Waltham, MA- The Philadelphia
University women's lacrosse squad (0-2) fell 15-10 at Bentley
College (1-0) on Sunday afternoon. PhilaU was led by freshman
Taylor Peltzer's (Holland, PA/ Archbishop Wood)
four goals and two ground balls.
Bentley jumped out to a 2-0 lead early in the contest, but
PhilaU got goals from sophomore Michelle O'Hanlon
(Springfield, PA/ Springfield) and Peltzer to even it at 13:43 in
the first period. BC went on to score five unanswered goals
until Peltzer knocked in another score at 1:30.
The Lady Rams trailed 7-3 at the half, and were outshot 36-23
for the contest.
Peltzer notched another goal at 27:00 in the second half, but
Bentley answered with two more scores. PhilaU then put
together four consecutive zingers from sophomore Jennifer
Sica (Long Valley, NJ/ W. Morris Central), junior
Kathleen Maurer (Rochester, NY/ Our Lady of
Mercy), sophomore Danielle Coffaro (Webster, NY/
Webster Schroeder) and O'Hanlon to get within one (9-8) at
17:15.
BC would go on to outscore the Lady Rams 6-2 in the remainder of
the match-up as PhilaU fell 15-10 in non-conference action.
Lady Ram junior goalie Katherine Sullivan (Mt.
Laurel, NJ/ Lenape) had 18 saves, while Christina Guglielmo made 10
stops for BC.
PhilaU returns to action on Saturday, March 14th at
Bloomsburg at 1:00 p.m.
