Fritts, Brokaw shine for Colby College women's lacrosse in tough loss

WATERVILLE, Maine -- Colby College's Sasha Fritts scored four goals and defender Jackie Brokaw had a big game, but Bowdoin College scored three of the final four goals and then held on for a 12-11 NESCAC women's lacrosse win Wednesday at Bill Alfond Field.

Katie Miller scored with 4:16 left in the game from Kate McAloon to break an 11-11 tie and send Bowdoin to the victory.

 

The two teams traditionally play a tight game and Wednesday was no exception. The Polar Bears improved to 9-3 overall and 4-3 in the league, while the Mules dropped to 6-5 overall and 2-5 in the league.

 

By the numbers

* Miller finished with four goals and one assist, while Natalie Rudin and Hannah Hirschfeld both had one goal and two assists for Bowdoin. Kara Finnerty and McAloon both had one goal and one assist.

 

* Sasha Fritts tied Miller for a game-high four goals, while teammate Taylor Moore had two goals and one assist. Emma Banks and Kendall Smith also had two goals. Robyn Pirie dished two assists.

 

* The Polar Bears had a 16-9 advantage in draw controls, with Eliza Denious and Finnerty both earning five. McAloon and Allison Williams both had two draws.

 

* McGara DeWan led the Mules with three draw controls. Grace Crowell and Grace Langmuir each had two draws.

 

* Finnerty had four ground balls and Paige Brown had three ground balls. McAloon added two caused turnovers. 

 

* Jackie Brokaw had a big game defensively for Colby with three caused turnovers and five ground balls. Kelsey Otley added two caused turnovers and four ground balls, while fellow defender Melinda Edie had five ground balls. Fritts also had four ground balls.

 

* Bowdoin goaltender Kayli Weiss stopped 10 shots, while Mule keeper Izzy Scribano made nine saves.

 

Game highlights

* The Mules went up 10-9 after Moore scored with 13:45 remaining in the game. However, the Polar Bears scored three of the final four goals. Finnerty tallied on a free-position shot just 30 seconds after Moore's goal to tie it at 10-10.

 

* Miller put the Polar Bears on top 11-10 with her third goal from Hirschfeld with 12:28 to play. The Mules, though, bounced back to tie it at 11 when Smith tallied from Moore with 9:59 remaining.

 

* The Polar Bears had a fine start and took a 4-1 lead after 11 minutes. The Mules spent most of the half in comeback mode and finally tied the game at 6-6 on a Smith goal with 6:57 to intermission. Maddie Hatch put Colby up 7-6 with 4:09 remaining, but McAloon tied the game at halftime with 1:52 remaining.

 

* Bowdoin helped its own cause in the second half with an 8-2 margin in draw controls.

 

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Bowdoin College Women's Lacrosse Scores Early and Often in Win Over Wheaton

Allison Williams had two goals and an assist against Wheaton
Recap, photo courtesy Bowdoin College

BRUNSWICK, Maine - The Bowdoin College women's lacrosse team scored the first ten goals of the game in an eventual 16-5 non-conference win over Wheaton on Sunday afternoon at Ryan Field.

The Polar Bears move to 8-3 this season with the victory while the Lyons fall to 5-6 overall.

Game Highlights

Bowdoin methodically pulled away in the first half, scoring the first ten goals over a span of 22:50.
Katherine Miller scored all of her four goals in the run, which also included two goals from Elizabeth Growney and Kate Kelly.
Maggie Dymes got Wheaton on the scoreboard at 4:43 of the opening half, but Bowdoin's Hannah Hirschfeld notched her second goal of the period with 2:10 to go, giving the hosts a 11-1 lead at intermission.
The Polar Bears outscored the Lyons 5-4 in the running-time second half. Alexandra Logan scored twice for Bowdoin while Katie Peters and Maddy Lahm each had two goals for Wheaton.
By The Numbers

