Tigers Get Back On Winning Track at CSU-Pueblo

Wittenberg spoils first-ever home game for Colorado State-Pueblo as six different players score goals.

Olivia Lash tied for the team lead with five points in a 17-6 win at Colorado State-Pueblo. File Photo | Erin Pence
Olivia Lash tied for the team lead with five points in a 17-6 win at Colorado State-Pueblo. File Photo | Erin Pence
March 11, 2015
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PUEBLO, Colo. - The Wittenberg Tigers crashed the party for Colorado State-Pueblo, which was playing its first-ever home game in women's lacrosse, scoring the first nine goals en route to a 17-6 victory.

The win evened the Tigers' record on their Spring Break trip to Colorado at 1-1, coming on the heels of a loss at Colorado College two days earlier. Wittenberg heads back home sporting an overall 2-1 record.

The Tigers scored just 30 seconds into the game and never looked back, building a 9-0 lead through the first 12:14 before taking a 12-1 lead into the locker room at halftime. The two teams then split 10 goals evenly over the final 20 minutes as Wittenberg secured the victory while substituting liberally.

Wittenberg held a 30-15 advantage in shots in the game, in addition to an 18-16 edge in ground balls and a 15-9 lead in draw controls. CSU-Pueblo nearly doubled up on the Tigers in fouls at 25-13.

Individually, Wittenberg was paced by senior Logan Warye (Maineville, Ohio/Kings) with four goals, one assist, three ground balls, six draw controls and four caused turnovers. Warye now has 203 career points, putting her just 14 points short of the school record, and she has 154 career goals, just 18 short of the school record.

While Warye was stuffing the stats sheet, junior Olivia Lash (Cleveland Heights, Ohio/Cleveland Heights) matched her scoring total with four goals and one assist. Senior Beth Hubbard (West Hartford, Conn./Notre Dame de Sion (Mo.)) added three goals and one assist, while sophomore Becca Joseph (Toledo, Ohio/St. Ursula) contributed three goals and two assists. Joseph leads the Tigers with 19 total points through the first three games of the 2015 season.

Senior Megan Loofbourrow (Prospect, Ky./Ballard) also chipped in a pair of goals to go along with three ground balls, two caused turnovers and seven draw controls. Freshman Victoria Zysik (Perrysburg, Ohio/Perrysburg) added a goal and sophomore Haley Schroeder (Granville, Ohio/Granville) rounded out the Tigers' scoring with an assist.

In goal, junior Katie Reuter (Cleveland, Ohio/Hathaway Brown) and freshman Faith Mahnke (Worthington, Ohio/Thomas Worthington) split the 60 minutes evenly and combined to make five saves.

Written By: Ryan Maurer