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WILLIAMSTOWN, MA — Despite a strong
second half, Williams College women's lacrosse (0-1, 0-1
NESCAC) were unable to catch the defending NESCAC champions, Colby
College (1-0, 1-0 NESCAC), in their 2009 season opener. Colby took
advantage of their many free position shots to win the game, 9-8.
The Ephs were the first on the board when
junior Tina Nawrocki capitalized on a pass from senior Brit
Spackman at 23:00. Colby College took no time to respond, with Kate
Sheridan and Kathleen Kramer scoring a goal apiece in the next
three minutes.
The Mules then scored four more goals before
the Ephs could respond. However, Williams
finished the half strong with a free position goal from freshman
Margie Fulton at 3:14 and an unassisted goal from junior Anne Marie
Burke at 2:08 to end the half at a 6-3 deficit.
Neither team kept possession for very long at
the beginning of the second half. Colby scored
two goals and Williams scored one off of free position shots to
bring the score to 8-4 at 18:59. At 18:20 the Ephs went on a three
goal scoring streak to come within one of the
Mules.
Colby's Caroline Atwater capitalized on
a free position shot at 15:06, but junior Whitney Thayer pulled the
Ephs within one again off a pass from freshman Katie Ellis at
8:43. Despite chances
for both sides, neither team was able to score again and the game
ended 9-8 with the Mules on top.
Both teams had strong goaltending with
sophomore Julia Schreiber making 18 saves for the Ephs and Sarah
Warnke turning 9 aside for the Mules. Sheridan
led Colby in points with a hat trick and one assist, while Spackman
and Fulton had two goals and one assist each for the
Ephs.
Ephs head coach Chris Mason thought the Ephs
played well for the season opener, but noted that the team has some
things to work on.
She commented, “It wasn't a bad first
game. Colby was a strong team, but we need to
clean up the fouls on defense and catch the ball on
offense.” Mason
noted that junior Alice Nelson and freshman Meera Sivalingam played
particularly well on defense and Fulton was “very poised on
attack.”
The Ephs next game is Thursday, March,
12th at 5:00pm on Williams College's Renzie Lamb
field.
