The Jacksonville University women’s lacrosse team was gutted for the second time this season by the University of Colorado.
By the same score.
On a winning goal by the same player.
The only difference is that the latest heartbreaker came in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
Colorado scored three goals in a row in the fourth quarter to erase an 8-6 JU lead, then got the go-ahead goal with 6:06 left by freshman Rowan Edson to beat the Dolphins 10-9 at Prentup Field in Boulder, Colo., overcoming a career-high five goals by sophomore Shae Hagans and ending JU’s season on anything but a Rocky Mountain High.
Jacksonville (13-5), which won its 10th ASUN Championship on May 2, played the Buffaloes at home on April 6 and lost in overtime 10-9 when Edson scored with three minutes left.
The Dolphins trailed 4-1 after the first quarter and 6-4 at halftime but Hagans, last year’s ASUN Freshman of the Year, scored the last goal in the second period unassisted. She then scored the first two of the third period, off feeds from Ainsley Scruggs and Jessica Giller, and Julia Nicholson scored off an Allyx Berry assist to give the Dolphins a 7-6 lead entering the fourth quarter.
Maeve Brennan made it 8-6 when she scored 1:25 into the fourth period off a Berry feed but Colorado went ahead 9-8 in less than four minutes with Teagan scoring two of the three unanswered goals.
Jacksonville tied the game for the last time on Hagans’ unassisted goal with 9:51 left but Colorado sealed up its defense, Edson scored the tie-breaking goal and the Dolphins had only one more shot on goal and four turnovers over the final six minutes.
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: JU women’s lacrosse suffers another one-goal loss to Colorado in NCAAs
Reporting by Garry Smits, Jacksonville Florida Times-Union / Florida Times-Union
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