Bowdoin held a 40-12 advantage in shots, including 24-3 in the first half and committed just nine turnovers in the victory.
Katherine Miller led all scorers with four goals for Bowdoin while Kate Kelly had three. Elizabeth Growney and Allison Williams had two goals and an assist each for the Polar Bears.
Maddy Lahm and Katie Peters had two goals apiece for Wheaton.
In goal, Bowdoin's Kayli Weiss (one GA, one save) and Erin Morrissey (four GA, two saves) split halves. Wheaton's Molly Witten made nine saves (13 GA) in the first 42:30 before giving way to Galicia Rothe (three GA, four saves) over the final 17:30.
Up Next

Bowdoin heads to Waterville on Wednesday for an important NESCAC match at Colby at 7:00 p.m.
Wheaton heads to Wellesley for a 4:00 p.m. match Wednesday afternoon.

Deshaies Becomes Husson Women's Lacrosse Career Points Leader in Senior Day Victory over Colby-Sawyer

Recap courtesy of Husson University

BANGOR, Maine - Husson University senior Amanda Deshaies recored six points to become the program's all-time leader in career points with 157 in today's 10-8 North Atlantic Conference (NAC) win over Colby-Sawyer College at John P. Boucher Field.

Deshaies became the second Eagle to reach the 150-point milestone alongside previous career point record holder Alissa Fallon '16. Deshaies notched her 152nd point 22 minutes into the 1st half to tie Fallon and then became the all-time leader with career assist number 48 with 13:49 remaining in the 1st half.

Prior to the start of the game Husson (4-5, 4-2 NAC) recognized their lone senior, Deshaies for her accomplishments with the Husson University Women's Lacrosse program.

HOW IT HAPPEN:

Chargers' Nicole Lavigne opened the game with a goal less than two minutes into play. The game's next goal came 10 minutes later off the stick of Deshaies. The teams would go back and forth for the remainder of the first half. The Eagles held a two-goal lead with less than four minutes to go thanks to goals by Makenna Mont, Paige Daigle and Cali Newton, but Colby-Sawyer received two scores from Brittany Ireland to send the game into halftime tied at 5-5.

Colby-Sawyer (6-4, 2-2 NAC) took a 7-5 lead with two goals from Lavigne in the first six minutes of the second half. A Newton goal pulled Husson within one, but Lavigne scored again to put the Chargers back in front by a deuce. Unfortunately, that would be the last time Colby-Sawyer would score as Husson tallied four-straight goals with two coming from Daigle and one from Deshaies and Mont in the final 19 minutes to escape with the 10-8 victory.

Leaders - HUSSON

• Mallory Burchill had eight stops in the win
• Daigle scored three times with two ground balls and caused two turnovers.
• Mont tallied three goals, scooped up two ground balls, caused three tunrovers.
• Deshaies had two goals and two draw contrals and led the team with four helpers, five ground balls and six caused turnovers. With the four assists on the afternoon Deshaies becomes the second Eagle in program history with 50 career assists.
• Newton added two goals.
• Maddy Olsen led the team with four draw controls and added two helpers.

Leaders - Colby-Sawyer

• Kailyn Lapham made 11 saves in the loss
• Lavigne led the team with four goals, an assist, and six draw controls.
• Ireland scored twice and added an assist.
• Sierra Schuster and Grace Vosburgh each scored once.
• Bailey Starr added five draw controls and four ground balls.
• Courtney Lampert picked up a team best five ground balls.

Team Stats

The Eagles outshot the Chargers 28-27 as well as shots on goal 21-16. Chargers won the draw control battle at 14-6 and ground balls at 35-24.

Up Next!

Women's Lacrosse will travel to Springfield, Mass. to take on the Golden Bears of Western New England University on Thursday, April 12th at 4 p.m.

Husson Women's Lacrosse Drops Conference Game to Castleton, 16-7

BANGOR, Maine - The Husson University Women's Lacrosse Team (3-5, 3-2 NAC) loses to Castleton University (5-6, 3-0 NAC) at Boucher Field on Saturday afternoon.

