April 14, 2007
Box Score
BALTIMORE, Md. -- Navy jumped out to a 6-0 lead just 10 minutes into the game and cruised to a 17-10 victory over Villa Julie College on Saturday. The win was Navy's seventh in a row and moved its record to 12-3 overall.
Navy jumped ahead 6-0 early on goals by four different players. After Villa Julie cut the lead to 6-2 with 18:26 to play, the Mids scored the next five goals of the game to put the contest out of reach. Freshman Erin Rawlick scored three goals in a span of 1:40 to spark Navy on the run, which gave the Mids an 11-2 lead with 7:34 to play in the opening stanza. The Mustangs scored the final two goals of the half to trim Navy's halftime lead to 11-4.
Villa Julie tallied the first two goals of the half to trim the lead to 11-6, but Navy's Mary Ruttum and Valerie Cappalaere scored a pair of goals to push the lead back to seven at 13-6. Navy took its biggest lead of the game at 17-8 on a Sarah Bushong goal with 3:21 to play, before settling in for a 17-10 triumph.
Navy outshot Villa Julie, 34-27, and scooped up 21 ground balls to the Mustangs' 16. Navy also won 17 draw controls to Villa Julie's 12.
Individually, Rawlick paced the Mids with eight points (7 g, 1 a). Amanda Towey added seven points (1 g, 6 a), while Mary Ruttum had six points (2 g, 4 a). Elise Chapdelaine netted four points (3 g, 1 a), while Bushong and Cappelaere scored once each.
In goal, Natalie Blandon recorded eight saves while allowing seven goals in 46 minutes. Vanessa Nieves played the rest of the time, making one save while giving up three goals.
Navy will host Davidson on Wednesday at 4:00 pm at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.
# GO NAVY #
