MADISON, NJ (February 28, 2020)- FDU Women's Lacrosse opened their 2019-20 campaign on Friday afternoon, falling to Moravian College 16-5. After the loss, the Devils fall to 0-1 on the young season while the Greyhounds improve to 2-1.

FIRST HALF
Moravian controlled the offensive tempo throughout the first half of play. Freshman goalie Maddy Apap recorded her first collegiate save just 40-seconds in to keep the game scoreless early. The Greyhounds would finally break through at the 22:04 mark to take a 1-0 lead. After four more goals from the visiting team, increasing the score to 5-0, Devils freshman Emma Ciquera responded for FDU, scoring her first goal of the season and cutting the lead to four. Moravian would again score five straight, putting the offensive pressure on FDU. With the lead 10-1 in favor of the Greyhounds, senior Madison Wood put one past the Moravian goalkeeper with 2:31 left in the first half. The Greyhounds would add two more goals before halftime, holding a 12-2 lead at the break.

SECOND HALF
The Devils came out hot in the second half of play, scoring a goal just one-minute and 10-seconds in off the stick of freshman Kylee Garcia. After Moravian netted two more past Apap, the Devils offense continued to attack, with shots recorded by Garcia and junior Olivia Chaoush at the 20:35 and 20:12 marks. The pressure paid off five-minutes later for FDU, as junior Mia Michaelides netted her first of the season to cut the Moravian lead to 13-4. Moravian again responded with two more goals to extend the lead to double-digits. Wood would go on to score her second of the game as time expired, leaving the final score 16-5 in favor or Moravian.

LEAD DEVIL
Wood led the way for the Devils offense netting two goals on the day.

FIRST TIMERS
Freshmen Ciquera and Garcia both scored their first collegiate goals.

COACHES THOUGHTS
"You never want to pick specific reasons as to why games go a certain way, but looking at our team, we had five freshman starting and it was a high level first game. We were excited and ready for today, but our poor play early on effected us later in the game. The hope is the experience our young players had tonight will help them grow, and the good thing is we don't have to sit on this loss because we return tomorrow and have a chance for a fresh start against St. Joseph's Long Island. Our players are excited to get back on the field and take steps forward. I'm extremely happy and excited for the leadership team we have and how us as a group, and our freshman, responded from the first to second half." 

UP NEXT
FDU returns to action tomorrow, February 29^th when they host St. Joseph's College Long Island at 1 PM.