April 7, 2008
Box Score
Wheaton, Ill. - The first tournament in Davenport women's lacrosse history is in the books and the team is standing tall after going 2-0-1 in the Wheaton Tournament. Davenport used the momentum from Friday night's victory over BGSU to claim a 9-3 win over Hope and followed it up with a 5-5 tie against Oakland on Saturday afternoon.
The first half of the Hope game was a see-saw battle after Davenport opened the scoring less than a minute into the game on a goal from Brittany Roys. Hope would come right back less than five minutes later to not the score at one. After Hope scored to make it 2-2 at the 15 minute mark, DU would end the half by scoring three unanswered goals to take a 5-2 halftime lead.
The second half started slow for both teams, but the Panthers broke the scoring drought at the 16:33 mark with a goal from Jamie VandeWinkle. Daniella Bugli, VandeWinkle and Helena Stieg would go on to add a goal each, while Shaye Bradley was solid in goal. DU allowed only one more goal against them as they cruised to the 9-3 victory.
Brittany Roys posted 4 points on the day (3 g, 1 a) and was followed in scoring by Daniella Bugli (2 g, 1 a), Jamie VandeWinkle (2 g), Helena Stieg (2 g) and Lydia Bedford (2 a).
In the second game of the day against a very tough Oakland squad, the Panthers found themselves trailing big early but responded in the second half to pull out a 5-5 tie. Oakland had scored in the teens of every game thus far but Davenport's defense held them in check after Oakland scored the game's first four goals of the game.
The Panthers fought back and closed the half out with a goal by Lydia Bedford. DU then opened the 2nd half with two straight goals from Jamie VandeWinkle to make it 4-3 with just 11:42 remaining. Oakland responded with a goal to give the Grizzlies a two-goal cushion by Davenport kept fighting and tied the score with just 00:07 on the clock on a goal by VandeWinkle.
Davenport ended the Wheaton tournament going 2-0-1 in the three games. They now have an overall record of 4-3-1.
