SUWANEE, Ga. - Heading into the final two weeks of the inaugural SCAC Women's Lacrosse season the conference with three first year teams has put together an impressive 32-22 cumulative record as a league. Sewanee remains the lone undefeated team in conference action at 2-0 with two final road SCAC games remaining.
- AROUND THE SCAC -
Birmingham-Southern went 3-0 this week with a road win against Agnes Scott College and home wins against LaGrange and Millsaps. Junior Chelsea Van Voorhis leads the team overall with 36 goals, while senior Ashley Johnson leads with nine assists. Sophomore Stephanie Gore leads with 44 ground balls and 21 caused turnovers, and junior goalkeeper Katie Bates has played every minute of every game so far this season and owns a 10.33 GAA with 95 saves. The Panthers are on the road this weekend, taking on Centre College and Fontbonne University, both in Danville, Ky.
The Centre women’s lacrosse team did not
play this week. They will next play on Friday, April 8 at 7:00 p.m.
at home in Danville, Ky. against conference opponent Birmingham
Southern.
Colorado College completed its five-game
road stretch with a 4-1 record after victories at Pacific
University and the University of Puget Sound. Leslie Jacoby struck
for a career-high five goals to lead the Tigers to a 16-6 victory
over Pacific. CC seized control of the game when Jacoby ignited an
8-1 run with her second goal almost eight minutes unto the game.
Jacoby and Grace Maloney found the net three times apiece as CC
built a 10-3 lead with 1:40 remaining in the first half. Maloney
scored what proved to be the game-winning goal on a free-position
shot with 10:24 to play before the break. The junior midfielder
added a pair of assists to complete a five-point night. Abby Fink
finished with 11 saves, five of which were on free-position shots
by the Boxers. Colorado College converted on two of four
free-position chances, while Pacific went 1-for-7. Frances Staadt
and Lara Atkins each had a pair of goals for CC, which finished
with a 36-22 advantage in shots. The Tigers used a balanced attack
and another solid performance by Fink to post an 18-8 victory at
Puget Sound. Fink made six saves before leaving the game with 13:39
remaining and after CC had built a 16-6 lead. She allowed only two
goals after the Loggers trimmed the Tigers' lead to 5-4 with 10:24
to play in the first half. Elise Burchard answered 13 seconds after
that score to ignite a 7-1 run that gave CC a 12-5 advantage after
30 minutes. Anna Crosby notched back-to-back markers during that
streak, including her third game winner of the year with 3:46 to
go. After UPS scored 5:15 into the second half, Colorado College
put the game out of reach by tacking on four more markers in a span
of 3:57 to build a 16-6 lead with 19:58 remaining in the game.
Jacoby led the Tiger attack with three goals and three assists.
Crosby finished three scores and set up another, while Ellie Cole
found the net three times. Frances Staadt and Kelsey Morell each
had two goals and an assist for CC, which finished with a 38-22
advantage in total shots. The Tigers won 18 of 27 draw controls and
recorded and a 30-24 edge in ground balls. Grace Gahagan led the
way with five of each. Colorado College plays host to the
University of Dallas and Westminster College on Saturday and
Sunday, respectively.
Millsaps played a tough second half in Birmingham but
could not overcome a ten-goal deficit from the first half, falling
to BSC 16-4 in Panther Stadium. Haleigh Williams scored her first
of three on the day 11 seconds into the game after taking the
opening draw. Claire Stamm scored the first goal of the second
half, 11-2. Madelyn Walker held BSC to just five goals in the half
and Williams completed her hat trick with the final two goals of
the game to set the final 16-4 after a 5-3 half of play. The Majors
will have three more chances to get their second win. They travel
to Rome, Georgia this Saturday to take on the Shorter College Hawks
in a noon matchup.
Sewanee narrowly defeated Berry College, 17-15, in a
Saturday morning contest before overpowering Agnes Scott College,
20-4, in their nightcap. The Tigers also picked up a 1-0 forfeit
win over LaGrange on Sunday. Against Berry, Sewanee poured in nine
unanswered goals before the Vikings clawed their way to within
three late in the second half. But the Tigers managed to hold off
the host Vikings and take home a two-goal win. Meg Welton scored a
game-high four goals, while Hanna Moran grabbed five ground balls
and caused four turnovers. Against Agnes Scott, the Tigers outshot
the host Scotties, 38-10, to take home a 20-4 win. Megan Velie led
the Tiger attack with four goals. Sewanee is now 9-4 on the season.
They play host to Whittier at 5 p.m. on Friday.
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