The women’s club lacrosse team opened its season with three league victories this weekend at home.
There were 12 teams from the Northwest Women’s Lacrosse Association, including Washington, Boise State and Seattle University, that participated in the league tournament.
Oregon won its games by a combined score of 45-3. In all three games, the offense ran nearly unopposed and was seemingly scoring at will.
“We’ve practiced really hard and everyone’s very committed to becoming better players and a better team as a whole,” first-year coach Louisa Dorsch said. “It allows us to play everyone and still be that dominant over everybody in our league.”
In its first game against Willamette, Oregon won 13-1 in the pouring Saturday morning rain.
Oregon then played Oregon State at 2 p.m. in a torrential downpour accompanied by lightning and thunder, which suspended the game for five minutes. The Beavers were shut out 15-0.
Oregon State rarely maintained possession of the ball. The Beavers only managed six or so shots on goal.
Oregon played Boise State on Sunday morning in a game that matched two teams with highly contrasting uniform colors: Oregon’s green and yellow versus Boise State’s blue and orange.
Despite the clashing colors, the Duck’s offense was able to focus its attention on the small blue ball and scored three goals before the Bronco’s answered back.
Once Boise State scored, the Ducks switched gears and scored seven straight goals before the Broncos were able to score their second goal of the game. Once again, the Ducks took offense to being scored upon and scored another seven goals, leaving the game at its final score of 17-2.
Under Dorsch, the Ducks have been transformed from a team that narrowly missed the National Tournament into one of the league’s most dominant forces.
Dorsch, formerly the women’s collegiate team goalie, brings her experience to the game through her coaching.
She believes the team is capable of improving, despite last weekend’s near-perfection.
“I think we can do even better. Faced with stiffer competition, we will be able to elevate our game and showcase our skills more,” Dorsch said.
She believes there are certain aspects of their game that need to be worked on.
“We need to work on a little bit more communication. We need to make sure that we are not forcing the ball on offense, and everybody needs to go out and have fun,” Dorsch said.
Dorsch said she has high aspirations as she hopes the team will go undefeated this season and earn a trip to nationals.
Oregon annihilates the competition, 45-3
Daily Emerald
February 7, 2006
Oregon goalie Jenny Collins (33) looks to get the ball downfield against Oregon State Saturday. Collins and the Ducks won their three games last weekend by a combined score of 45-3.
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