LANCASTER, Pa. – Franklin & Marshall put together a 6-1 run in the second half to erase a 10-6 deficit and defeated Tufts 12-11 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday afternoon at Shadek Stadium. The Diplomats improved to 17-4 and will face Colorado College next Saturday in the third round of the tournament next weekend. Stay tuned to GoDiplomats.com for more details later in the week.
Trailing 10-6, with 23:15 left in the game, F&M stepped up and closed out the game with a 6-1 run to steal the win. Maddie Hughes buried a pass from Jane Cote to start off the run and Clare Monaghan struck unassisted at 11:01 to bring F&M within two, 10-8. Monaghan found Moriarty a minute later to bring F&M within a goal, but the Jumbos matched two minutes and went up 11-9 with 7:26 left to play.
Cote kicked off another three-goal run when she found Julian Lisovicz at 6:13 and Katie Groenke's free position goal at 4:30 tied the game at 11-11. Cote put the game-winner through when she finished off a pass from Monaghan. The Diplomats won the ensuing draw and were able to run the clock down to 10 seconds and the Jumbos were unable to get off a shot as time expired.
The Diplomats looked to be in control early as F&M took a 2-0 lead five minutes into the game. Tufts answered with two of their own and tied the game at 2-2, but F&M countered with another pair for a 4-2 edge at 22:46. The Jumbos came within one, 4-3, at 21:49, before Caroline Kolvastruck twice four minutes apart to put F&M ahead 6-4 with 16:25 left in the first. Tufts countered with a 7-0 run that spanned into the second half and held a 10-6 lead with 22:13 left in the game, which set up F&M's game-winning run.
Jane Cote paced the offense with one goal and five assists while Paige Moriarty, Caroline Kolvaand Megan Jackson both struck twice. Clare Monaghan had a goal and two assists, Hannah Serling had a score and a helper with Juliann Lisovicz, Maddie Hughes and Katie Groenke all finishing with a goal.
Danielle Harrington had 14 saves in goal to pick up the win and improved to 17-4, while Audrey Evers took the loss with seven stops.
GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Junior midfielder Steph Colson(Westminster, Md./Manchester Valley) broke the program record for draw controls in a game and 11 different players scored goals as third-ranked Gettysburg College cruised to a 19-4 decision over Westfield State University in the second round of the NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse Championship Saturday at Clark Field.
With cooler temperatures and rain taking over Sunday, Gettysburg (17-2) remained hot coming on the heels of its Centennial Conference championship last weekend. The Bullets won 22-of-24 draws and forced Westfield State (18-3) into 15 failed clears.
Colson, the Most Valuable Player of last week's CC Championship, tracked down a program record 14 draw controls in the game, topping the previous record of 13 set by Megan Murphy '03 twice during the 2001 campaign. The junior seized nine draw controls in the opening half and snagged her record-breaking draw with just over five minutes left in the game. She added three goals, one assist, three ground balls, and a caused turnover. Colson also became just the second Bullet to reach 100 career draw controls and is just seven shy of Murphy's season record of 116.
Senior Katie Landry (Hingham, Mass./Hingham) and freshman Bri Stokes (Sudbury, Mass./Lincoln-Sudbury Regional) each recorded hat tricks with the former dishing out two assists and the latter handing out one helper. Landry also moved into seventh on the program's all-time scoring list with 257 career points.
Sophomore Liza Barr (Medford, N.J./Shawnee) and senior Maggie McClain (Wexford, Pa./Sewickley Academy) each produced two goals and two assists.
After playing a fast-paced contest in much warmer conditions against Morrisville State College yesterday, Westfield State found itself lagging behind the fresher legs of the Bullets from the opening draw. The difference was evident in the clears as Gettysburg forced the Owls to turn the ball over on each of the first two attempts up the field. Following the second failed clear, Landry tossed in the game's opening goal off a feed from Barr with 27:38 to go in the first half.
Trailing 6-0 less than eight minutes into the contest, Westfield State picked up its first tally on a goal by Maddie Bartkus with just over 20 minutes left in the first period.
The Bullets won the final nine draw controls of the opening half of play, leading to an 8-0 run. Stokes accounted for three of the goals, while Landry racked up two assists and a goal. Sydney Lambert scored for Westfield State just before the end of the half to make it 14-2.
Colson won each of the first four draws of the second half and Gettysburg continued to ruffle the Owls' feathers in the ride, causing six more turnovers on clears. Following a save by sophomore goalie Abbie Lee (Hingham, Mass./Hingham), sophomore Ella Orzechowski (Elkridge, Md./Howard) polished off the scoring for the hosts with 5:54 to play.
Gettysburg finished with a 37-8 advantage in shots and a 21-18 lead in ground balls.
Senior Elsie Wagner (Berwyn, Pa./Conestoga) picked up three ground balls and senior Ali Gorab (Southport, Conn./Ludlowe) and sophomore Claire Macatee (Street, Md./North Harford) each corralled a pair of ground balls. Macatee also recorded a caused turnover.
Junior Bailey Pilder (New Canaan, Conn./New Canaan) played the entire first half in goal to pick up the win. Sophomore Casey Cole (Ridgewood, N.J./Ridgewood) posted two saves in just over 20 minutes of action before giving way to Lee.