BOX SCORE
WILLIAMSTOWN, MA––After a
slow start, the women's lacrosse team (6-4/NESCAC 3-3)
rallied to squeak by Skidmore (5-5) in today's 15-11
victory.
Skidmore registered three unanswered goals in the first
seven minutes of the game. Eph sophomore Margie Fulton scored a
goal to close the deficit, but Skidmore's Lindsay Stavola
responded quickly. Moments later senior co-captain Whitney Thayer,
assisted by Fulton, netted her first goal of the game, starting a
stream of Eph goals. Senior Tracey Ferriter and freshman Sam
Weinstein followed with two unassisted goals, making the score 4-3
in the Ephs favor with 13 minutes left to play in the half.
Sophomore Taylor Fleishhacker, with help from fellow sophomore
Katie Ellis, scored next, with Ellis netting one off of a feed from
Meera Sivalingam three minutes later. Weinstein and Fulton,
with help from junior Anne Marie Burke, scored two more to give the
Ephs a 8-4 lead at the close of the half.
Williams got the second half off to a rolling start,
putting away four more goals before Skidmore was able to respond.
Fulton and Ellis connected twice, with Ellis scoring her second
goal of hte game and Fulton her third. Thayer and fellow senior
Whitney Kelly also contributed.
After Thoroughbred Lauren McCarty snuck one behind junior
goalkeeper Julia Schreiber at 16:07, the Ephs put two more away,
with Fleishhacker netting her second of the game off a pass from
freshman Katie Pettengill. Thayer scored her third, and final goal
of the game off of a free position shot.
Skidmore finally got their offense together with 11:54
left in the game, scoring four goals on sophomore Kate Foley who
had earlier subbed-out for Schreiber, making the score 14-9.
Weinstein slipped in one more goal before the Thoroughbreds put in
two more, making the final score 15-11.
Head Coach Chris Mason said “we got off to a bit of
a slow start, but we had the lead, and were plying pretty well, by
the end of the half. We have a big team and I wanted to get more
people in, to have them gain experience and save legs for the
upcoming games. As a result our lead got a little closer than we
would have liked. It was a good day for learning and I was happy to
have a lot of people contribute. Schreibs had a great game
today and Foley was able to get in and gain experience. It was a
good day for learning and I was happy to have a lot of people
contribute”
The Ephs travel to Cambridge, MA tomorrow to take on MIT
at 7pm.
