Bucknell Women's Lax Ends Season with 17-3 Patriot League Semifinal Loss to American

Despite Loss, Bucknell's 8-7 Record is Fourth Winning Season in Program History

Amy Hasler scored in her last game as a Bison.

May 1, 2004

Box Score

HAMILTON, N.Y. - The third-seeded Bucknell women's lacrosse team fell to second-seeded American 17-3 in a Patriot League Tournament semifinal match on Saturday afternoon, falling short of last year's achievement of reaching the league final. The Bison finish their season at 8-7, though, marking the fourth winning year in the 27-season history of the varsity program.

Moriah Linnell led all scorers with six goals, while American (8-8) led in shots, 34-10, and ground balls, 25-16. Each team controlled 11 draws, while Bucknell had seven saves to three for American.

American built a 5-0 lead in the first 16 minutes of the opening half. Bucknell's first goal came from Emily Burman with 13:40 to play in the first half. Andrea Paraud and Amy Hasler put Bucknell within two at 5-3, scoring within a minute of each other just inside the 10-minute mark. Both teams went scoreless for the last 8:37 of the half, as the Eagles entered halftime with a two-goal margin.

But Hasler's goal would be the last Bucknell would score, as the Bison were blanked for the last 38:37 of the game.

Bucknell's three previous winning seasons were in 1984 (9-6), 1997 (13-3) and 1998 (10-5). American advances to face top seed Colgate in the league final, as the Raiders were a 12-9 winner over fourth-seeded Lafayette.

Goal (Assist)                           B-A
First Half
A - McCarthy (Bennett), 28:21           0-1
A - Linnell (unassisted), 27:51         0-2
A - Gorman (FPS), 23:39                 0-3
A - Linnell (unassisted), 19:31         0-4
A - Linnell (FPS), 16:18                0-5
B - Burman (unassisted), 13:40          1-5
B - Paraud (unassisted), 9:16           2-5
B - Hasler (FPS), 8:37                  3-5
Second Half
A - McCarthy (Michael), 29:32           3-6
A - Michael (unassisted), 27:59         3-7
A - Linnell (FPS), 27:00                3-8
A - Linnell (unassisted), 22:41         3-9
A - Michael (FPS), 19:01                3-10
A - Linnell (unassisted), 17:09         3-11
A - Michael (FPS), 16:15                3-12
A - Brandon (unassisted), 14:53         3-13
A - Gorman (unassisted), 13:54          3-14
A - McCarthy (unassisted), 11:29        3-15
A - Cartin (unassisted), 9:37           3-16
A - Richter (Sullivan), 6:49            3-17

BUCKNELL BREAKDOWN: Goals - Burman, Paraud, Hasler.  Assists - None.

AMERICAN BREAKDOWN: Goals - McCarthy 3, Linnell 6, Gorman 2, Michael 3, Brandon, Cartin, Richter.  Assists - Bennett, Michael, Sullivan.

Shots:  Bucknell 10, American 34
Ground Balls:  Bucknell 16, American 25
Goalie Saves: Bucknell (McDaniel 6, Gaines 1) 7, American (Finnegan) 3
Draws: Bucknell 11, American 11
Team Records:  Bucknell 8-7.  American 8-8.

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