For Immediate Release
April 7, 2009
Wellesley Sports Information
Wellesley Lacrosse Outlasts Eastern Connecticut
WELLESLEY, Mass. – The Wellesley College lacrosse team outlasted Eastern Connecticut State University 14-11, in a tightly contested non-conference match-up in Wellesley. Originally scheduled as a home game for Eastern, the game was moved to Wellesley due to field conditions at Eastern.
Eastern struck first as Brooke Wayte picked up a score on an assist from Katie Beers just over two minutes into the contest. Wellesley answered with two goals of its own, at 22:04 from Meredith Roy (Merrimack, NH) and at 20:12 from Loretta White (Northampton, MA) to go up 2-1.
Over the next 10 minutes of play, the teams traded two goals each to set the score at 4-3 in favor of Wellesley. Wayte scored both goals for the Warriors while Jenny Holland (Bethesda, MD) and Roy each scored for the Blue during the stretch.
With 8:27 in the half, Wellesley's Briana Roberge (Bow, NH) scored unassisted to give Wellesley a two-goal lead at 5-3. However, Eastern got goals from Jessica Richards, Taylor MacDonald and Ashley Del Vecchio to close out the half with a 6-5 advantage.
Opening the second half of play, Wellesley's Molly Morrow (Bow, NH) netted two scores for the Blue while Eastern got scores from Wayte and McLaughlin to set the score at 8-7, still in favor of the Warriors.
Wellesley turned up the intensity over the next nine minutes, going on a 4-1 run as Morrow and Holland each scored twice to give the Blue a 12-9 lead with 15:15 to play.
Eastern's Wayte added her fifth score of the game with 12:31 to go to cut the lead to 12-10, but the Blue's Loretta White converted a free position attempt to increase the Wellesley lead back to three goals with six minutes to play.
The Warriors would get another goal, this one from Courtney Bedocs with 4:27 to play, but it wasn't enough as Wellesley added a score in the closing seconds and took the game 14-11.
Wayte led all scorers with five goals for Eastern, while six other players notched solo goals for the visitors. Defensively, Richards had six draw controls while Jackie Bivoda caused five turnovers and recorded seven ground balls. In net for Eastern, Kristianna Ibsen made 10 saves.
For the Blue, Holland and Morrow each scored four goals and added an assist while White and Roy each scored twice. Katie Bourque (Penacook, NH) recorded four ground balls for Wellesley while White, Alexis Fischer (Orinda, CA) and Morrow each had three draw controls. Mary Mattia (Atlanta, GA) had a solid game between the pipes, recording 12 saves.
Eastern Connecticut (4-7, 2-0 LEC) is back in action on Saturday at 2:00pm hosting Wheaton College. Wellesley (5-4, 1-0 NEWMAC) will next host Bowdoin on Thursday at 4:30pm.