Box Score

American AMERICAN 7-9, 3-6 PL

Navy NAVY 14-3, 8-1 PL

American AMERICAN

7-9, 3-6 PL

Final

Apr. 25, 2024

Navy NAVY

14-3, 8-1 PL

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
American AMERICAN	4	3	2	1	10
Navy NAVY	8	4	2	4	18

Game Recap: Lacrosse | 4/25/2024 8:26:00 PM

Lacrosse Ends Season Against #20 Navy

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Despite a program-record 21 saves from junior Caleigh Forti, the American University lacrosse season came to a close as the Eagles fell 18-10 at #20 Navy. American's Patriot League record of 3-6 put it in a four-way tie for fifth place in the standings, but tiebreakers did not fall the Eagles' way for the six-team conference tournament.

BY THE NUMBERS

Forti had a career and program-record night in goal for AU. The junior goalkeeper made 21 saves, with the previous program high being 20. She also led the team with three ground balls.
Becca Frank, for the second game in a row, dropped four goals on the opposition. Classmate Maddy Spratt grabbed three goals for a hat trick evening.
Anabelle Jackson, Hannah Spease, and Alyssa Apuzzo each had one goal. Lizzie de Guzman, Reagan Murdoch, Spease, Jackson, and Frank each had an assist. Apuzzo had two assists.
On the defensive end, Spease had a team-leading four caused turnovers. She also had a ground ball.

HOW IT HAPPENED

After a big-time save on the defensive end from Forti, the Eagles started the scoring when Apuzzo dumped to Spratt perched right in front of the goal.
Quickly after, Navy went on a scoring spree, dropping four goals unanswered, going up 4-1, and forcing an AU timeout with 10:46 left to play. After the timeout, the Mids kept up the pressure and grabbed another goal.
The break in the Navy run came from Spratt who got a brace when she came from behind the goal and slipped the ball between the pipes from a tight angle, Eagles down 5-2.
Navy added more another, but not going away, Spease responded for American. The senior earned a free position shot and sank it. Trading goals back and forth, the Mids tacked on another.
Forti had eight saves alone in the first half, stopping 50% of the shots that came her way, and keeping the Eagles in it, down 8-4 at the end of the first frame.
Apuzzo opened the second frame with an Eagles' goal, narrowing the gap to 8-5, but the Mids kept going, grabbing another three goals. American though, by way of Frank and Jackson, scored two more goals.
Down 11-7 with five to play before the half, the Eagles were 7-for-9 on shots and forced Navy to make a goalie substitution. The Mids scored another goal for cushion ahead of the half, leading 12-7 at the break.
As it was with the first two periods, the Eagles got the first goal of the third quarter. A goalkeeper error led to Frank picking up a ground ball and Spratt getting the goal, completing the hat trick.
At this point in the game, midway through the third period, Forti had accumulated 17 saves, just three away from matching the program's single-game record of 20. She finished the frame with 19 saves. The Eagles were down 14-9 with one period left to play.
Navy started running away with the game though. After scoring two goals to end the third quarter, they opened the final frame with four more unanswered, up 18-9 with 9:41 to play.
Forti made her 20th and 21st save in quick succession as time wound down in the fourth.
The scoring ended when Murdoch set up Frank to score her fourth of the night, and the final was 18-10 with the advantage to Navy.