CLEVELAND, Tenn. | The University of Alabama in Huntsville women's lacrosse team returned to Gulf South Conference play with the program's first-ever shutout with a 20-0 win over Lee on Saturday afternoon. UAH improves to 11-2 (4-0 GSC), while LU dips to 3-8 (0-4 GSC).
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Turning Point
- The Chargers scored 12 unanswered goals in the first half, before UAH went on to add eight more tallies in the second for the 20-0 victory on Saturday.
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Inside the Box Score
- Senior
Nicole Federovitch led the offense with seven points on five goals and two assists while adding a pair of caused turnovers.
- Freshman
Katie Gerber rated second on the roster with four points with three goals and one assist, as she paced the squad with three ground balls.
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Julianna Chesna notched a team-high three assists to go along with one goal to tie Gebrer with four points on the day.
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Natalie Pachinger registered a team-high six draw controls while scoring two goals and picking up two ground balls.
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Leslie Allen Brown played 53:30 in goal for the Chargers to improve to 11-2 on the season, allowing zero goals and totaling four saves. Brown and freshman
Emma Gould combined for the program's first-ever shutout.
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Megan Hartnett finished second on the roster with four draw controls in addition to adding two goals.
- UAH held the edge in ground balls (15-2) and draw controls (15-7).
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Inside the Flow
- Federovitch netted four of her first five goals in the opening 20 minutes as UAH held a 9-0 lead with 10 minutes to go in the frame.
- O'Brien paced the offense in the second half with three goals to help UAH to a 20-0 win.
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Noteworthy
- This was UAH's first shutout in program history, after holding the opposition to one goal on two occasions most recently on March 11, 2019 against Ursuline.
- UAH has scored 20 or more goals in two games this season, with today's 20-0 victory the largest margin of victory of the year.
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Next Time Out
- The Chargers continue GSC play next Sunday at Young Harris.