CASTINE, Maine – Maine Maritime Academy women's lacrosse fell to
Johnson State College on Saturday afternoon 12-9 in North Atlantic
Conference action.
The Badgers jumped out to a 4-0 lead with 21:58 remaining in the
first half, but the Mariners fought back on back-to-back goals from Briana Obshatkin
(Dedham, Mass.) to close the gap to 4-2. Johnson State's Brittney Malik
grabbed an unassisted goal at 9:06, to extend the Badgers' lead to 5-3.
Sierra James
(Campton, N.H.) connected on a free position shot at 8:43 to close the
gap to two goals, but Malik scored just seconds later to make it 6-3. Rachael Redles (Coopersburg, Pa.) scored on a pass from Obshatkin at 5:26, and the Mariners entered the halftime down 6-4.
James grabbed her second free position goal of the game to open up
the second half, and Redles
added a goal at 23:45 to tie the game at
6-6. The Badgers responded with four-straight goals to build a 10-6 lead
at 16:56. An unassisted goal from Redles at 15:45 closed the gap to
10-7 but Nichole Weeks grabbed back-to-back goals to put the Badgers up
12-7.
Haley Eckert (Harrington, Maine) tallied her first-career goal on a free position shot at 5:57 and Mary Shea
(Brownfield, Maine) added an unassisted strike with just under two
minutes to play but the Mariners' comeback efforts fell short.
Redles ended the afternoon with her second hat trick of the season,
on eight shots on goal, and both James and Obshatkin tallied two goals
each. Eckert recorded a goal, four ground balls, four caused turnovers
and a draw control, while Shea added a goal, four ground balls and three
draw controls.
Mackenzie Vosburgh (Rhineback, N.Y.) added a team-high five caused turnovers, while scooping up five ground balls and a draw control. Christina Wilson (East Granby, Conn.) led the Mariners with nine ground balls, four caused turnovers and eight saves in net.
The Mariners held the advantage in shots, 30-27 and ground balls
39-30, while going 50 percent on free position attempts (3-for-6) and
21-of-26 on clear attempts.
Weeks led the Badgers with five goals and two assists, while
recording a game-high 14 draw controls, nine ground balls and four
caused turnovers. Malik ended the game with three goals and an assist,
and Kaylyn Rood added two goals and two assists. Kaitlin Boucher tallied
nine saves in net to earn the win for Johnson State.
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