Skidmore women's lax rips Smith 21-12

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Northampton, MA: Skidmore's Lindsay Stavola (Montauk, NY) scored five goals and Lauren Madden (Huntington, NY) added four goals in the Thoroughbred's 21-12 women's lacrosse defeat of Smith College. With the loss, Smith fell to 1-4 overall while Skidmore improved to 4-2.

Midfielder Kimberly Segalas (Stamford, CT) scored just 28 seconds into the first half to give Skidmore an early lead but Smith tallied back-to-back goals to go ahead 2-1. Segalas scored again at the 23:28 mark to tie the game and a goal by Laura Flynn (Wellesley, MA) gave Skidmore the advantage once again. The Pioneers tallied the next three goals to put the home team ahead 5-3 with under fourteen minutes remaining. The teams exchanged goals the remainder of the half until 14 seconds remained. Madden converted two goals within twelve seconds to give Skidmore a 10-8 lead at the break.

The second half belonged to Skidmore as they scored 10 consecutive goals in a 13 minute time-frame to take the victory. Senior Courtney DeStefano (Rehoboth, MA) picked up the victory in goal while Chelsea Henderson (White Plains, NY) took the loss for Smith.

Skidmore travels to Vassar to open Liberty League play with a 4 pm contest on April 3.

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