Over the weekend, Bucknell Women’s Lacrosse traveled to Washington, D.C. to face off against American University. Despite a close score, Bucknell fell short 12-9.
Early on in the game, the two squads went back and forth in scoring. Both teams went on separate 3-0 runs, which allowed the Bison to come out to an 8-4 lead with 5:43 in the first half. However, with 2:45 left in the second quarter, the Eagles scored, kicking off their scoring streak which lasted deep into the fourth quarter.
In the third quarter, American scored six unanswered goals, outshot the Bison 11-5 and led 4-2 in draw controls.
However, in the fourth quarter, the momentum shifted. Bucknell had the bulk of the opportunities in the fourth leading 7-3 in shots. Unfortunately, only two shots were on target. After a 32-minute scoring drought for the Bison, Caroline Sheridan ’26 put away a much-needed goal cutting American’s lead to 11-9. Bucknell was able to take three more shots, but all went wide, and American added one more insurance goal with 14 seconds left to play.
During the game, Taylor Kopan ’24 earned her second consecutive hat trick, while five other Bison players found the back of the net.
Megan Krestinski ’26 led all players with five points on four assists and one goal, Braeden Siverson ’27 scored two goals and tallied a team-high three caused turnovers and Katie Browne ’26 scored and led the team with three draw controls.
In goal, Colleen Kazanjian ’25 totaled nine saves.
Bucknell is now 2-4 in the Patriot League and will return home on Saturday, April 20th to host Army at 1 p.m.
