Women's Lacrosse Suffers First Loss Of Season To Division I George Washington 12-8

Senior Carlee Ullery Led Longwood With Three Points On Two Goals And One Assist

April 6, 2004

FARMVILLE, Va. – Longwood University suffered its first women’s collegiate lacrosse loss of the season Tuesday afternoon, falling to NCAA Division I George Washington, 12-8, at Lancer Field. The loss marks the first at home since an overtime loss to UC Davis last season and only the second loss in Farmville in 26 matches, dating back to a 10-9 loss to Mercyhurst in 2000. Longwood is now 10-1 on the season, while George Washington improves to 5-5 overall. The Lancers will remain home to host St. Mary’s (Calif.) Friday at noon on Lancer Field.

Against George Washington, the visiting Colonials opened the scoring, as Susan Seborg found the back of the net at the 25:28 mark. The Lancers responded just over two minutes later, as sophomore Ali Shafer/Fairfax (Fairfax) scored unassisted, tying the game at 1-1, for what proved to be the only time the game would be even.

GW continued to dominate the half, scoring three more unanswered goals, as Jamie Lee (20:47), Lauren Bower (17:44), and Laura Hostetler (17:29) scored in succession giving the Colonials a 4-1 lead. Senior Carlee Ullery/Keswick (Albemarle) cut Longwood’s drought and netted her first of a team-best two goals in the match off a pass from freshman Jenn Shipp/Charlottesville (Albemarle), trimming the deficit to two goals (4-2). The two teams then traded goals for the remainder of the first session, as the Colonials entered the recess with an 8-5 advantage.

George Washington opened the second half much as it did the first, scoring with 27:19 remaining, as Heidi Mayer netted her second goal of the game off a pass from Jenny Heisler. Senior Tia Richardson/Ellicott City, Md. (Centennial) quickly retaliated, netting her lone goal of the contest two minutes later. Hostetler then completed her hat-trick, scoring back-to-back goals at the 18:11 and 16:04 marks, giving the visiting squad its largest advantage of the match (11-6). Ullery cut the margin to four, netting her second goal with 12:20 left in the half off a pass from classmate Kristy Taylor/Lorton (Bishop Ireton), but the Colonials’ defense proved to be too much, as the Lancers went scoreless for the next 12 minutes until Shipp scored with nine-seconds remaining.

Ullery and Shipp paced the Longwood offense, scoring two goals and distributing an assist apiece. Taylor followed with a goal and an assist, while Richardson, Shafer, and Dress each had one goal. Senior keeper Stacey Schmidt/Berlin, N.J. (Eastern Regional) and sophomore Emily Wilson/Owings, Md. (Northern) split the game in front of the net, combining for nine games, getting six and three, respectively.

Hostetler led the visiting Colonials with her game-high three goals, while Mayer had two goals and an assist. Katie Kearns also recorded two goals on the afternoon. Freshman keeper Emily Fortunato made 10 stops in front of the net.

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