TicketsApril 11, 2008
CINCINNATI - The University of Cincinnati lacrosse team led, 3-2, at halftime, but Davidson scored nine goals in the second half to earn an 11-5 win on Friday (April 11) afternoon at Nippert Stadium.
Davidson tallied first just over one minute into the game. Becky Horton scored on a free position attempt at 1:03 mark to give the Wildcats the lead.
UC scored the next two - one each by Shannon Lynes (Ellicott, MD/River Hill) and Lynsey Burton (Smithtown, NY/Smithtown West) - to earn its first lead.
Davidson tied it at two at the 13:48 mark on Haley Cook's tally.
Marissa Hiatt (West Chester, OH/Lakota West) gave the Bearcats a 3-2 lead just before halftime on her second goal of the season.
Horton knotted the score 30 seconds into the second half with her second goal of the day.
Burton scored her second on a feed from Steph Cox (Pasadena, MD/Chesapeake) to pit the Bearcats to a 4-3 advantage with 24 minutes to play.
It was the last lead UC would hold, however, as Horton and Emily Diefendorf combined for six goals down the stretch.
The Wildcats scored six unanswered goals to take a 9-4 lead.
Lindsey Marshall (Hilliard, OH/Hilliard Davidson) scored her team-leading 20th goal to cut the Davidson lead to 9-5, but a the Wildcats tacked on two late goals to produce the final margin.
Jen Mott (Cincinnati, OH/Sycamore) tallied a school-record 17 saves.
UC will take on UC Davis on Saturday, April 12, at 2 p.m. in Nippert Stadium.