Women’s Lacrosse Topped by Chargers
NEW LONDON, Conn. – First year player Andrea Smith scored a team-high four goals for the Colby-Sawyer College women's lacrosse team on Saturday afternoon, helping send the Chargers past Mitchell College 20-1 in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) tilt.
The Chargers have now won four consecutive games, while the Mariners slipped to 0-5 in conference play this spring.
Junior Soph Kuhlthau and graduate student Sydney Stevens each registered a hat trick for the Chargers, while Olivia Romo, Emily Weagle, and Rose Finlayson scored two goals apiece. Junior Heather Hansson dished out a team-high two assists for Colby-Sawyer, who led 10-0 after the first quarter and 16-0 at halftime. The Chargers silenced the Mariners 3-0 in the third frame, before Mitchell's lone goal came just over five minutes into the fourth quarter when sophomore Lauren Cordero (Sleden, N.Y.) slipped a shot past the Colby-Sawyer keeper for her seventh goal of the spring.
The Chargers outshot the Mariners 27-9 and won 20 of the 25 draw controls. Elena Bronson and Rose Finlayson picked up four draw controls each for Colby-Sawyer, while Cordero had three draw controls for Mitchell and two went to senior Jessica Krupnikoff (Farmington, Conn.). Cordero also paced the Mariners with four ground balls and added one caused turnover. Krupnikoff and Cordero accounted for eight of Mitchell's nine shots, with senior Carly Potts (New London, Conn.) getting off the only other shot of the game.
Senior Hannah Gomes (North Stonington, Conn.) logged all 60 minutes in the cage for Mitchell and turned back five shots.
Junior AJ Paton started in goal for Colby-Sawyer and turned in a clean sheet before being relieved for senior Simone Long.
The Mariners (0-6, 0-5 GNAC) travel for their next GNAC game on Tuesday, April 9th, at Anna Maria College. The Chargers (8-2, 4-1 GNAC) will look to make it five straight wins when they host Rivier University of Tuesday, April 9th.