NORTON, MA- The Wheaton College women's lacrosse team knotted
visiting Wellesley College with 12:48 to play in the second half
before giving way to three Blue goals during the remainder of
regulation, losing 11-8 in New England Women's and Men's Athletic
Conference (NEWMAC) action on Tuesday at Keefe Field.
Wheaton, which had its two-game winning streak end, slips to 5-8
overall and 2-3 in league play while falling to Wellesley for the
fifth straight meeting. Improving to 5-9 and 2-3, the Blue
snapped its three-game slide.
Sophomore Brittany Whynot (Fountain Hills, AZ/Fountain
Hills) paced the hosts with a hat trick, while classmate
Hailey Colburn (Concord, NH/Concord) had two
markers and an assist. Sophomore Katie Powers
(Ashburnham, MA/Cushing Academy) and freshman
Kristen Palmer (East Dorset, VT/Burr and Burton
Academy) each posted a tally and a helper, and junior
Marianna Marcellino (Milton, MA/Thayer Academy)
made seven saves.
Junior Jenny Holland (Bethesda, MD/Sidwell Friends
School) notched four goals to lead Wellesley, senior
Caitlin Meeker (Columbia, MD/Oakland Mills) and
freshman Meagan Fuchs (Portland, OR/Lincoln)
scored twice apiece, while first-year Allison Robbins
(North Bennington, VT/Holderness School) had a goal and an
assist. Junior goalie Mary Mattia (Atlanta, GA/Lovett
School) came away with eight stops.
Wellesley tallied four of the game's first five goals by the
midway point of the opening half, with Fuchs and Holland scoring
two times each. The hosts trimmed their deficit to 4-3 with a
Colburn free-position goal at 14:33 and a marker from junior
Kathryn Sudbey (Sandy Hook, CT/Newtown) at 11:29,
but three different Blue players found the back of the net during a
half-ending 3-1 run as Wellesley held a 7-4 advantage at the
intermission.
Wheaton answered with a 4-1 run to begin the second half, as
three different Lyons tallied to tie the score at eight 17:12
in. Whynot posted a pair of goals in the stretch, while
Palmer scored once and assisted another. However, the hosts
were held scoreless during the final 12:47, as Holland collected
the game-winner at 10:50 in sparking a 3-0 spurt over
5:34.
On Thursday, the Lyons head to non-league foe Tufts University
in Medford, where they will face the nationally-ranked Jumbos at
4:30 p.m. Tufts is ranked sixth in the country by the
Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA).
