Women's Lacrosse Opens NEWMAC Action With 14-8 Win Over Mount Holyoke

Box Score

SCORE: Wheaton 14 - Mount Holyoke 8

RECORDS: Wheaton (3-4, 1-0 NEWMAC) - Mount Holyoke (4-3, 0-1 NEWMAC)

LOCATION: Norton, Mass. (Diane C. Nordin '80 Field)

THE RUNDOWN:

In the Battle of the Lyons, the Wheaton women's lacrosse team defeated Mount Holyoke in their first New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) contest to a scoreline of 14-8.
Wheaton was led by Molly Covarrubias who scored a team-high five goals while battling for one caused turnover. Kyra Schwartzman followed up with three goals and one assist while Danielle Trudeau notched two goals an assist.
Maggie Dymes, Addy Paradis, Lilly Callahan, and Casey Kaplan each contributed one goal in the Lyons win with Callahan leading Wheaton with three caused turnovers and a tied game-high five ground balls.
Mount Holyoke's Abby Baldwin led all players with six goals and seven draw controls while Caroline Flynn contributed two goals and one assist in the loss.
Wheaton got on the board first with Callahan finding the back of the net with a free position shot at 27:38. From there, Wheaton would go on a 6-1 run to help finish off the half 7-3.
After a strong first-half performance, Wheaton's defense continued to hold Mount Holyoke scoreless for 22 minutes while also notching seven goals in the process.
Baldwin was able to produce three goals in the remaining two minutes of the game for Mount Holyoke, but it wouldn't be enough to catch Wheaton's early lead.
Jena Casman recorded six saves in the win.