Tickets
PDF Box Score Highlights/Interviews
CINCINNATI - The University of Cincinnati lacrosse team scored 11 second-half goals, including a run of seven in a row, en route to a 17-12 victory over Winthrop on Friday afternoon at the Sheakley Athletics Center.
The Bearcats trailed 10-8 with 16:37 remaining in the game before employing a seven-goal run that included three goals and an assist by freshman Monica Borzillo (Devon, Pa./Conestoga) to take a commanding 15-10 lead into the five-minute mark. In total, Borzillo recorded four goals and a game-high three assists to pace the offense in the win.
// NOTABLES
- With the victory, Cincinnati improves to 4-5 on the season while Winthrop falls to 3-6.
- It was the final non-conference game of the year for the Bearcats who will resume BIG EAST Conference action on Sunday, March 26, at Villanova.
- Entering the game vs. Winthrop, Borzillo ranked sixth in the NCAA in assists per game (2.63), seventh in total assists (21), ninth in points per game (5.00) and 14th in total points (40). She concluded action on Friday with four goals and three assists to increase marks.
- Borzillo's four goals against the Eagles were a career high.
- Borzillo has scored a goal in every game of her collegiate career.
- Senior Elaina Enich (New Albany, Ohio/New Albany) and sophomore Katie Stegmann (Lewis Center, Ohio/Olentangy) each recorded hat tricks in the victory.
- Junior Lauren Hudson (Baltimore, Md./Maryvale Preparatory) picked up a game-high five ground balls.
- Stegmann and junior Schuyler Nissen (Philadelphia, Pa./Germantown Friends School) each recorded four draw controls to set the tempo for the Bearcats on the restarts.
- Cincinnati topped Winthrop in shots (32-17), ground balls (25-20) and caused turnovers (8-1), while WU led in draw controls (16-15), free position goals (3-2) and saves (6-3).
// KEY PLAYERS
Cincinnati
Monica Borzillo | 4 goals | 3 assists | 1 ground ball
Katie Stegmann | 3 goals | 4 draw controls | 1 ground ball
Schuyler Nissen | 4 draw controls | 3 ground balls | 1 assist
Winthrop
Katie Clark | 6 goals | 4 ground balls
Katherine Judge | 2 goals | 7 draw controls
Nicole Beatson | 1 goal | 2 assists | 7 draw controls
// IN THE CAGE
CIN | Alex MacAffer | 10 goals against | 2 saves | 41:46 minutes
CIN | Madison Foery | 2 goals against | 1 save | 18:14 minutes
WU | Chloe Wormsley | 17 goals against | 6 saves | 60:00 minutes
// KEY GOALS
18:57 1st | CIN | Elaina Enich
Cincinnati scored three goals in less than two minutes in the first half to go ahead 5-3. Enich recorded the first on an assist from Borzillo with 18:57 on the clock to begin the run. Stegmann got in on the action on an unassisted shot at the 17:34 mark while Enich closed out the rally with an unassisted goal 32 seconds later (17:02).
16:37 2nd | CIN | Amanda Fess
Borzillo's third assist of the game came on a pass to the streaking Amanda Fess (Fayetteville, N.Y./Christian Brothers) who buried her seventh goal of the season to get the Bearcats within 10-9. The tally started a seven-goal UC scoring run that spanned 12 minutes and 11 seconds.
9:07 2nd | CIN | Monica Borzillo
Borzillo scored three goals during the UC run, including the eventual game-winner at the 9:07 mark to put Cincinnati ahead 13-10. The freshman collected what looked to be a Bearcats turnover and calmly slotted it across the face of the cage from the left side for the three-goal UC advantage. She scored again 27 second later after a pair of Winthrop fouls kept the momentum for UC to put the Bearcats ahead 14-10.
// UP NEXT
The Bearcats travel to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for a BIG EAST Conference game at Villanova on Sunday, March 26. The first draw is set for Noon at VU's Goodreau Field.
// FOLLOW THE BEARCATS
For all of the latest information on Cincinnati lacrosse, please visit GoBEARCATS.com. For up to the minute updates, follow Cincinnati lacrosse (@GoBearcatsLAX) and Coach Oliver (@GinaOliverUC) on twitter. You can also find the Bearcats on Facebook and Instagram.