Peters Adds Four Goals in 8-7 Defeat of Smith

Box Score

SCORE: Wheaton 8 - Smith 7

RECORDS: Wheaton 7-7 (4-1 NEWMAC) - Smith (7-5, 2-4 NEWMAC)

LOCATION: Northampton, Mass. (Smith Turf Field)

THE RUNDOWN:

Wheaton was led by a four goal performance from Katie Peters, which now pushes the senior midfielders career goals to 107. Peters also finished with one groundball, two draw controls and a caused turnover.
The Lyons also earned goals from Maggie Dymes, Lilly Callahan, Molly Covarrubias, and Kyra Schwartzman.
The Pioneers were led by two goal performances from Emily Biggs, Caroline Myran, and Julia Hamilton.
Smith took an early 1-0 lead on Myran's first goal of the game with an assist from Hamilton.
Wheaton responded with back-to-back goals a minute a part, staring with a put away by Dymes, which was followed by Schwartzman's 23rd goal of the season.
The Pioneers pulled within a goal a few minutes later, just to have it erased by Peters first goal of the game.
Myran netted Smith's final goal of the half, which was countered by two more Peters' goals, closing out the first period with a 5-3 Lyon advantage.
Callahan and Covarrubias pushed the Lyon lead to 7-3 to start the second half. Smith pulled within two goals over the next nine minutes with goals from Chloe Harris and Biggs.
Peters added her final goal of the game with 8:53 left in the contest with an assist from Kennelly Allerton.
The Pioneers tried to find a way to come from behind for the victory, netting two more goals in the final four minutes, but would not be able to come up with the equalizer or game-winner.