1st Half: Castleton jumped out to a two goal lead with goals by Erin Shuttle (Georgia, Vt.) and Emma Best (Salisbury, Vt.). The Eagles responded with four unanswered goals including two goals in a span of five seconds as Amanda Deshaies (Wells, Maine) scored then assisted on Paige Daigle's (Bath, Maine) goal as the Eagles tie it at two. Deshaies would add her second goal of the game before Korallei Fifield (Woolwich, Maine) made it 4-2 Husson with 13:31 left in the first half. The Spartans would respond with three unanswered goals of their own to make it 6-4. Daigle would add her second goal of the game to end the half with the score 6-5 Castleton.

2nd Half: Castleton scored the first seven goals of the half including two goals each by Nadine Downing and Emily Cross as the Sparants led 13-5. Maddy Olsen (Phippsburg, Maine) scored with 15:52 remaining in the half to give the Eagles their first goal of the second half, making it 13-6 Castleton. Castleton would follow that up with two more goals before Olsen added her 2nd of the game. Shuttle added the final goal of the game to make it 16-7 Castleton.

Leaders - HUSSON

• Goalie Mallory Burchill (Kennebunk, Maine) recorded 15 saves on 31 shots.
• Deshaies and Olsen each finished with two goals and an assist, while Deshaies recored her 18th career free position goal becoming Husson all-time career leader.
• Daigle had two goals.

Leaders - CASTLETON

• Goalie Samantha Hebb (Ashland, Mass.) recorded six saves on 13 shots.
• Shuttle finished with fives goals.
• Best, Cross, and Downing each had three goals.

Team Stats

Castleton outshot Husson 36-16 with 31 being on target to Husson's 13. Husson won the draw control battle 13-12 while Castleton recorded 34 ground balls to Husson's 23.

Recap courtesy of Husson University

Thomas College Women's Lacrosse Blanked by Pilgrims

Recap, photo courtesy of Thomas College

WATERVILLE, Maine – The Thomas College women's lacrosse team was blanked by New England College, 18-0, in a North Atlantic Conference (NAC) contest on Saturday afternoon at Smith Field.

The Pilgrims remained undefeated in conference play at 5-0 while the Terriers fall down to 0-5.

NEC's offense netted ten goals in the first half, including five markers from Tara Bainbridge and four from Alana Scott.  The Pilgrims tacked on another eight in the second half on four goals from Bainbridge to finish at 18-0.

Bainbridge ended with nine goals and two assists on 18 shots followed by Scott with six goals and one assist.  Ashley McNamara, Katelynn Brewster, and Kaitlyn Berry scored the other three goals for the Pilgrims.  Defensively, Berry finished with five caused turnovers and four ground balls.

For the Terriers, Amira Jones (Chicopee, Mass.) caused three turnovers while scooping up five ground balls.  Carina Iacozzi (Atkinson, N.H.) picked up five ground balls and Kimberly Banks (Swan's Island, Maine) recorded three shots.

McKenzie Gallasso was given the win in goal for NEC, stopping one shot while Sydni Collier (Oakland, Maine) made 14 saves in the effort for Thomas.

UMass Dartmouth Knocks Off Southern Maine in Women's Lax 17-8

Junior D Mira Kuni (file photo by Jason Johns).

DARTMOUTH, Mass. -- Seniors Erin Kish (Littleton, Mass.) and Julia DiPillo (Medway, Mass.) combined for 14 points, including 11 goals, to lead the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Corsairs to a 17-8 victory over the visiting University of Southern Maine Huskies in Little East Conference women's lacrosse action Saturday afternoon at Cressy Field.

            The Corsairs won their second straight game to improve to 7-3 overall and 1-1 in conference play.  The Huskies had their two-game winning streak stopped by the loss and fall to 5-4 overall and 0-2 in LEC games.

            Kish led all scorers with seven goals and one assist while DiPillo contributed four goals and two assists.  Classmate Leah Douty (Framingham, Mass.) chipped in with two goals and an assist.

            Junior Colleen Fleming (South Portland, Maine) led the Huskies with two goals and one assist.  She also had a game-high six draw controls.  Sophomore Ruth Nadeau (Bath, Maine) had two goals, and junior Aliza Jordan (Gorham, Maine) had a one goal, two assists and five draw controls.

