Box Score
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Sophomore Tina Nawrocki scored three goals and
assisted on another Thursday as the William College women's
lacrosse team opened its season with a 15-7 win over MIT.
Four other Ephs scored two goals in the victory, while first
year goalie Julia Schreiber came up with 11 saves in her first
collegiate start.
Williams (1-0) will play host to Tufts Saturday at 11 a.m.
"I think we started out sloppily, but by the second half of the
first half we were playing better and then in the second half we
played even better," Williams head coach Chris Mason said. "So
we're happy with this win and we just want to keep improving each
game."
Williams overcame its sloppy start to build a 6-2 halftime lead.
Senior Sarah Adkins scored two goals and assisted on four others
for the Ephs. Britt Spackman, Whitney Thayer and Whitney Kelly
scored two goals each for the victors.
Adkins earned her first assist on a strike by Whitney Thayer
2:50 into the contest. Flynn registered the equalizer and Erica
Little put MIT ahead courtesy of a free-position shot at the 19:33
mark. Following a caused turnover by Sara duPont, Adkins found Tina
Nawrocki for the first of her back-to-back goals. Whitney Kelly
increased Williams' advantage to 4-2 when she connected on
pass from Britt Spackman with 8:03 on the clock. Adkins recorded a
free-position shot and converted a feed from Nawrocki to increase
the margin to 6-2 at the intermission.
The Ephs struck twice during the first two minutes of the second
stanza with Thayer and Julia Nawrocki posting the goals. Flynn
snapped the string of seven unanswered goals by finding the back of
the net at 20:57. Spackman countered with a pair of goals as Anne
Marie Burke and Adkins earned the assists.
The Engineers narrowed the gap to 10-4 when Laura Watson went
end-to-end with 16:43 on the clock. An unassisted strike by duPont
sparked a three-goal spurt that featured a free-position tally from
Tracey Ferriter and a blast from Kelly. After Molly McCartin won
the ensuing draw for MIT, Flynn quickly went to the cage for the
hat-trick.
Tina Nawrocki raised Williams' lead to nine (14-5) with
7:12 left to play, but the Engineers continued to attack.
Free-position goals by Flynn and Stephanie Brenman cut the Cardinal
and Gray's deficit in half (14-7) with 3:15 remaining. The
Ephs maintained possession of the ball down the stretch as Alice
Nelson capped the scoring inside the final minute.
