For Immediate Release
October 31, 2009
Wellesley Sports Information
#1 Wellesley Spooks #8 Wheaton 4-1 To Power Through NEWMAC Quarterfinals
Box Score
WELLESLEY, Mass. – Top-seeded Wellesley College scored four unanswered goals in the second half to wrap up a 4-1 home victory over Wheaton College in Saturday's NEWMAC quarterfinals.
The Blue outshot Wheaton by a commanding 32-13 margin, but the first half dished up all tricks and no treats for Wellesley as none of their 18 first-period shots found the back of the net. The Lyons struck first on Margaux Bolte's goal in the 33rd minute and went into halftime with a 1-0 lead.
Wellesley equalized three minutes into the second period as Callie Lekas (Brewster, MA) netted a rocket off Dana Trail's (Trappe, PA) penalty corner. Molly Morrow (Bow, NH) converted a penalty corner ten minutes later, sneaking a shot through traffic in front of the net for the eventual winner.
Kate Cushing (Danvers, MA) put back a rebound off the Wheaton goalkeeper in the 53rd minute to give Wellesley a 3-1 advantage, and Lekas scored a second time off a nice feed from Sally Scudder (Delafield, WI).
Junior goalkeeper Sarina Sawyer (Wilmette, IL) made nine saves for the Blue in her first postseason start. Wheaton's Andrea Bagley collected twelve in the loss.
Wellesley College will host both semifinal games next weekend, as the Blue take on fourth-seeded Springfield College, and #2 MIT and #6 Mount Holyoke square off in the second match.