            UMD junior Kaitlyn Burchill (Bridgewater, Mass./Bridgewater Raynham) started in goal and earned the win allowing five goals and making 10 saves in 48:05 of action.  Sophomore Bridget Harrington (Northampton, Mass.) came on to play the final 11:55 giving up three goals and stopping one shot.  USM junior goalie Hala Van Nostrand (Granby, Conn.) made four saves.

            Kish scored the first two goals of the game before Fleming and Nadeau countered for USM to make it 2-2 with 17:30 left in the half.  DiPillo's first goal of the game at 16:03 ignited a run of four consecutive Corsair goals.  Kish followed with two goals, and DiPillo scored her second.  Rookie Alex Farley (Buxton, Maine/Bonny Eagle) snapped the run of the UMD goals for USM to make it 6-3 with 7:18 remaining.

            DiPillo, Douty and senior Kasey Hayes (Medway, Mass.) scored for UMD in the final 4:28 to offset a second goal by Fleming to give the home side a 9-4 edge at the break.

            Nadeau's second goal of the day five minutes into the second half pulled the Huskies within four, but the visitors would get no closer as the Corsairs responded by scoring eight unanswered goals to increase their lead to 17-5.

            UMass Dartmouth outshot Southern Maine 33-25 and had a 26-12 advantage in ground balls.  USM won the battle of draw controls 17-9.

            Southern Maine plays next on Wednesday (6 p.m.) at Thomas College.  UMass Dartmouth is in action Tuesday night (7 p.m.) for a game at Worcester State University.

Bates College Women's lacrosse falls 15-13 at No. 18 Bowdoin

Annie Duke scored four goals on Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at No. 18 nationally ranked Bowdoin. (File photo by Theophil Syslo/Bates College)

BRUNSWICK, Maine -- The Bates women's lacrosse team rallied from four goals down to take the lead but the No. 18 nationally ranked Bowdoin College Polar Bears scored the final three goals of the game to defeat the Bobcats by a score of 15-13 Wednesday night. 

The Bobcats (6-5, 1-5 NESCAC) stormed out of the gate, scoring the first four goals of the contest and taking an early 6-1 lead. Seniors Annie Duke (Englewood, Colo.) and Teal Otley (Cumberland, Maine) sparked the game-opening surge with two goals apiece to give Bates the early edge.

Bowdoin (7-3, 3-3 NESCAC) rallied on the backs of Hannah Hirschfeld, Kara Finnerty and Katherine Miller, all who scored twice in the first half. The Polar Bears ended the opening frame on a 6-0 run to take a 7-6 lead at intermission.

Bowdoin scored the first three goals of the second half, including a pair from Eliza Denious, to take a 10-6 lead with 28:44 to go. The Polar Bears still held a four-goal edge, 12-8, with under 21 minutes to go in regulation.

Bates mounted a huge rally, scoring five goals in a span of nine minutes to erase Bowdoin's lead and regain the advantage, 13-12, on an Otley score with 11:54 to go.

Bowdoin settled and regained control, tallying the next three goals from Denious, Miller and Kate Kelly, and the Polar Bear defense held Bates scoreless for the final 11:54 to clinch the win. 

Miller led all players with four goals and two assists in the win for Bowdoin while Hirschfeld also scored four times. Denious added three goals for Bowdoin while Hirschfeld led the team with two ground balls and three caused turnovers.

Duke and Otley had four goals apiece for Bates, who got ten draw controls from senior Allison Dewey (Vergennes, Vt.).

Kayli Weiss stopped seven shots for Bowdoin while junior Eliza Statile (Ipswich, Mass.) made eight saves for Bates.

The Bobcats are back in action Saturday on the road for a noon tilt at Connecticut College.

Bowdoin College Women's Lacrosse Wins Back-and-Forth Battle With Bates

Katherine Miller had four goals and two assists in Bowdoin's win over Bates on Wednesday night.

