DENVER, Colo. – No. 3 seed University of Colorado Colorado Springs women's lacrosse team had their season come to a close Friday night with a 14-8 setback to No. 2 seed Colorado Mesa University in the semifinal round of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference tournament, hosted by Regis University in Denver, Colo.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
- Final Score: UCCS 8, CMU 14
- Records: UCCS (7-9) | CMU (11-5)
- Facility | Location: Regis Turf Fields | Denver, Colo.
- All-Time Series: UCCS moves to 0-13 all-time against Colorado Mesa.
HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST QUARTER: CMU 3, UCCS 1
- Justine Anderson put Colorado Mesa on the scoreboard first with a goal at 12:49 in the first quarter. The RMAC Freshman of the Year, Sarah Urbanic, leveled the game at 1-1 when she turned the corner on the left side for her first career playoff goal. Emme Rezoski of CMU won the ensuing draw and connected with Anderson 11 seconds later to take the lead back, 2-1, before Carson Dickey fired a rocket into the top shelf to give CMU a 3-1 lead after one quarter.
SECOND QUARTER: CMU 4, UCCS 3
- Sydnee-Anne Moeller scooped up the ball, ran out on the far-left baseline before bringing it back to score and bring the Mountain Lions within one goal, 3-2, for the first goal of the second quarter at the 11:35 mark. After an Amber Wennerstrom goal for CMU, goalkeeper Madison McGriff made a save on a free position shot that led to a goal from Julia Patrick on the transition with 8:36 left in the half. On another quick goal and transition, Erica Rivera made a long pass into Brielle Fannin who fired in the game-tying goal at the 5:52 mark. Dickey put CMU back on top with two straight goals as Wennerstrom closed the half with her second goal of the game, putting UCCS in a 7-4 deficit.
THIRD QUARTER: CMU 6, UCCS 2
- Emma Grace Martin put a stop to the Mavericks 6-0 scoring run and ended a nearly 14-minute scoring drought for UCCS when she netted a goal on a free-position attempt at 6:51 in the third period. Fannin netted her second goal of the game and the Mountain Lions second free-position goal of the game when she drove in from the far-left side, bringing UCCS back to five goals of CMU, 11-6. The Mavericks closed the period firing in two more goals, including a player-up, free-position goal with 1:52 left in the quarter to push their lead to 13-6.
FOURTH QUARTER: UCCS 2, CMU 1
- With less than five minutes left in regulation and trailing 14-6, Patrick netted back-to-back goals for a hat trick. With her back to the goal, she faked left and then right before drilling the ball into the net for a player-up goal. Just one minute later, she picked up the ball from out of bounds behind CMU's goal and went 1-v-2 against the defense, clipping the Mavericks lead down to six goals, 14-8, but the second seed CMU held on to their lead to advance to the RMAC championship game.
FINAL SCORE: CMU 14, UCCS 8
GAME STATISTICS
- Patrick's hat trick led the Mountain Lions offense, along with her five shots and four shots on goal.
- Both of Fannin's shot attempts went in between the posts while Rivera accounted for both of UCCS' two assists tonight.
- Meghan Weiss and Layla Alm each accounted for three ground balls and two caused turnovers.
- McGriff made seven saves as part of her .333 save percentage.
- CMU's Dickey led both teams with five goals, one assist, nine shots and six shots on goal.
- The Mountain Lions registered 23 shots, 15 shots on goal, 18 ground balls and were successful on 18-of-21 clears.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- Patrick notched her 10th hat trick of the season. She closes her career as the program leader in goals (142), shots attempted (278), shots on goal (211), and player up goals (20).
- The Mountain Lions' 13 caused turnovers ties a season high.
- McGriff's five-year career at UCCS has her on top of the all-time record book in ground balls (201), saves (634), and wins (28).
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As a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, the University of Colorado Colorado Springs competes in 14 varsity sports in NCAA Division II intercollegiate athletics.
