Pioneers Cruise Past Regis, 19-3 - Eight different Pioneers score in victory

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Tuesday, April 12, 2005

Pioneers Cruise Past Regis, 19-3 - Eight different Pioneers score in victory

DENVER – Senior Crystal Jack (Kingwood, Texas) and junior Steph Greenlees (Lake Forest, Ill.) combined for 11 goals as the University of Denver women’s lacrosse team crushed Regis University, 19-3, on Tuesday, April 12 at Peter Barton Stadium. The Pioneers’ second consecutive victory improves them to 4-10. The Rangers fall to 1-5.

Jack’s six goals paced Denver. Greenless scored five times and sophomore Kate Broderick (Chantilly, Va.) and freshman Megan Tyrie (Littleton, Colo.) each found the back of the net twice. Freshman Kelly O’Connell (Baltimore, Md.), senior Ryan Crowley (Sudbury, Mass.), freshman Victoria Baines (Parker, Colo.) and freshman Kiley Murphy (Wilton, Conn.) each tallied one goal for Denver.

Jack scored the game’s first three goals and teammates Greenlees and Broderick followed to give Denver a 5-0 lead at 11:21. Chrissy Yetter stopped the Pioneers’ run at the 12:44 mark.

Greenlees scored twice and O’Connell once, to put Denver up 8-1 at 17:48. Regis’ Caroline Herter scored her first of two goals at 18:26 to make the score 8-2.

The Pioneers would run off the game’s next nine goals to put the game out of reach at 17-2 with 20 minutes remaining. Regis would score once and Denver twice to end the game.

Denver outshot Regis, 52-8. Greenlees led the way with 15. The Pioneers also finished the game with a 44-10 advantage in groudballs. Junior Tanya Fuchs (Bay Shore, N.Y.) tallied a game-best 10. She also had four assists.

Senior goalkeeper Steph Schneider (Leesburg, Va.) and freshman Becky Childs (Phoenix, Md.) combined to make five saves for Denver. Jen Ledford registered 20 for the Rangers.

The Pioneers return to action on Sunday, April 17, when they travel to Palo Alto, Calif. to battle Mountain Pacific Sports Federation foe Stanford at 2 p.m. MT.

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