For Immediate Release
April 13, 2010
Wellesley Sports Information
Wellesley College Lacrosse Falls to #9 Babson College
WELLESLEY, Mass. -- Babson senior Anna Collins (Winchester, MA) scored six goals, while a stifling defense held Wellesley to just two second half scores, as the visiting Beavers downed the Blue, 16-5, in a New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) match-up on Tuesday afternoon. Babson, ranked ninth in the latest IWLCA Division III poll, improves to 10-3 overall with an unblemished 4-0 mark in conference play. Wellesley falls to 4-8 overall, 1-2 in the NEWMAC.
Babson opened the scoring with goals from Alyssa Hood (Newport, RI) and Collins to pick up a 2-0 lead, eight minutes into the game. Wellesley battled back to tied the score at 2-2 at the 18-minute mark, backed by goals from Molly Morrow (Bow, NH) and Meagan Fuchs (Portland, OR).
The visitors then picked up back-to-back goals, as Trisha Babson (Duxbury, MA) scored off of a Kaitlyn Pettengill (Hopkinton, MA) assist and Ellen McCurdy (Weston, MA) converted a free-position shot to put Babson back on top, 4-2. Wellesley would counter with a score from Loretta White (Northampton, MA) to cut the lead to 4-3 at 13:04, but the Blue would get no closer, as Babson finished out the period with four straight scores to take an 8-3 advantage into the break.
The teams traded goals to open up the second half, with McCurdy adding her second tally of the afternoon for the Beavers and White scoring for the Blue. From that point on, however, the game belonged to Babson. The Beavers scored six straight goals, while holding Wellesley off the board until the final minute of play to cement the 16-5 victory, the program's 28th-straight NEWMAC triumph.
Collins' six goals led the offense for Babson, while McCurdy and Hood added three goals apiece. Trisha Babson and Pettengill each recorded three points while Taylor Kralovenec (Cos Cob, CT) rounded out the Beavers offense with a solo score. Defensively, Pettengill caused five turnovers while also recording four ground balls and two draw controls. Between the pipes, Sarah Macary (Woodbury, CT) tallied 10 saves, including stopping all three free-position shots on goal.
For Wellesley, White finished with two goals and an assist for three points, while Morrow tallied two points on a goal and an assist. Fuchs and Jenny Holland (Bethesda, MD) also added goals for the Blue. Nicole Labbee (Flornce, MA) led the Wellesley defense with four caused turnovers and four ground balls, while Mary Mattia (Atlanta, GA) made 11 saves in net for the Blue.
Babson is idle until Tuesday, April 20th when the Beavers host MIT in a 4:30pm NEWMAC match-up. Wellesley is back in action on Saturday, traveling to Springfield for a 3:00pm conference clash.