For Immediate Release
March 27, 2010
Wellesley Sports Information
Late Surge Pushes Drew Past Wellesley Lacrosse
WELLESLEY, Mass. - The Drew University lacrosse team used a 4-1 run over the last 13 minutes of play to grab an 11-8 non-conference win over Wellesley College on Saturday afternoon. The Rangers improve to 3-5 on the season, while the Blue fall to 2-5.
Lyndsay Rossi (Pennington, NJ) scored unassisted at 29:11, as Drew got the initial goal in a tight first half. Wellesley answered with two-straight scores, one from Caitlin Meeker (Columbia, MD) assisted by Meagan Fuchs (Portland, OR) and the other from a free-position shot by Molly Morrow (Bow, NH), to put the Blue ahead, 2-1.
The teams then traded scores with Stacie Brown (Upper Marlboro, MD) converting for Drew and Loretta White (Northampton, MA) tallying for Wellesley to make it 3-2 in favor of the home team. However, the Rangers got back-to-back scores from Aileen Musynke (Floral Park, NY) and Rossi to take their first lead at 4-3 with 8:07 remaining in the half.
Wellesley regained posession with 1:45 to play and held the ball until Morrow found Jenny Holland (Bethesda, MD) streaking across the circle. Holland hit the back of the net and sent the game into halftime tied at 4-4.
The Blue opened the second half with a goal from Fuchs, but Drew pushed back with three straight scores as Emily Mastella (Catonsville, MD), Musynke and Sloane Coles (The Plains, VA) made it 7-5 in favor of the visitors. Wellesley then tied it up, with back-to-back goals from Meeker, with 16:13 to play.
From that point on, Drew took control of the game. A Jasmine Cordi-Miller (Whippany, NJ) goal made it 8-7 Drew, while two scores from Cara Jeffries (Central Square, NJ) pushed the Ranger lead to 10-7. Brooke Connell (Little Silver, NJ) then scored off of a Brown assist to open an 11-7 lead, the largest of the game. Wellesley got one back as Fuchs scored unassisted with 1:42 remaining, but it wasn't enough as Drew held on for the 11-8 victory.
For Drew, Musynke notched a three-point game with two goals and an assist, while Rossi, Browm, Coles and Jeffries all added two points each. Defensively, Leann Trimarchi (Bridgewater, NJ) caused two turnovers and added three ground balls, while Christina Lanzilotta (Turnersville, NJ) had two caused turnovers and two ground balls. Coles led the team with five draw conrols, while Brown added four. In goal for the Rangers, Rachel Hanley (Randolph, NJ) picked up the victory with an 11-save performance.
Wellesley was led by four points (one goal, three asssists) from Morrow, while Fuchs and Meeker eached added three points. Allison Robbins (North Bennington, VT) led th team with three draw controls, while Katie Saylor (San Diego, CA) and White each added three caused turnovers. Mary Mattia (Atlanta, GA) picked up eight saves and three ground balls in goal for the Blue.
Drew is back in action tomorrow at 1:00pm at Babson College. Wellesley next plays on Thursday night in a 7:00pm non-conference match-up at Endicott College.