Michigan
1-0
Jacksonville
0-1
Michigan Opens 2020 Season with Road Win at Jacksonville
2/9/2020 3:46:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse
» Michigan earned a 10-8 season-opening victory over Jacksonville on Sunday (Feb. 9) at D.B. Milne Field.
» Caitlin Muir had three points with two goals and an assist.
» Chandler Kirby scored a pair of goals, including the game-winner.
» Maggie Kane had six draw control wins, two caused turnovers and a goal.
» Michigan next will travel to California for a Saturday (Feb. 15) contest at USC.
Site: Jacksonville, Fla. (D.B. Milne Field)
Score: #9 Michigan 10, Jacksonville 8
Records: U-M (1-0), JU (0-1)
Next U-M Event: Saturday, Feb. 15 -- at USC (Los Angeles, Calif.), Noon PST
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- In a back-and-forth opening-day game, Chandler Kirby's goal with 11:40 remaining in the second half proved to be the game-winner as the No. 9-ranked University of Michigan women's lacrosse team defeated Jacksonville, 10-8, on Sunday (Feb. 9) at D.B. Milne Field.
Junior Caitlin Muir had three points on the day with two goals and one assist, while Molly Garrett and Kirby scored a pair of goals each.
Two Wolverines made their first career appearances in Kaley Thompson, who scored her first career goal, and Mariana Lopez-Ona, who saw time on the field.
Michigan outshot Jacksonville, 30-22, and won 12 draw controls compared to the Dolphins' seven. Junior Maggie Kane led the Wolverines on the draw with six wins, while Garrett had four.
Junior Arielle Weissman started in net and made seven saves, including some key stops on free-position attempts for Jacksonville.
Defensively, Kane and Caroline Witkowski had two caused turnovers, while four Wolverines had two ground balls each.
JU took an early 4-1 lead before Michigan went on a 3-0 run, including back-to-back goals from Muir, to tie the game at 4 with just under 15 mintues to play in the first half.
Both teams added a pair of goals in the remaining minutes of the half and headed into halftime tied at 6. Garrett and Muir led the Wolverines with two goals each in the opening 30 minutes.
Michigan opened the second half with two straight goals before Jacksonville surged back with two of its own to knot the score at 8 with 17:12 left. The Wolverines appeared to have taken back the lead with 15 minutes remaining, but the goal was negated by a dangerous follow-through call.
Minutes later, Kirby tallied her second goal of the game on a free-position shot that gave Michigan the lead for good before Nadine Stewart scored an insurance goal with 5:21 on the clock.
Michigan will be back in action Saturday (Feb. 15) when it travels west to Los Angeles to take on USC. The game is scheduled for a noon PST start and will be featured live on the Pac-12 Networks.
