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Louisville Lacrosse Falls at Home to No. 8 Georgetown
March 30, 2008 | Women's Lacrosse
March 30, 2008
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Playing against a top 20 nationally ranked team for the first time in school history, the University of Louisville lacrosse team dropped a 13-5 decision to No. 8 Georgetown on Sunday afternoon at the UofL Lacrosse Stadium as the Hoyas used a strong second half surge to close out the Cards.
After falling behind 2-0 through the first 15 minutes, the Cards (7-3) cut the Hoyas' lead in half with 14:53 left as first-year attacker Bergan Foley scored the first of her three goals on the day. Georgetown (8-2) pushed the lead to 3-1 with 11:29 left in the first half on the first of four goals from Ashby Kaestner, but the Cards answered back making it 3-2 with 10:56 to go on another Foley goal.
Kaestner turned the tide back in favor of the Hoyas scoring the game's next three goals, including two before halftime for a 5-2 Hoyas' lead at the break and another goal with 27:03 left in the contest to make it 6-2. After another Georgetown goal made it 7-2, the Cards stopped the scoring streak as first-year midfielder Sierra Smith-Hart scored with 22:45 to go to make it 7-3.
However, that's as close as the Cards would get the rest of the way as the Hoyas scored six of the game's final eight goals to bounce back from their narrow 7-6 loss at No. 1 ranked and unbeaten Northwestern on Friday night.
"Every time we take the field, we're looking to win the game, regardless of the fact that we're a first-year program," said Cards' head coach Kellie Young. "We played hard for 30 minutes and I can live with the 5-2 deficit we had at halftime because of our effort, but we just gave up in the second half and that's frustrating. It's disappointing to see a team with great athletes falter in its time to shine.
"Now, we have to bounce back from this and get ready for Loyola. We have to work on our transition game, learn from this experience and move on."
Foley, who entered the week ranked fifth in the nation in scoring with 4.11 goals per game, led the Cards with three goals and two ground balls, while Emily Dashiell and Sierra Smith-Hart added the Cards' other goals.
The loss was the first at home for the Cards in the inaugural season. Up next, the Cards will continue their six-game home stand against Loyola (Md.) on Sunday, April 6 at 1 p.m. ET at the UofL Lacrosse Stadium.
