Box Score
HARTFORD, CT – Williams women's
lacrosse (11-5, 4-5 NESCAC) advances to the NESCAC semi-finals with
a hard fought victory over the Trinity Bantams (10-4, 5-4
NESCAC). Eph senior
Julia Nawrocki led the team to victory with five goals and two
assists.
Trinity capitalized on Eph penalties early in
the game, with two goals off of free position shots Carrie
Disa also added an unassisted goal for Trinity to give them a 3-0
lead only six minutes into the game. However,
the Ephs picked it up in the next ten minutes, scoring five goals
and giving up none. Julia Nawrocki scored three and freshman Margie
Fulton hit the other two to give Williams a 5-3
advantage.
Williams sophomore Ali Page answered the
Bantam's next goal with one of her own off a pass from
freshman Taylor Fleishhacker. Trinity fought back to tie the game
at 6-6 with 2:24 to play in the half. However, Fulton netted an
unassisted goal at 1:56 and the Ephs ended the half up
7-6.
Trinity once again took the lead less then two
minutes into the second half as a result of two more free position
goals. Julia Nawrocki
scored another unassisted goal to tie the game, and Senior Britt
Spackman tipped the advantage back to the Ephs at
24:11. The Ephs maintained the lead for the rest
of the game.
The Bantams pulled within one again at 19:45,
but Williams went on a four goal-scoring streak to secure the
lead. Trinity managed
to get shots off, but sophomore goalie Julia Schreiber came up some
key saves.
Williams was up by four with five minutes to
go, but the Bantams broke though the Eph stall to score twice
more. However, the
Trinity rally was not enough to catch the Ephs, and the game ended
with 15-13 victory for Williams.
Schreiber made 13 saves for the Ephs, and
Bantam goalie Gina Dinallo stopped 8.
Williams head coach Chris Mason noted that it
was a hard fought battle. “It was a lot of
back and forth, but even when Trinity took the lead, we
didn't gave up. They had great ball handling and draw
controls.”
Mason noted that it was a team effort, with
many players contributing at key moments. “Schreiber made
some key saves, and the whole defense played well, particularly
Antonia Clark. Julia
Nawrocki, Margie Fulton, Lizzie Burns, and Ali Page all had key
goals, and Britt Spackman worked incredibly hard throughout the
game.”
The Ephs will travel to Tufts May
2nd to play the top-seeded Jumbos at noon in the
semi-finals of the NESCAC tournament.
