Box Score

ATHENS, Ga. – The women's lacrosse team faced another tough challenge in their second game of the season against fellow NWLL opponent Shorter College.  DU fell behind early and couldn't muster enough offense as they fell 18-6 and moved their overall record to 0-2 on the season.  Their next game is on Thursday at the Savannah College of Art & Design.

Shorter went up 5-0 early in the game forcing the Panthers to play catch-up.  Schae Hoebeke was the first to score for Davenport at the 14:08 mark in the first half.  Kaitlyn Lowden was the only other Panther to score in the first half as DU went into the break down 13-2.

Davenport scored three successive goals in the second period – two from Taylor Balch and another from Hoebeke making the score 13-5 in favor of the Hawks.  Shorter would go on to score to score five more goals in the half compared to one more for DU from Balch.  The final score was 18-6 in favor of the Hawks.

Amanda Prins had a strong day in the goal making 12 saves during the game.  Michon Moline had two assists in the contest, while Valerie Carr added one of her own.

Post-Game Comments

Head Coach Celeste Shefferly – “We had a very slow start, where we were out scored in the first half 13-2.  However we had a much better second half we were only out scored by one, 5-4.  Unfortunately that wasn't enough of an effort to get us a win.”

Post-Game Notes

Balch and Hoebeke both scored their first goals of their careers at DU today…Davenport will be back in action on Thursday at 7:00 pm at the Savannah College of Art & Design (Ga.)