NORFOLK, Va. – The Old Dominion women's lacrosse team (2-3) lost a 16-6 contest with George Washington (1-1) on Saturday afternoon at the L.R. Hill Sports Complex. Lilly Siskind and Lindsay Baer scored two goals each for the Monarchs.
"George Washington played a great game today," head coach Heather Holt said. "We were outworked. We have a lot of things to work on over the next couple of practices to prepare for Liberty on Wednesday. We are all very disappointed and will grow and learn from this loss."
The Colonials began the game with a 4-0 scoring run and never looked back. Haley O'Connor put ODU on the board with her fifth goal of the season, assisted by Siskind, at the 19:33 mark, but GW responded with three unanswered.
Baer netted her two goals in quick succession to make the score 7-3 with 5:48 left in the opening half. The junior from Abington, Pennsylvania now has six goals through five games in 2021, two off her single-season best.
Amber Germer's third goal of the day pushed George Washington's advantage to 11-3 after five minutes of play in the second half. Danielle Dundas scored her lone goal of the day nearly five minutes later to cut the deficit to seven.
Siskind scored the Monarchs' final two goals of the game with the last coming from a Baer pass with 3:48 left to play. With two goals on Saturday, the Preseason All-American Athletic Conference honoree now has 12 on the season.
Germer paced the Colonials with four goals, four ground balls and two caused turnovers. Catie Perkins chipped in two goals, one assist and a game-high eight draw controls. GW's 15-9 advantage in draw controls helped negate a 23-16 disadvantage in turnovers.
Maria Rekus caused a game-high four turnovers for ODU and was one of four Monarchs (Paige Angelus, Lauren Carey and Amber Stieve) with two ground balls. Caroline Shaefer finished with three draw controls.
Old Dominion outshot the Colonials, 36-32, and the shots on goal were even at 25-all. Megan Parick made 19 saves in a winning effort.
Jenna Peccia started the game in goal for the Monarchs and made three saves. Brianna Blatter played the final 20:15 in goal and stopped five shots.
ODU wraps up nonconference play with home games against Liberty (Wed., March 10) and No. 17 Richmond (Sun., March 14).
Women’s Lacrosse Falls to George Washington, 16-6
