BRISTOL, RI – The Skidmore College women's lacrosse team bounced back from a slow start by dominating the final three quarters to earn a 15-9 comeback road victory over Roger Williams on Saturday afternoon.

After falling behind 5-0 in the first quarter, the Thoroughbreds (4-1) responded by outscoring the Hawks (0-3) 14-3 over the final three periods, as seniors Julia Cafasso and Lily Hudner and freshman Piper Morgan each recorded hat tricks to lead the Skidmore offense.

Playing key roles in the turnaround, Skidmore held a commanding 39-22 edge in shots and a 28-19 advantage in ground balls while forcing 23 Roger Williams turnovers and limiting the Hawks to 11-of-18 on clear attempts. In goal, sophomore Tatum Walsh made eight saves to earn her fourth career victory.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Roger Williams came out firing, scoring four goals in the opening five minutes before adding a fifth on a player-up opportunity to put Skidmore in a 5-0 hole with 7:42 remaining in the first quarter.
• Freshman Lauren Hughey got Skidmore on the board at the 5:32 mark, but the Hawks answered with another goal late in the period to take a 6-1 lead into the second quarter.
• Skidmore flipped the script in the second quarter, outscoring Roger Williams 5-1 as sophomore Olivia Emerson opened the run with a player-up goal, Cafasso followed with consecutive goals that included a player-down score, and Morgan found the back of the net to pull Skidmore within one, 6-5, with 4:34 remaining.
• After a Roger Williams goal briefly stopped the Skidmore run, Hudner closed out the half with a goal with just 34 seconds left on the clock to make it 7-6 at halftime.
• Coming out of the break, Cafasso tied the game with a solo strike in the opening seconds before setting up Hudner for the go-ahead goal at the 11:39 mark to give Skidmore its first lead, 8-7.
• The Thoroughbreds pulled away from there, scoring four more goals in the quarter—off the sticks of Morgan, junior Charlotte Taylor, sophomore Hillary Noble, and senior Allison Brewer—to take a 12-8 lead into the fourth.
• In the fourth quarter, Skidmore scored three more as Morgan, Hudner and Brewer each found the back of the net to pull away for the 15-9 win.

STANDOUT THOROUGHBREDS

• Cafasso led the offense with three goals and two assists, in addition to three groundballs and a pair of caused turnovers.
• Hudner tallied three goals with one caused turnover.
• Morgan scored three goals with three groundballs and two caused turnovers.
• Brewer finished with two goals and one assist.
• Taylor led with four draw controls in addition to scoring goal one and tallying two groundballs with one caused turnover.

UP NEXT
The Thoroughbreds will take on No. 18 Babson next Tuesday in a 4 PM road matchup.