RICHMOND, Va. – The Saint Joseph's women's lacrosse team was unable to overcome a first half surge from #25 Richmond, falling on the road Saturday afternoon to the Spiders in a 16-12 defeat.
 
A 9-6 advantage in the second half for the Hawks proved too little too late as the hosts were able to push to a 10-3 advantage after 30 minutes to hold off a late rally attempt from St. Joe's. SJU falls to 4-5 on the year and 2-2 in A-10 play, while Richmond moves to 8-2 on the season and 4-0 in the Atlantic 10.
 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Hawks were held without a goal for the opening nine minutes, but strong defense allowed the visitors to notch the game at 1-1 after Maddie Yoder dodged her defender and found the netting.
• A quick flurry of goals for Richmond gave the hosts a 5-1 advantage before Sarah Groark was able to trickle a shot in from an Alexa Capozzoli feed to cut the margin at the end of the first quarter.
• Richmond opened the frame with a 3-0 run over the opening 10 minutes before Bonnie Yu ended the Spider run with her first strike of the afternoon.
• The Spiders netted the last two goals of the frame to give the hosts a 10-3 advantage at the break.
• St. Joe's opened the third quarter with three of the first four goals, two from Capazzoli, to cut the deficit to five.
• Despite the momentum, Richmond was able to answer to minimize the damage as the Spiders went into the final frame with a 13-7 lead.
• The hosts pushed the lead to as many as eight goals before a late rally from the Hawks. Kate Fuhrman added her second goal of the game before goals from Kate Antonelli and Bonnie Yu gave the Hawks a 16-11 deficit with just over four minutes to play.
• St. Joe's was unable to complete a charge back into the game, Yoder getting a consolation goal in the final minute to earn her hat trick as the Hawks fell 16-12 on the road.

 
 
GAME NOTES

• Maddie Yoder finished with a game-high three goals on the afternoon for her fifth hat trick of the season.
• Bonnie Yu added two goals on the afternoon, sitting three points shy of reaching 100 career points.
• Alexa Capozzoli also added a pair of goals and an assist to her day, while sophomore counterpart Kate Fuhrman also added two goals with two assists.
• Lisa Ross moves into third all-time in program history with 74 career assists after providing two today to go along with a goal.
• Jorden Concordia finished with 11 saves on the day, surpassing Courtney Huff (2001-05) to sit second all-time in saves with 478 on her career.
• The Hawks were outshot 37-31 by the Spiders, just a 27-25 disparity in shots on goal.
• Richmond won the battle at the draw with a 21-11 advantage in draw controls.

 
 
UP NEXT
St. Joe's takes a brief hiatus from conference action to host Navy in a midweek contest on Wednesday March 27. First draw is set for 2 p.m. on Sweeney Field.