WASHINGTON – The No. 21 Georgetown University women's lacrosse squad (4-1) will host the George Washington University Colonials on Tuesday at Cooper Field. The opening draw is scheduled for 3 p.m. and it will be the second game in a doubleheader with the Hoya men. Live stats and a webcast ($) featuring Monika Moore will be available at www.GUHoyas.com.
 
The Hoyas used a late second half run to pull away and defeat the University of Delaware Blue Hens 15-11 on Saturday at Delaware Stadium.  Senior attacker Taylor Gebhardt (Baldwinsville, N.Y. / C.W. Baker) led the way with four goals and two assists for six points, while classmate Morgan Ryan (Maplewood, N.J. / Oak Knoll School) added four goals on the afternoon.  Senior midfielder Francesca Whitehurst (Baltimore, Md. / Roland Park Country School) posted two goals and two assists and junior attacker Emily Ehle (Baldwinsville, N.Y. / Christian Brothers Academy) had one goal to go along with a squad-high four assists.  In total, eight Hoyas scored a point in the victory.
 
The Hoyas outshot the Blue Hens 24-19 and pulled in 15 draw controls to Delaware's 13.  GU was 2 for 7 on free position shots while limiting the Blue Hens to a 2 of 4 performance. Additionally, the defense forced 16 turnovers, eight caused, as GU committed just 14 in the contest.  Freshman midfielder Jordyn Sabourin (Catonsville, Md. / Notre Dame Prep) led the Blue & Gray with five draw controls, and Whitehurst added two.  Senior defender Josephine Zinn (Franklin Lakes, N.J. / Immaculate Heart Academy) had a big game with three caused turnovers to her credit.  In goal, senior Haelle Chomo (Naples, Fla. / Barron Collier) managed five saves.
 
Gebhardt leads the team in scoring with 14 goals and eight assists for 22 points on the season. She is followed by Whitehurst who has 17 points on six goals and 11 assists. Ryan and junior Natalia Lynch (Smithtown, N.Y. / Smithtown West) are in third and fourth, respectively.  Ryan has a squad-high 15 goals on the year and Lynch has nine goals and four assists for 13 points on the season.   
 
Lynch has 21 draw controls on the year, and Zinn along with junior Noelle Peragine (Northport, N.Y. / Northport) lead the defense with nine caused turnovers each. In goal, Chomo has played a majority of the minutes in the cage with 35 saves and an 8.88 goal-against average for the season.
 
The Colonials were dealt a 15-8 defeat on Friday by the visiting California Golden Bears to fall to 1-3 on the season. Cal led from start to finish, scoring the first four goals of the game and building an eight-goal lead at its largest. GW would go on to match the visitors in the second half, with each team tallying five scores.  Tori Hampton paces the squad with 18 points on nine goals and three assists. In goal, Jenna Oler has played every minute with 35 saves and a 12.00 goals-against average.
 
The Hoyas are 4-0 all-time against the Colonials and 2-0 at home.  The last meeting was a 16-5 Georgetown victory during the 2017 season on the road at GW's Mount Vernon campus.  Whitehurst led the way with five goals and one assist as well as 10 draw controls in the contest as the Hoyas pulled away in the second half.  The last contest at Cooper Field was a 17-2 GU win during the 2009 campaign.  That was the end of a three-year series.
 
Admission for both games of the doubleheader will be free.