Saturday's Women's Lax Recap
Alyssa Thren, Ursinus
Gettysburg 12, Washington College
7
Washington College gave No. 4 Gettysburg College a run for its
money in a Centennial Conference women’s lacrosse match up,
but the Shorewomen had no answer for senior Hannah
Church who finished with a game-high five goals in a
12-7 victory. The Bullets out-shot the Shorewomen 41-18, but
Stephanie Siebert held back the offensive tide with a game-high 16
saves. Church made a major move up Gettysburg’s all-time list
for goals, passing three former All-Americans. She now ranks third
in school history with 188 goals and trails 2010 graduate Hollis
Stahl by just four for second. Church also tied Pam Williams
’88 for sixth in career points with 233. The win also marked
another coaching milestone for Gettysburg mentor Carol Cantele
’83. Cantele, who earned her 300th career win in
women’s lacrosse against McDaniel on April 4, earned her
400th victory as a head coach at Gettysburg. The total includes her
121 wins as coach of the field hockey team from 1992 to 2001 and
the 279 she has accrued in 20 seasons at the helm of the
women’s lacrosse team.
Franklin & Marshall 18, Haverford
5
Erin
Dunne netted a game-high five goals to lead No. 7 Franklin
& Marshall to an 18-5 win over Haverford in a Centennial
Conference (CC) women's lacrosse game Saturday. The Diplomats,
which won their sixth straight game, improved to 12-2, 7-0 CC while
the Fords fell to 5-9, 3-4 CC. The Diplomats were a perfect 14 of
14 on clear attempts while Haverford only converted 11 of 20.
F&M won 16 of 25 draws and forced 17 turnovers while Kelsey
Hoffman stopped five shots in goal to improve to 12-2.
Ursinus 15, McDaniel 13
Ursinus senior attack Alyssa
Thren (Barto, Pa./Upper Perkiomen) had five goals, including
one with 3:14 left to go that helped to give Ursinus (8-6, 4-3
Centennial) a 15-13 shoot out win over McDaniel (6-8, 3-5
Centennial) Saturday afternoon in women's lacrosse play. The win
helped Ursinus inch one step closer to the Centennial Conference
playoffs. Junior attack Lauren
Garganio (Medford, N.J./Shawnee), senior attack Emily
Diehl (Lebanon, N.J./Voorhees) and sophomore midfielder Nicole
Kovacs (Sewell, N.J./Gloucester Catholic) each had two goals
for the Bears, while Garganio added in two assists. Paige
Messersmith had five goals for the Green Terror and an assist.
Swarthmore 15, Dickinson 9
Seniors Marie
Mutryn and Annelise
Mowry stole the show on senior day, combining for seven goals
to lead the Swarthmore women's lacrosse team (10-4, 4-3 CC) to a
dominant 15-9 victory over the Dickinson Red Devils (6-8, 3-4 CC)
at Clothier Field on Saturday. Mutryn led the Garnet with four
goals, two assists and four ground balls while Mowry scored a hat
trick. Junior All-America candidate Annalise
Penikis added three goals and two assists while junior Beth
Martin also added three goals. Sophomore Corinne
Sommi closed out the scoring with a pair of goals. The win puts
the Garnet in a third-place tie with Washington College and
Ursinus in the Centennial Conference standings with two games to
play. The Garnet and Shorewomen will meet on Tuesday in
Chestertown, with each looking to earn a spot in the upcoming
Centennial Conference playoffs. For the Red Devils, Kaity Moore led
the offense with three goals and one assist.
Muhlenberg 17, Bryn Mawr 2
While the Muhlenberg women’s lacrosse game with Bryn
Mawr was already well in hand, the Mule crowd reached a crescendo
when senior Becky Ritter got the ball in the offense end in the
closing minutes. And after she pulled the ball out on a pair of
free-position attempts, screams of “Shoot Becky,
shoot,” came from the stands. When she got her third attempt
at a free shot, Ritter took advantage, scoring the first of her two
goals in the final 1:41 to help the Mules pick up their first
Centennial Conference win of the season, 17-2 over Bryn Mawr (2-10,
0-8).
