of good teams to come back, so that is encouraging.
"I'm not one for moral victories, but our first game was encouraging today," added Timchal.
Kaylene Klingenstein, Mary Ruttum and Amanda Towey led Navy with two goals, while Ruttum added an assist for three points. Natalie Blandon made 11 saves in goal for the Mids, who were outshot 32-15 in the contest.
However, American dominated the second game against Navy, claiming an 11-2 victory. The Eagles took an 11-0 lead, before Ruttem and Kingenstein tallied goals in the last seven minutes to make the final margin, 11-2.
The Eagles outshot Navy, 22-11, including 14-2 in the opening stanza, in which American jumped out to an 8-0 halftime lead. Navy hurt itself with 23 turnovers in the contest.
The Mids will travel to the University of Central Florida tournament this weekend to play in Orlando on Feb. 16-18.
# GO NAVY #
