By Victoria Ripple
Elm Staff Writer
On April 16, Shorewomen lacrosse took a heartbreaking 6-7 loss to the Haverford Fords in the Centennial Conference game.
Washington College came out strong scoring two free-position goals in the first eight minutes. Freshman Carly Eisenbrandt and junior Rachel Bartee both contributed to give their team an early two goal lead. Shortly after, at 20:07, Haverford answered back cutting WC’s lead down by one, but with 10:26 left in the first half sophomore Mollie Shipley scored increasing their lead to two again.
The Fords tied it up before half time by scoring a goal with 7:30 on the clock and another with 52 seconds left. Haverford came out in the second half just as they had left the first half and scored three goals, taking the lead by three.
Junior Liza Twilley retaliated by scoring in transition at 10:57 cutting the Ford’s lead down by two. Closely following, Eisenbrandt scored her second goal at 9:44, which was unassisted. Haverford then scored a free-position goal bringing their lead back up by two with 7:18 to play. With 1:03 left in the match Shipley scored her second goal which was off a free-position play. Sophomore Marissa Restaino tried to tie the game up but a Ford defender blocked her shot, making the final score 7-6.
Both Eisenbrandt and Shipley had two goals in the game for the Shorewomen. Sophomore Stephanie Seibert had eight saves in the loss for WC. The Shorewomen had a 23-18 advantage in shots and controlled eight of the game’s 15 draws. WC also only committed eight turnovers to Haverford’s 11 and was 14-for-16 on clears.
Last Saturday, April 21, WC took a hard loss to 6th ranked Gettysburg with a score of 20-4. This Centennial Conference loss brought the Shorewomen down to an overall record of 10-4 and a conference record of 4-4. Juniors Kali Parrish, Ann Eickelburg, Shipley, and Restaino each scored one goal in the loss for WC. The Shorewomen got off 22 shots in the game against the Bullets.
April 22, 2011
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