Musketeers Fall to Wildcats in Final Home Contest

Saturday, April 12

Cincinnati, Ohio

12 p.m.

Xavier University

1-11, 0-4BIG EAST

Villanova

10-4, 4-1BIG EAST

Villanova

Xavier

Musketeers Fall to Wildcats in Final Home Contest

04.12.25 | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

Maya Graham scored three points with a goal and two assists.

By: Abbey Curtis, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - The Xavier women's lacrosse team dropped an 18-9 game to Villanova in the Musketeers' final home match of the season.

Xavier falls to 1-11 (0-4 BIG EAST) while the Wildcats improve to 10-4 (4-1 BIG EAST) and remain atop the BIG EAST standings.

how it happened

Villanova scored the first goal of the contest just three minutes in and Lily Villaflor tied it up for the Musketeers assisted by Dylan Halloran over a minute later.

Xavier was shut out for the rest of the period while the Wildcats scored four more goals to take a 5-1 lead at the first break.

Samantha Balara opened the second period with a goal on the fast break, but Villanova responded with two more of their own to extend their lead.

Julie Cassidy scored her 20th goal of the season off an assist by Lola Mancuso halfway through the second period before the Wildcats converted a free position shot a minute later.

Megan Droney scored a free position goal of her own to cut the deficit to four, but Villanova tacked on three more goals to close out the half with an 11-4 lead.

The Wildcats continued to surge offensively with three straight goals to open the second half.

Dylan Halloran then scored a man-up goal thanks to a quick feed from Maya Graham in the final minutes of the third period, but Villanova had a response yet again to make it 15-5.

The Musketeers outscored the Wildcats 4-3 in the final quarter with four separate scorers.

Droney scored her second goal of the game off Graham's second assist of the game.

Morgan Handzel won the draw to bring the ball into Xavier's offensive third to lead to Machaela Henry converting a free position attempt.

Graham scored one of her own on a free position shot with under four minutes to go, and Erin Berls closed out the game with her first goal of the season as time expired on the clock.

notables

Lily Villaflor scored a goal for the fifth straight game and now maintains the longest scoring streak on the team.
Megan Droney scored two goals on three shot attempts for her second straight game with multiple goals.
Maya Graham led offensively with three points off two assists and a goal of her own. The rookie now holds the team lead for assists with nine on the season.
Lola Mancuso contributed an assist, two ground balls and a caused turnover.
The Musketeers' eight different goal scorers is tied for the most in a single game this season.
Teegan Lannon had a career-high 13 saves to go along with four ground balls.
Morgan Handzel recorded five draw controls against one of the nation's best draw teams.
Samantha Balara had a well-rounded game with one goal, one ground ball, one caused turnover and two draw controls.
In addition to her 20th goal of the season, Julie Cassidy picked up two ground balls.