WESTMINSTER, Md. – Brittany Bear (Westminster,
Md./Westminster) matched her career high with seven goals
to lead McDaniel to a 15-8 victory over Ursinus in the Centennial
Conference (CC) women's lacrosse opener for both teams on
Saturday.
Jennifer Stone (Baltimore, Md./Loch Raven) tallied
three of her four goals for the Green Terror (5-2, 1-0 CC) during a
five-goal spurt over 11 minutes, 55 seconds in the second half that
turned a 6-5 advantage into a 10-5 lead with 14:59 to
play.
Alyssa Thren and Kristen Wampole
led the Bears (1-4, 0-1 CC) with two goals apiece.
Trailing 2-1 after Wampole found the back of the net just 5:21 into
the game, Kelly Scheler (Forest Hill, Md./C. Milton
Wright) tallied unassisted to knot the game with 16:48
showing.
Stone stretched the lead to two with 12:55 on the clock before
Wampole trimmed the Ursinus deficit to one just 42 seconds
later.
Back-to-back markers from Bear stretched the lead to 6-3 but Thren
tallied with 4:36 remaining in the first half and Kim
Peifer scored 1:24 into the second half to slice the
deficit to one.
Brittany Lines (Pasadena, Md./Chesapeake) found
the back of the net for the first time this season off one of four
Lindsey McDonald (Germantown, Md./Damascus)
assists to spark a 9-3 run to close the game.
Three straight Stone tallies stretched the lead to 10-5 with 15:11
to play before Baer won the ensuing draw control and finished her
sixth hat trick of the season 12 seconds later.
Lindsay Urban broke up the stretch but two
straight Baer goals made it a 13-6 game with 9:21
showing.
Thren cut the deficit to six 1:10 later but Baer continued her roll
with goals No. 6 and 7 just 53 seconds apart to close the Green
Terror scoring with 5:46 on the clock.
Emily Diehl set the final margin with a
free-position goal at the 3:04 mark.
Baer added four draw controls, two ground balls and a caused
turnover while Stone had two draw controls and three ground
balls.
The Green Terror finished with a 35-15 advantage in shots and 32-19
edge in ground balls. McDaniel won 15 draw controls as a
team.
The Green Terror returns to action at third-ranked Franklin &
Marshall on Wednesday. Game time is 7 p.m.
Score by
Half
1
2
-
F
Ursinus (1-4, 0-1
CC)
4
4
-
8
McDaniel (5-2, 1-0
CC)
6
9
-
15
Goals
Ursinus: Alyssa Thren 2, Kristen Wampole 2,
Lisa Clark, Lindsay Urban, Kim Peifer, Emily Diehl.
Assists
Ursinus: Jenna Werley.
Shots: U 15, M 35.
Ground
Balls: U 19, M 32.
Goalies: U (Alex
McBride 51:49 – 10 saves, 13 GA; Emma Bacharach 8:11, 2
saves, 2 GA), M (
Leanne Hollinger 60:00 – 6 saves, 8 GA).
Caused Turnovers: U 4, M 11.
Turnovers: U 21, M 17.
Draw
Controls: U 10, M 15.
Free Position: U 2
of 5, M 1 of 5.
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