LA GRANDE, Ore. – Eastern Oregon University Women's Lacrosse played its first ever home games this weekend as they hosted the Corban University Warriors on Saturday and Sunday for a pair of exhibition contests.
The Mountaineers played the Warriors in two 7v7 exhibition contests inside Community Stadium with both games being played out in four 15-minute periods. The Warriors were the winners in both exhibitions winning by scores of 19-5 and 18-4.
Game one took place Saturday night inside Community Stadium. In the inaugural matchup, the Mountaineers had three players find the back of the net. Leading the way was
Samantha Buckley who had the hat trick with three goals scored.
Also find the back of the net were teammates
Regann Donahue and
Kiana Watchman. Donahue also had four groundball pickups and forced three turnovers. Watchman had three draw control wins the contest as well for the Mountaineers.
Saydee Hetrick took the majority of the draw controls for Eastern and had 10 wins in the circle for the night. In net,
Giselle Amezcua tallied a season best 16 saves in 60 minutes of action.
On day two, the Mountaineers and Warriors battled at dawn with the game starting bright and early at 8 a.m. In the contest, Buckley once again led the way in goals scored as she found the back of the net twice. She also took eight shots in the game.
Kennedi Tuliau and
Jaiden Mitchell each scored a goal in the game as well for the Mountaineers. Tuliau also finished with three caused turnovers on the defensive side of the ball.
Marisol Trevino led the way in draw controls winning four in the contest.
Amezcua got the start at goalie and she finished with double figure saves once again tallying 11 in 60 minutes played. As a team, EOU forced 11 turnovers against the Warriors and had seven groundball pickups.
The Mountaineers will have a good amount of time off before stepping onto the field again for a game. Their next scheduled games are April 17 and 18. EOU will host a round robin against Corban and Northwest Nazarene.
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