Saratoga Springs, N.Y. – The Skidmore College women's lacrosse team dropped to 7-8 after Wednesday night's 17-6 loss to Middlebury in non-league action at Wachenheim Field. The Panthers improve to 7-6.
Middlebury got out to an early 2-0 lead on a pair of goals from Dana Heritage in the first five minutes.
Kimberly Segalas (Stamford, Conn.) cut the lead to one for the Thoroughbreds with her 40
th goal of the season at the 22:54 mark, but Heritage would add another and back to-back free-position goals from Sally Ryan and Heather Marrison pushed the lead to 5-1 with 19:13 remaining in the half.
Skidmore got within two on goals from
Lauren McCarthy (Ipswich, Mass.) and
Abbie Klaus (Bethesda, Md.) to make it 5-3. The Panthers increased the lead back to four on goals from Ryan and Marrison before
Lauren Madden (Huntington, N.Y.) made it 7-4 with 4:49 remaining.
Middlebury closed out the half with a pair of goals to take a 9-4 halftime lead and would scored seven straight goals from six different players, including the first five of the second half to make it a 14-4 game early in the second half. The Thoroughbreds were never able to rebound as the final score was 17-6 in favor of Middlebury.
Madden scored twice for Skidmore and also had four ground balls and two caused turnovers while Segalas also had two goals. Heritage finished with four goals and Ryan and Marrison each had three to pace the Panthers.
Middlebury outshot the Thoroughbreds 32-17 as
Rachel Klein (Far Hills, N.J.) finished with 10 saves in goals for Skidmore. Lily Nguyen earned the win, stopping five shots in 50:49 and Becca Shaw finished out the game, facing no shots in the final 9:11.
The Thoroughbreds wrap up their regular season with games at Hamilton on Friday and William Smith on Saturday.
Lacrosse Game Summary (Final)
2010 Skidmore College Women's Lacrosse
Middlebury vs Skidmore College (Apr 28, 2010 at Saratoga Springs, NY)
Middlebury (7-6) vs. Skidmore College (7-8)
Date: Apr 28, 2010 Location: Saratoga Springs, NY Stadium: Wachenheim Field
Attendance:55 Start time:7:00 pm End time:8:35 Total time:1:35
SCORE BY PERIOD 1 2 Tot
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Middlebury............. 9 8 - 17
Skidmore College.... 4 2 - 6
MIDWLAX SCORING: GOALS: Dana Heritage 4; Sally Ryan 3; Heather
Marrison 3; Elizabeth Garry 2; Michaela Colbert 2; Chase Delano 1;
Lindsay Winstead 1; Margaret Souther 1.
ASSISTS: Sally Ryan 2; Taylor Brown 1; Chase Delano 1; Hannah Epstein
1; Elizabeth Garry 1; Stephanie Gill 1.
Skidmore College SCORING: GOALS: Kimberly Segalas 2; Lauren Madden 2;
Abbie Klaus 1; Lauren McCarthy 1.
ASSISTS: Abbie Hamlin 1; Lindsay Stavola 1.
MIDWLAX GROUND BALLS: Michaela Colbert 4; Lily Nguyen 4; Kasey
Rischmann 3; Hannah Epstein 2; Heather Marrison 2; Hilary Walker 2;
Neile Weeks 2; Stephanie Gill 1; Catherine Gotwald 1; Sally Ryan 1;
Carrie Sparkes 1.
Skidmore College GROUND BALLS: Rachel Klein 7; Lauren Madden 4; Amber
Kinsey 3; Abbie Hamlin 1; Abbie Klaus 1; Lexi Melville 1; Lindsay
Stavola 1.
MIDWLAX TURNOVERS CAUSED: Chase Delano 1; Heather Marrison 1; Lily
Nguyen 1; Carrie Sparkes 1.
Skidmore College TURNOVERS CAUSED: Lauren Madden 2; Kate Fishman 1;
Amber Kinsey 1; Mackenzie Staub 1.
SHOTS - MIDWLAX 32; Skidmore College 17.
SHOTS ON GOAL - MIDWLAX 27; Skidmore College 11.
Penalties - MIDWLAX 0/0:00; Skidmore College 0/0:00.
MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES - MIDWLAX 0-0; Skidmore College 0-0.
TURNOVERS - MIDWLAX 17; Skidmore College 20.
FACEOFFS - MIDWLAX 0-0; Skidmore College 0-0.
CLEARS - MIDWLAX 14-18; Skidmore College 14-16.
GOALIES - MIDWLAX: Lily Nguyen 7-6 (50:49 minutes, 11 shots-5 saves, 6
GA) , Becca Shaw (09:11, 0-0, 0); SKI: Rachel Klein 7-8 (60:00, 27-10,
17).
Start time: 7:00 pm Finish time: 8:35 Length of game: 1:35
Officials:.
A-55 T-1:35
