The Georgetown women’s lacrosse team (0-1, 0-0 Big East) suffered a painful road loss to the University of Delaware Blue Hens (2-0, 0-0 CAA), falling 17-5 at Delaware Stadium on Saturday.
Last year, the Hoyas posted an 11-9 record and reached the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive year. This season, the team returns 22 letterwinners from that team, which also appeared in the Big East Tournament Championship Game.
The Hoyas were set back early after the Blue Hens scored a goal past sophomore goalkeeper Maddy Fisher in the first minute. The Blue Hens scored three more by her before the Hoyas could notch their first.
At 22 minutes, senior midfielder Mollie Caputo put one in the back of the Delaware net to put the Hoyas on the board, 4-1. Goals by sophomore Colleen Lovett and junior Corinne Etchison helped close the game, but Delaware was able to put up five consecutive unanswered goals over a 9-minute span and the Blue and Grey was never able to catch up fully. Entering halftime, the Hoyas trailed the Hens 12-5.
The second half saw a stagnant Hoya offense score no goals over the full 30 minutes. Junior Megan McDonald, who had come in as a replacement goaltender with five minutes left in the first half, let in five of 10 shots she faced, all in the second half. This left the final score of the game at an unimpressive 17-5.
Georgetown’s sloppy play was highlighted by the stat line: the Hoyas managed to recover just 10 turnovers from Delaware compared to the 19 they lost. This clearly translated into a 30-14 shot differential to favor Delaware. This was in stark contrast to last February’s contest between the two teams, which Georgetown won 19-11 to qualify for the NCAA tournament, where they would advance the quarterfinals.
The Hoyas will host an exhibition game on Multi-Sport Field against the Scottish National Team this Saturday at 3 p.m. This will be the last exhibition game of the season. The next regular season game of the year will be on Feb. 28, when they host Princeton (0-0, 0-0 Ivy League) at Multi-Sport Field at 3 p.m.
