MPSF Lacrosse Results, Feb. 17
Feb. 17, 2017 Colorado 11, No. 16 UMass 7 (at DeLand, FL)
Recap by CU
DELAND, Fla. — The 2017 Colorado women’s lacrosse season is off to an incredible start as the Buffs (2-0) recorded their second win against a top-20 ranked team in as many games, knocking off the No. 16 UMass Minutewomen, 11-7, on Friday afternoon. Junior Darby Kiernan led CU with four goals and an assist, lifting the Buffs past UMass (0-2) in the second ever meeting between the two programs. Three of her goals were free-positon shots, while the other was scored when CU was a man-down midway through the first half. WHAT HAPPENED: The Buffs, who are ranked 14th in the Inside Lacrosse poll and are 11th in the U.S. Lacrosse poll, led 5-3 after the first half, but the Minutewomen came back with two quick goals within the first minute of the second half, evening the game at 5-5. Senior Johnna Fusco answered for the Buffs with 25:14 left in the second, recording her first of three goals of the day to give CU a 6-5 advantage. From there, the Buffs would never trail and kept adding to their score. Senior Katie Macleay and Kiernan scored the next two before sophomore Samantha Nemirov tallied her first goal of the season. Fusco scored the final two goals of the game for the Buffs. Colorado out-shot UMass 35-24, which included 21 shots for the Buffs in the first half alone. CU also had the edge in groundballs (13-6). The Buffs converted on 6-of-12 free-positions shots, while UMass went 0-4. The Minutewomen had the slight advantage in draw controls at 12-8. TURNING POINT: UMass got on the board first, scoring two consecutive goals, but Colorado fired back, tallying five straight to put the Buffs up 5-2. Kiernan had the first three before sophomore Miranda Stinson and junior Carly Cox added goals of their own. KEY STATISTIC: The Minutewomen had 17 turnovers in the game, five of which were caused by the Buffs. Senior Amelia Brown was responsible for three of those, which was a career-high.