BRUNSWICK, Maine - The Bowdoin College women's lacrosse team rallied from an early deficit to defeat Bates in a NESCAC match-up on Wednesday evening at Ryan Field, 15-13.

The 18th-ranked Polar Bears earn a much-needed NESCAC win and improve to 7-3 (3-3 NESCAC) while the Bobcats fall to 6-5 (1-2 NESCAC).

Game Highlights

• The Bobcats stormed out of the gate, scoring the first four goals of the contest and taking an early 6-1 lead.
• Annie Duke and Teal Otley sparked the game-opening surge with two goals apiece to give the visitors the early edge.
• Bowdoin rallied on the backs of Hannah Hirschfeld, Kara Finnerty and Katherine Miller, all who scored twice in the first half.
• The Polar Bears ended the opening frame on a 6-0 run to take a 7-6 lead at intermission.
• Bowdoin scored the first three goals of the second half, including a pair from Eliza Denious, to take a 10-6 lead with 28:44 to go.
• The Polar Bears still held a four-goal edge, 12-8, with under 21 minutes to go in regulation.
• Bates mounted a huge rally, scoring five goals in a span of nine minutes to erase Bowdoin's lead and regain the advantage, 13-12, on a Teal Otley score with 11:54 to go.
• Bowdoin settled and regained control, tallying the next three goals- from Denious, Miller and Kate Kelly, and the Polar Bear defense held Bates scoreless for the final 11:54 to clinch the win.

By The Numbers

• Katherine Miller led all players with four goals and two assists in the win for Bowdoin while Hannah Hirschfeld also scored four times.
• Eliza Denious added three goals for Bowdoin while Hirschfeld led the team with two ground balls and three caused turnovers.
• Annie Duke and Teal Otley had four goals apiece for Bates, who got ten draw controls from Allison Dewey.
• Kayli Weiss stopped seven shots for Bowdoin while Eliza Statile made eight saves for Bates.

Up Next

• Bowdoin returns to action with a non-conference game on Ryan Field against Wheaton on Sunday at 12:00 p.m.
• Bates heads south to play at Connecticut College on Saturday at noon.

Mariners Stumble Against Eagles

Recap, photo courtesy of Maine Maritime Academy

CASTINE, Maine – Maine Maritime Academy women's lacrosse fell to Husson University 15-8 on Wednesday afternoon in North Atlantic Conference (NAC) action at Ritchie Field. 

With the loss the Mariners fall to 2-4 overall and 1-3 in the NAC, while the Eagles improve to 3-4 on the season and 3-1 in the conference. Maine Maritime returns to action on Monday, March 9 at Mitchell at 4:00 pm for a non-conference matchup. 

Maddy Olsen put the Eagles on the board first, but the Mariners responded with back-to-back goals from Shelby O'Neil (Bar Harbor, Maine) and Madison Barry (Stoneham, Mass.) to take a 2-1 lead. The two teams exchanged goals before the Eagles scored two-straight to close out the half with a 4-3 advantage.

Husson scored six-unanswered goals to open up the second half. Madison Savary (Bath, Maine) tallied back-to-back free position goals to close the Eagles' lead to 10-5, and consecutive goals from Sydney Adams (Trumbull, Conn.) and O'Neil closed the lead to 12-8 at 6:14. The Eagles scored three goals in the final six minutes to hang on for the 15-8 victory.

Savary led the Mariners with a hat-trick, two assists, three ground balls and two caused turnovers, while both O'Neil and Barry net two goals. O'Neil also chipped in with four ground balls and four caused turnovers, while Barry tallied four ground balls, three draw controls and two caused turnovers. Adams added a goal, a team-high five ground balls and two caused turnovers.

Paige Daigle led the Eagles with four goals, while Amanda Deshaies and Maddy Olsen each net hat-tricks. Deshaies also dished out three assists, while leading all players with 11 draw controls.

Christina Wilson (East Granby, Conn.) recorded 12 saves in net in the loss for the Mariners, while Mallory Burchill tallied seven saves in the victory for the Eagles.

The Eagles edged the Mariners in groundballs, 28-24 and draw controls 16-8.