Amaya Named CACC Defensive Player of the Week, Galantich Garners Honor Roll Mention
New Haven, Conn. – (3/26/2018) – Junior Valeria Amaya (Oakland, Calif.) improved her season record to 2-2 and made 10 saves in Chestnut Hill College’s recent 10-9 triumph at the University of Bridgeport to be named the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Women’s Lacrosse Defensive Player of the Week. Meanwhile, senior attack Julia Galantich (Clinton Corners, N.Y.) earned mention on the CACC Women’s Lacrosse Honor Roll, tallying the game-winner as the exclamation point on a four-point performance that facilitated the Griffin victory in the highly-competitive affair.
Chestnut Hill College (2-2) scored the first two goals of the contest as Galantich found junior midfielder Julia Reinert (Bridgeport, Pa.) for the first, 1-0, at 27:13 and six minutes later (21:01) senior midfielder Hunter Leckonby (Charleston, S.C.) located sophomore midfielder Spencer Fitzgerald (Huntingtown, Md.). The University of Bridgeport (1-4) put a mark on the scoreboard soon after (2-1, 20:11), but a second Reinert goal (3-1, 19:07) was only the precursor to a string of three unassisted Griffin goals; sophomore attack Dai Pearson (Pottstown, Pa.) had the first two (11:29, 10:37) and Galantich the last (5:45), leaving the Scarlet and Gold with a 6-2 advantage that the Purple Knights trimmed to 6-3 (2:16) by halftime.
Pearson opened the second half scoring with a free position goal at 29:19, 7-3, but the Purple Knights matched the penalty strike with one of their own (7-4, 27:48) and reduced the Griffin lead to two goals, 7-5, a little more than a minute later (26:23). Reinert completed a pass from senior midfielder Erica McLaughlin (Magnolia, N.J.) to restore Chestnut Hill College’s three-goal advantage, 8-5, at 25:41 and two minutes later (23:26) Galantich located sophomore attack Haley Norwillo (Duryea, Pa.) to extend the Scarlet and Gold lead to four goals, 9-5. The Griffins held that advantage for nearly 16 minutes as the Purple Knights’ final push began with a free position score at 7:50 (9-6). They scored again at 7:11 (9-7) and could have completed the comeback save Galantich’s game-winner at 1:17 (10-7).
The Chestnut Hill College women’s lacrosse team returns continues their CACC schedule tomorrow, Tuesday, March 27, with a 4:30 p.m. contest at Jefferson University.
