Lacrosse Nips Allegheny in Florida Finale, 15-12
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (March 18, 2009) – The Mount Holyoke College women’s lacrosse team picked up a 15-12 triumph over non-conference foe Allegheny College today in its second of two spring break games at Lake Lytal Park in West Palm Beach, Florida. With the win, the Lyons improved to 3-2 on the season. The Gators fell to 1-3.
Mount Holyoke enjoyed large advantages in both shots (33-21) and draw controls (20-9). Leading the way for the Lyons was junior midfielder Peggy Wefald, who piled up five goals and eight draw controls. Senior midfielder Ava Gottschall recorded four goals, and sophomore attacker Clara Raugei finished with three goals and a pair of assists. It was her fourth consecutive hat trick. First year midfielder Hilary Bombard chipped in with a pair of tallies.
Sophomore attacker Jensen Paterson paced Allegheny with four goals and a helper. The Gators also received a boost from first year attacker Kiah Voyer-Colbath, who found the net four times. Sophomore midfielder Abby Silvester added two goals and an assist.
Neither team led by more than one goal in a first half that saw seven ties and two lead changes. At the break, the score was knotted up at 7-7. Wefald registered three of her five goals before the intermission. Voyer-Colbath also had three tallies for the Gators.
Mount Holyoke scored the first three goals of the second stanza to open up a 10-7 edge. Raugei found the net twice during the rally, which spanned nearly ten minutes.
Refusing to go away, Allegheny responded with two straight tallies to slice the deficit to 10-9 at the 18:09 mark.
From there, the Lyons took over. They erupted for another 3-0 run to push their cushion to 13-9 with 13:56 remaining in regulation. Wefald scored two of the three goals during the spurt.
Sophomore goalkeeper Missy Hartley made six saves en route to her third win of the season. Junior Rachael Coons turned away 13 shots for the Gators.
Mount Holyoke (3-2, 0-0 NEWMAC) will kick off its home slate on Thursday, March 26, when it hosts non-conference foe Bridgewater State College at 4:30 p.m.