Gazzola, Nase Score in Defeat at DeSales

CENTER VALLEY, Pa. - Julia Gazzola (Hagerstown, Md./North Hagerstown) registered three goals, while Mackenzie Nase (Weare, N.H./John Stark) scored her first goal of the season for the Goucher College women's lacrosse team, but the Gophers were defeated by DeSales University 19-4 Friday evening at Turf Stadium.

• Goucher (1-5) won the opening draw and Gazzola gave the Gophers a 1-0 lead 1:02 into the game.  Emily Flinn (Ashland, Va,./Patrick Henry) assisted on the goal.
• DeSales (3-2) reeled off four straight goals to lead 4-1 just shy of midway.
• Gazzola pulled the guests within two with her second goal of the game with 3:08 left in the quarter.
• The Bulldogs scored their final goal of the frame with 2:30 to go and led 5-2 through 15 minutes.

• After DeSales scored the first two goals of the quarter, Nase scored on a feed from Emily Burk (Nottingham, Md./Perry Hall) 10:29 before halftime.
• The hosts scored the next three goals to lead 10-3 with 3:24 to go.
• Gazzola scored again with 1:32 left to make it 10-4.  Burk added her second assist of the contest.
• DeSales carried their six-goal advantage into halftime.

• DeSales scored all six goals of the third quarter, outshooting the Gophers 11-3.
• The Bulldogs got goals from six different players.

• The hosts scored the final three goals of the game to account for the final.

• DeSales outshot Goucher 34-13 on the evening.
• Gazzola also registered six draw controls, two caused turnovers and a pair of ground balls.
• The Gophers won 14 of 25 draws on the evening, with Nase and Burk recording three draw controls apiece.
• Lucy Covington (Hagerstown, Md./North Hagerstown) had a pair of caused turnovers.
• Belle Christ (Randolph, N.J./Randolph) had nine saves in the first three quarters.  Sydney Lewis (Baltimore, Md./Carver) made one save in the fourth.
• Gazzola has scored in 13 straight games and has recorded multiple goals in all but one game this season.  Her 25 goals currently lead the Landmark Conference.

• Goucher returns home on Wednesday, March 16, as it hosts Hood in a 4 pm contest at Beldon Field.