Official article on the Delaware game now out-
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NEWARK, Del. — The fourth-ranked Colorado women's lacrosse team improved to 11-0 after a thrilling 9-7 victory against Delaware on Wednesday night.
Seniors
Johnna Fusco and
Cali Castagnola each recorded a hat-trick in the victory and senior
Paige Soenksen made 13 saves to hold the Blue Hens to just seven goals, which tied their season low.
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UP NEXT: Colorado will face its fifth ranked opponent this season in No. 5 Stony Brook on Friday, March 31. Opening draw is set for 5 p.m. MT.
QUOTEABLE:
Head Coach Ann Elliott
"Tonight we got outplayed and we were lucky to get the win. We didn't do the little things and we didn't play smart. Credit to Delaware for how well and hard they played. On the one bright side, we made the plays we needed to down the stretch and we kept competing."
"We will see where this game takes us. If we take an honest look at ourselves and respond the right way, we will learn from it and get better. If we don't, it will be a long last few weeks of our season. Right now we have a quick turnaround and we need to start preparing. Stony Brook is a very good team that is fast, athletic and aggressive. Nothing is going to get easier for us. We need to regroup as a team and get ready for this next test. We will see down this stretch what we are made of."
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Delaware with the pretty big statistical advantage in every category except for saves, free position shots (and of course the main thing- goals). From what I saw, Delaware was a very aggressive team (tight marking of the Buff players up top and behind the goal in the offensive zone not enabling any deliberation before making the next pass), so the game should help them (if of course as Coach Elliott says in the article they learn from it) as they continue to play good teams.
Of course, in the end any win, ESPECIALLY on the road against a good team, is to be appreciated- Go Buffs!