For Immediate Release – April 27th, 2006
WELLESLEY LACROSSE
Contact: Kendall Cox
Phone: 781 283-2003
Email: kcox@wellesley.edu
Wellesley Falls to Mount Holyoke in NEWMAC Quarterfinals
WELLESLEY, Mass. – The Wellesley College lacrosse team lost
to Mount Holyoke College, 15-8, in the quarterfinals of the NEWMAC
Tournament on Thursday afternoon. The Blue finish the season
with an 8-9 record overall and a 3-3 record in NEWMAC regular season
play. With the win, the Lyons improve to 8-9 and advance to play
Wheaton College in the semifinals of the NEWMAC Tournament on
Saturday
at Springfield College.
After holding a 4-3 advantage 15 minutes into the first half,
Mount Holyoke scored the next six goals of the game to take a 10-3
lead. In the run, co-captain Caitlin Taylor (Yarmouth, Maine) and
first-year Marika Austin (Ashton, Md.) each netted a pair of tallies.
Maxine Brownstein (Roseland, N.J.) broke the Lyon’s run when
she scored on a free position with 16.5 seconds left before the
break.
After trading a pair of tallies in the opening minutes of the
second frame, Amber Evans (Worthington, Ohio) scored twice for
the Blue to bring Wellesley within five of the Lyons. Evans’ goals
would prove to be the Blue’s last as Mount Holyoke scored
twice more in the game to give the Lyons a 15-8 win over Wellesley.
Senior co-captain Katie Moseley (Denver, Colo.), Brownstein, and
Evans (Worthington, Ohio) each scored a pair of goals for the Blue.
Catherine Schaefer (Coxsackie, N.Y.) and Abby Baird (Gloucester,
Mass.) chipped in with a tally apiece. First-year goalie Kristin
Jaronczyk ( Manhasset, N.Y.) made 15 saves for Wellesley.
Taylor led the Lyons attack with three goals and six assists,
and Austin tallied three goals and dished out three assists in
the game. Lisa Paul (Westfield, N.J.), Christina Donatiello (Old
Bridge, N.J.), Lindsay Oldershaw (South Hadley, Mass.), and Danielle
Babcock (Lexington, Mass.) all scored twice for Mount Holyoke.
Senior netminder Lauren Mulcahy (Norfolk, Mass.) stopped ten shots
for the Lyons.
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