Halloran Tallies Four Goals in Loss to Butler

Saturday, April 1

Indianapolis, Ind.

1 p.m.

Xavier University

4-5 (0-1BIG EAST)

Butler

5-4 (1-0BIG EAST)

Xavier

Butler

Halloran Tallies Four Goals in Loss to Butler

04.01.23 | Women's Lacrosse

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Musketeers fall to Bulldogs 19-12

By: Dianna Lewis, Xavier Athletic Communications

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - Xavier women's lacrosse fell 19-12 to Butler on Saturday afternoon.

The Musketeers fall to 4-5 (0-1 BIG EAST), while the Bulldogs advance to 5-4 (1-0 BIG EAST).

NOTABLES

• Riley Halloran, the graduate attacker, led the Musketeers offense with four goals and two assists. Halloran earned her fifth hat trick of the season against the Bulldogs.

• Hannah McFeeters, the graduate defender, posted the team-highs in ground balls with five and caused turnovers with four.

• Graduate midfielder Jessica Harrison recorded one goal, three ground balls, one caused turnover, and the game-high seven draw controls.

• Freshman midfielder Erin Berls, freshman attacker Lola Mancuso, and freshman midfielder Kiera Armitage each tallied two goals for the Musketeers.

• Freshman goalkeeper Marina Piszczor totaled 11 saves in 60 minutes of goal time.

• Halloran, Berls, Armitage, and sophomore midfielder Julie Cassidy each contributed two draw controls to the team total of 18.

• Armitage, junior midfielder Sawyer Walker, and freshman midfielder Katelyn McDonnell collected two ground balls apiece against the Bulldogs.

• The Musketeers totaled 12 goals, 18 draw controls, eight caused turnovers and 18 ground balls.

UP NEXT

Xavier women's lacrosse will continue in conference play on Wednesday, April 5 when they host Georgetown. First draw set for 12 p.m.

HIGHLIGHTS

QUOTING COACH DECKER

Opening up conference play for the first time in history is a momentous occasion on every level. Butler gave us a good challenge today and we didn't come out on top. It is tough to see more than half of our turnovers were unforced. No matter how you spin it, that statistic can undermine a lot of quality plays everywhere else, and today that was the story. End to end, we had big plays. Riley Halloran had herself a game. Jessica Harrison on the draw circle, came up big. A lot of good things everywhere you look, just not enough to wash out the uncaused turnovers, unfortunately. But the beauty of conference is that year to year, the familiarity of our opponent and the challenges that are unique to our conference will become a part of our program's DNA.

This Big East Conference season is an introduction for our players. As we age, these games will become the ones we live for. It's an incredible journey to be on with this team.