SYLVANIA, Ohio – Davenport notched their eighth straight win, Tara Pluger reached a milestone and Brooke Knoll scored nine goals. Is there anything this team can not accomplish this year?! The Panthers are still undefeated in WHAC play and continue to build their momentum for remainder of their conference schedule and post season play. The current team now has three members that all have over 200 career points, Jessica Lemcke, Pluger and Knoll.
 
THE BASICS
Final Score: #3 Davenport-19 | Lourdes-8
Location: Sylvania, Ohio
Record: Davenport 8-1 (7-0) | Lourdes 2-7 (1-5)
 
GOALS PER PERIOD
First period: DU-11 | LU-7
Second period: DU-8 | LU-1
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Davenport found themselves in unfamiliar territory as they were down 2-1 early in the game. The Panthers quickly erased that deficit and the Grey Wolves would go goal for goal with DU for the opening five minutes. With 14:29 remaining in the first half the score was tied 6-6 after back to back Lourdes goals. Over the next 14 and a half minutes the Panthers out scored Lourdes 5-1 to take a 11-7 lead at half time. In the first half Knoll had five goals to lead all scorers.
 
The Panthers amped it up in the second period and scored eight un-answered goals. Davenport held the Grey Wolves to only one goal during 30 minutes of play. Knoll accounted for half of the goals in the second period and currently has 49 goals on the season. The other four goals of the period were either scored by Lemcke or Taylor Ries.
 
Pluger, after scoring her two goals during this game, now has 100 career goals. She just recently went over the 200-point career milestone as well.
 
INSIDE THE BOX
Maeve Sweeney (3 GB, 2 DC)
Madison Francis (3 GB, CT, 4 DC)
Ryann Deuel (GB, 2 CT, 4 DC)
Lemcke (3 G, 3 P, 2 GB, CT)
Pluger (2 G, 5 A, 7 P, 2 CT)
Knoll (9 G, 9 P, 2 GB 2 DC)
Ries (4 G, A, 5 P, 2 GB, DC)
Alex Yates (30 minutes, 3 saves)
Samantha Powers (30 minutes, 4 saves)


 
UP NEXT
Davenport will host Aquinas on Wednesday and travel to Indiana Tech on Saturday this upcoming week.

Story by: Devin Steiner
 
Photo credit: Daniel Dennis