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Casey Decatur totaled three goals and five points
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Daemen DAEMEN 3-5
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Winner Ashland ASHLAND 3-5
Daemen DAEMEN
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Ashland ASHLAND
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Daemen DAEMEN 4 3 1 1 9
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Game Recap: Women's Lacrosse | | CONTACT: Tom McDermott, Director of Athletics Communications | tmcdermo@daemen.edu

Ashland Rallies For A 10-9 Win Over Daemen

ASHLAND, OHIO – Freshman Rachel Crumbacher scored four goals and senior Jillian Rekulak made 12 saves to lead the Ashland University women's lacrosse team to a 10-9 victory over Daemen University this afternoon at Ferguson Field on the Ashland campus.

Daemen suffered its second straight loss and dropped to 3-5 on the year. The 2023 campaign marks the inaugural season for Daemen, which officially announced it was adding women's lacrosse as a varsity sport in June of 2021.
 
The host Eagles snapped a five-game losing streak and improved to 3-5. Ashland is a NCAA Division II affiliate and a member of the Great Midwest Conference (G-MAC). Ashland returns 16 players from last year's team that went 6-11 overall and 5-5 in G-MAC play. The Eagles were picked to finish third in the G-MAC preseason poll.

Graduate student Casey Decatur (Apollo Beach, Fla.) led the Wildcats with three goals and two assists, while freshmen Ella Bouley (Auburn, N.Y.) netted two goals.
 
The game was tied at 2-2 late in the first quarter, but the Wildcats closed out the first quarter scoring with goals by Decatur and freshman Avery Castner (Penn Yan, N.Y.) to take a 4-2 lead into the second quarter.

Decatur's third goal of the first half with 9:54 left before halftime gave Daemen a 7-3 lead, but the Wildcats went scoreless the rest of the half and Daemen took a 7-4 lead into halftime.

The teams traded goals early in the third quarter and the Daemen lead was 8-5 when the Eagles rallied with three unanswered goals. The teams headed into the final quarter tied at 8-8.

Ashland took a 9-8 lead after graduate student Isabelle Pisani scored a man-up goal with 11:22 left to play, and the hosts scored again just 27 seconds later to take a 10-8 lead. Daemen cut the lead to a goal after sophomore Camryn Day (Hamburg, N.Y.) scored with just over seven minutes left. Daemen had one last chance to force overtime when the Wildcats were awarded a free position chance with seven seconds left, but the attempt by freshman Kylie Miranto (North Tonawanda, N.Y.) was blocked by a defender and time expired.

Freshman Blair Pfohl (Lockport, N.Y.) went the distance in net for Daemen and made seven saves. Bouley led the Wildcats with six draw controls, while Pfohl collected a team-high three ground balls.

Daemen posted a 27-20 advantage in total shots and a 21-17 edge in shots on goal. Daemen finished with an 14-7 edge in draw controls.

Daemen returns to action Thursday (March 23) when it travels to Edinboro University.
 

Daemen University features the premier NCAA Division II athletics program in the Buffalo-Niagara region, sponsoring 17 intercollegiate teams. For the latest information on Daemen Athletics, follow the Wildcats via social media on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram, or sign up to receive customizable news alerts, e-mail newsletters and weekly schedule alerts.
 
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