DU WOMEN’S LACROSSE NEWS - Leggio Scores Six but DU Drops Second Consecutive OT Game, 12-11

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Tuesday, February 28, 2006
DU WOMEN’S LACROSSE NEWS - Leggio Scores Six but DU Drops Second Consecutive OT Game, 12-11
DU had leads of 6-5, 9-7 and 11-9 in loss

NEWARK, Del. – Junior newcomer Kristie Leggio (Bay Shore, N.Y.) scored six goals, but it was not enough as the Denver Pioneers dropped a 12-11 overtime decision to the University of Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens on Tuesday night at Fred P. Rullo Stadium. The Pioneers’ second consecutive overtime loss drops them to 2-2. The Fightin’ Blue Hens improve to 1-1.

Delaware scored five of the game’s first seven goals to take an early 5-2 lead with 14:17 remaining in the first half. DU scored the next four goals, two by sophomore Victoria Baines (Parker, Colo.), to take a 6-5 lead with 8:01 left in the half. The Fightin’ Blue Hens netted the half’s final goal to tie the score at 6-6.

After trading goals to being the second half, Leggio scored twice to give DU a 9-7 advantage with 21:43 remaining in the game. Delaware and DU would exchange goals again, with Leggio scoring twice more to put the score at 11-9 at the 8:17 mark. The Fightin’ Blue Hens tallied the game’s next two goals to send the game into overtime.

Delaware’s Debbie Sloan scored the lone goal in overtime to give the Fightin’ Blue Hens the 12-11 win.

Sophomore Becky Childs (Phoenix, Md.) made nine stops in the cage for the Pioneers. Jess Dibelka and Jessica Cerveny combined to make 16 saves for Delaware.

Leggio was the only Pioneer with more than two goals. Casey McCrudden and Sloan scored three goals each for Delaware.

Up next, DU returns to the friendly confines of Barton Stadium to host Hofstra on Sat., March 4 at 11 a.m.

JOSH WALDMAN
Assistant Director of Media Relations
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