Wednesday, April 11
Boiling Springs, NC
6 P.M.
Radford University
5-8, 2-2Big South
22
at
14
Gardner-Webb
2-12, 0-4Big South
| Team | 1 | 2 | Final F |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radford | 9 | 13 | 22 |
| Gardner-Webb | 11 | 3 | 14 |
BONNEL, RIUS COME UP HUGE IN 22-14 WIN OVER GWU
4/11/2018 9:01:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse
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GAME INFORMATION
BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. – It was a night to remember for the Radford women's lacrosse team as juniors Callie Bonnel and Adrian Rius provided two historic performances to fuel a 22-14 victory over Gardner-Webb on Wednesday.
Bonnel was sensational in the attacking third, scoring a program record eight goals while supplying five assists to total another program record and tie the Big South record for points with 13. Entering the game with 34 goals on the season, the Mechanicsville, Md. native now has a career-high 42.
Rius set a program record with 10 draw controls against Fresno State on March 29, but she shattered that record. Against the Runnin' Bulldogs, the Boca Raton, Fla. native set another school record and even broke the Big South record with an incredible 16 draw controls. For reference, the previous Big South record was 13 by Campbell's Loren Day.
She scored a career-high seven goals to boot. Both players tied with 13 shots taken, setting yet another program record in the process.
Gardner-Webb came out firing, scoring the first two goals of the game to go ahead 2-0 early. It was Bonnel that gave Radford its first goal of the night with 27:24 still on the clock in the first half.
The Highlanders and Runnin' Bulldogs went back-and-forth for the majority of the half. There were seven ties while Radford took the lead twice and Gardner-Webb jumped out in front five different times.
Even though GWU took an 11-9 lead into halftime, Bonnel was always there to keep the team in it, scoring six of her goals and adding two of her assists before the break.
The second half was all Radford as four goals in the first five minutes flipped a two-goal deficit into a two-goal lead and the Highlanders were off and running from there.
Rius scored six of her seven goals in the final 26:44 while the defense buckled down and held the Runnin' Bulldogs to just three goals as a team. After scoring their first two of the night in less than three minutes, it took them nearly 15 minutes to score two in the second half.
Redshirt sophomore goalie Hannah Rosen was a huge part of that defensive turnaround. With the Highlanders struggling to stop the GWU offense, Head Coach Haley Marvine made the decision to put Rosen in the game with 45 minutes left to play. In those 45 minutes, Rosen made 10 saves to post a sterling .556 save percentage.
Two more goals in the final minute lifted Radford's total to 22, marking a new season-high.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
AROUND THE BIG SOUTH
Winthrop 16, Campbell 9
Liberty 22, Longwood 7
High Point 19, Presbyterian 1
UP NEXT
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GAME INFORMATION
- Score: Radford 22, Gardner-Webb 14
- Records: Radford (5-8, 2-2 BSC) | GWU (2-12, 0-4 BSC)
- Location: Spangler Stadium (Boiling Springs, N.C.)
BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. – It was a night to remember for the Radford women's lacrosse team as juniors Callie Bonnel and Adrian Rius provided two historic performances to fuel a 22-14 victory over Gardner-Webb on Wednesday.
Bonnel was sensational in the attacking third, scoring a program record eight goals while supplying five assists to total another program record and tie the Big South record for points with 13. Entering the game with 34 goals on the season, the Mechanicsville, Md. native now has a career-high 42.
Rius set a program record with 10 draw controls against Fresno State on March 29, but she shattered that record. Against the Runnin' Bulldogs, the Boca Raton, Fla. native set another school record and even broke the Big South record with an incredible 16 draw controls. For reference, the previous Big South record was 13 by Campbell's Loren Day.
She scored a career-high seven goals to boot. Both players tied with 13 shots taken, setting yet another program record in the process.
Gardner-Webb came out firing, scoring the first two goals of the game to go ahead 2-0 early. It was Bonnel that gave Radford its first goal of the night with 27:24 still on the clock in the first half.
The Highlanders and Runnin' Bulldogs went back-and-forth for the majority of the half. There were seven ties while Radford took the lead twice and Gardner-Webb jumped out in front five different times.
Even though GWU took an 11-9 lead into halftime, Bonnel was always there to keep the team in it, scoring six of her goals and adding two of her assists before the break.
The second half was all Radford as four goals in the first five minutes flipped a two-goal deficit into a two-goal lead and the Highlanders were off and running from there.
Rius scored six of her seven goals in the final 26:44 while the defense buckled down and held the Runnin' Bulldogs to just three goals as a team. After scoring their first two of the night in less than three minutes, it took them nearly 15 minutes to score two in the second half.
Redshirt sophomore goalie Hannah Rosen was a huge part of that defensive turnaround. With the Highlanders struggling to stop the GWU offense, Head Coach Haley Marvine made the decision to put Rosen in the game with 45 minutes left to play. In those 45 minutes, Rosen made 10 saves to post a sterling .556 save percentage.
Two more goals in the final minute lifted Radford's total to 22, marking a new season-high.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Radford tied its program record with 46 shots taken. The last time they took 46 shots was on April 5, 2017, also against Gardner-Webb
- The Highlanders put 36 of their 46 shots on goal, forcing 14 saves from Gardner-Webb goalie Katie Sylvester
- Juliette Ruland and Brittany Rinaldi each scored two goals while Lindsey Carroll scored one of her own
- Emma Rogers and Jennifer Shield supplied their teammates with one assist each
- Radford earned a 21-13 advantage on draw controls thanks in large part to Rius' big night
- The Highlanders caused nine turnovers compared to just six for the Runnin' Bulldogs
- Twelve of 15 clear attempts were good for Radford
AROUND THE BIG SOUTH
Winthrop 16, Campbell 9
Liberty 22, Longwood 7
High Point 19, Presbyterian 1
UP NEXT
- This Saturday, April 14 at Noon, the Highlanders will be in Buies Creek, N.C. to take Campbell at Barker-Lane Stadium
- The Camels are 6-8 overall with a 2-2 clip in the Big South after falling to Winthrop on Wednesday night
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Players Mentioned
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RAD
GWU
Shots
46
31
Turnovers
14
19
Caused Turnovers
9
6
Draw Controls
21
13
Free-Position Shots
15
7
Ground Balls
14
15
Game Leaders
G
8
A
5
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
1
CT
1
G
7
A
0
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
1
CT
1
G
2
A
0
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
2
CT
2
G
2
A
0
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
1
CT
0
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