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James Madison Club made its first appearance in the national championship, and brought home the US Lacrosse WCLA Division II title with a 19-11 victory over Utah. Catherine Flood led the Dukes with four goals in the final. Julia Joo added three goals, one day after scoring the game-winner with 34 seconds left in a wild 14-13 semifinal win over Loyola (Md.) Club.
“We had our goal from the beginning of the season — it was nationals, nationals, nationals,” player/coach Shannon Wheeler said. “We finally made it here and we’re so excited. Winning is just the icing on the cake.”
Jennifer Perry scored three goals in James Madison Club’s 19-11 win over Utah in the WCLA Division II final.
Maddie Garcia scored 15 goals in the WCLA tournament, bandaged shoulder and all.
suffered on the same field last year, piled up 12 points in a 23-13 win over Cal poly in the semifinals and ignited a key three-goal run in the first half of the championship game. Maddie Garcia earned most outstanding attacker honors with a bandaged shoulder and bum ankle. “We played through broken bones, pulled muscles, torn shoulders,” Bernstein said. “that says a lot about our team. We’re willing to do whatever it takes.” as juniors, Colorado State’s Class of 2013 had already won two national championships and entered the 2012 tournament as the no. 1 seed on a 14-game winning streak. they were playing in their home state and had dominated foes in their first three games. But suddenly it was over. UC davis Club upset the rams 9-7 in last year’s final. For the first time in their college careers, these rams tasted defeat when it mattered. “i still cried about it up until about a week ago,” said Bernstein, somewhat laughing, somewhat honest. Said Moyer: “We were never going to let that happen
again.”
Coach lindsey Hudek, an all-american defender on Colorado State’s 2008 and 2010 championship teams, said the shocking end to her first season at the helm led to a more balanced appraoch this year. “i knew i needed to change my mentality,” Hudek said. “i was so driven with the attack last year that i kind of forgot about the defense. this year was very balanced. We worked on attack and we worked on defense. every part of the field had to be strong. that was the difference this year.”
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the rams made a quality opponent, UC Santa Barbara, look pedestrian in the final. the Gauchos had advanced in dramatic fashion, as lindsay alex set a tournament record with seven assists in their 12-11 semifinal win over Brigham Young. all seven assists came in the second half, including five to Katie Mitchell, who scored the game-winning goal with 14 seconds left to send UC Santa Barbara to the championship game for the first time in history. But Colorado State, which set a tournament record with 76 goals in four games, proved to be too much. the victory further pushes Rams into new territory as the model team — and target — for the rest of the WCla. Cal poly used to be the WCla’s dominant force, winning every national championship from 2001 to 2007. in 2008, Colorado State was the fresh face that ended the Mustangs’ reign, beating them in overtime.
now the rams have reached the title game in five of the last six years, winning four titles. “it’s definitely scary, because the better we do, the more the teams in the WCla hate us, and i know that from experience,” Hudek said. “it’s incredible. the run that poly had for those seven years is what fired us up at CSU to do the same thing. it’s pretty cool, and everybody likes to win.” Winning is something Colorado State did all 22 times it stepped on the field this season. the rams became the first undefeated national champion and the first no. 1 seed to win the WCla tournament since Cal poly in 2007. “all week we were saying we’re going to make history,” Bernstein said. “it couldn’t have turned out any better.” LM
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