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No. 11 VU Lacrosse Wins At No. 17 Stanford, 6-5 3-7-04
3/7/2004
PALO ALTO, Calif. — The 11th-ranked Vanderbilt women’s lacrosse team earned a 6-5 win on the road over the 17th-ranked Stanford Cardinal on Sunday at Maloney Field. The Commodores dominated play for much of the game, but struggled at times to find the back of the net.
Stanford scored the game’s first goal only two minutes in to take an early lead. The game would slow down from there, as both teams felt each other out. In the 12th minute, senior Lauren Peck put the Commodores on the board off an assist from classmate Michelle Allen. Vanderbilt would take the lead four minutes later when senior Jess Roguski drew a foul and scored on the subsequent free position shot.
The Cardinal would tie the match at 2-2 in the 19th minute, but Vanderbilt would tally two mores times in the first half to take a 4-2 lead into the break. Sophomore Kate Hickman scored an unassisted goal in the 22nd minute, which was followed in the 29th minute by another goal from Roguski on an eight-meter try.
VU gave up a pair of goals in the first seven minutes of the second half, but the Commodore defense stepped up and would not allow another score until the match’s final minute. In that span, the Dores’ offense regrouped. Senior Kelly Devlin gave Vanderbilt a 5-4 lead in the 42nd minute off a feed from Hickman. Vanderbilt would control the ball in their offensive end for most of the remainder of the game.
An insurance goal came in the 53 minute when Peck notched her second of the match to give the Dores a 6-4 lead with only seven minutes remaining. The Commodore defense held until their was only 55 seconds on the clock. Stanford scored to get within one, but Roguski picked up her fourth draw control of the match on the ensuing faceoff to cement the 6-5 win.
On the day, Vanderbilt fired 31 shots, including nine free position shots. Stanford goalie Christina Saikus made 13 saves to keep her team in the match. Vanderbilt freshman Brooke Shinaberry, making her first career start, saved six of 11 shots.
To go along with her two goals and four draw controls, Roguski also scooped four ground balls and caused a pair of Cardinal turnovers. Allen and fellow-senior Christiana Serle each also had a pair of caused turnovers. Senior Bridget Morris came up with three ground balls for VU, cleaning up a number of missed shots by Stanford.
Vanderbilt (2-1, 1-0 in the American Lacrosse Conference) returns home next weekend to play host to Yale on Saturday, March 13, at 1 p.m. CT in the Vanderbilt Lacrosse Complex.
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