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WILLIAMSTOWN, MA – Williams
women's lacrosse (10-5, 4-5 NESCAC) lost to NESCAC rival
Middlebury (8-4, 7-2 NESCAC) after a slow start.
This was the last home game for the Ephs' five
seniors: Julia Nawrocki, Britt Spackman, Lizzie
Burns, Antonia Clark, and Amina Pookrum.
Despite successful draw controls for Williams,
Middlebury dominated the first quarter of the
game. The Panthers scored eight goals, before
freshman Margie Fulton scored off a nice feed from Julia Nawrocki
at 17:03. However, it
was not enough to break the Panther's
momentum. They scored three more goals to bring
the score to 11-1.
Freshman Katie Ellis scored an unassisted goal
at 8:26, and the half started to look up for the
Ephs. Lindsey McBride put one in the net for
Middlebury, but it was followed by Ephs goals from junior Tracey
Ferriter and Julia Nawrocki. In the last five
minutes of the half, Williams tallied three more goals and
Middlebury added another two. The half ended
with the Panthers up 14-7.
Middlebury was again first on the board in the
second half with goals from Sally Ryan and Dana
Heritage. However, the Ephs' settled
attack became more successful as the half went
on. Williams scored three consecutive goals from
freshman Taylor Fleishhacker, junior Whitney Thayer, and sophomore
Ali Page.
Britt Spackman scored two goals for the Ephs
in the last ten minutes of the game, and the Panthers added two of
their own as well.
While the Ephs won the half 5-4, it was not enough and they lost
the game 18-12.
Ephs head coach Chris Mason noted that her
teams slow start cost them the game. “We
made a lot of unforced errors and threw away passes in the
beginning, and then we got nervous. Once we
settled down, we played better.”
Sophomore goaltender Julia Schreiber made four
saves for the Ephs, and Blair Bowie made nine saves for
Middlebury. All of
Bowie's saves came in the second half.
Williams will next play Sunday, April
26th at Trinity in the first round of the NESCAC
tournament. Game time is 12 p.m.
