Florida 12, Stony Brook 10
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – No. 8 Florida lpulled off a comeback victory against No. 3 Stony Brook, defeating the Seawolves 12-10 on Saturday afternoon.
The Gators are now 3-1 against top-25 opponents this season, including a 2-0 record against top-five teams.
Shannon Kavanagh led the way offensively, registering four goals and an assist on the day. Grace Haus followed with a hat trick of her own, while Maggie Corbo pitched in a career-high two goals.
Brianna Harris, Emily Heller and Kassidy Bresnahan all found the back of the net once for the Gators.
Harris also dished out two assists on the afternoon, while Haus, Kavanagh and Bresnahan each recorded a helper of their own.
Florida won the draw control battle, recording 13 in the game. Kavanagh led the way with seven, while Kaitlyn Dabkowski recorded four of her own.
Defensively, the Gators locked down Stony Brook for the final 11:12 of the first half, allowing UF to climb out of 5-1 deficit. Florida caused 11 Stony Brook turnovers on the afternoon, led by two apiece from CaraTrombetta and Kavanagh.
Seven Gators each recorded one caused turnover: Heller, Harris, Dabkowski, Corbo, Emma Wightman, Madisyn Kittell and Shelton Sawers.
Sarah Reznick was lights out in the cage, recording 13 saves and a .565 save percentage. The redshirt freshman registered 10 of her 13 saves in the second half of the game.
The Gators are back in action on Tuesday when the team travels to No. 16 Dartmouth.
UConn 21, Quinnipiac 4
STORRS, Conn. - Twelve different Huskies found the back of the net on Friday afternoon as the UConn women's lacrosse team defeated Quinnipiac 21-4 at the Sherman Family Complex. The Huskies improve to 4-1 on the season while the Bobcats fall to 1-3. UConn has now scored at least 20 goals in its last three games.
Sophomore Lia LaPrise led the team in scoring on Friday afternoon with one goal and six assists. She is now tied for the second most assists in a game in UConn lacrosse history with Shannon Burke, who recorded six assists three times in the 2007 season. LaPrise leads the Huskies with 29 points on the season.
Junior Sydney Watson tallied four goals, giving her a team-high 22 on the year, and added nine draw controls. Fellow junior Stephanie Palmucci added four goals of her own and grabbed a helper for a five point afternoon. Watson and Palmucci join LaPrise as the leading point producers so far this season with 24 and 20 points, respectively.
Senior Grace Beshlian made nine first half saves to pick up the win. Sophomore Landyn White and junior Annie Carroll saw second half action, combing for four saves on the afternoon.
Sophomores Casey O'Grady and Grace Coon and junior Olivia Troy each added two goals to the UConn offense.