The Elizabethtown women’s lacrosse team took on Eastern University on Thursday, March 26 and the Merchant Marine Academy on Saturday, March 28. Although they lost the Thursday game 14-13 in overtime, the ladies made up for it with a 17-3 win Saturday against Merchant Marine.
The game against Eastern was a nail-biter for fans, going back and forth between the two teams. Eastern’s Julie Haggan scored first, but Blue Jay Molly Hurley scored less than a minute later for Etown. The next six goals were scored back-and-forth by the two teams, until Addie Stang, Etown’s top scorer for the game, assisted Mary Nell Donahue in scoring and then scored herself, unassisted. The Blue Jays came out on top in the first half, 8-7. Eastern came back in the second, tying it up and forcing the game into overtime, where they scored twice. Etown’s overtime goal came with seven seconds to go, leaving the Blue Jays one behind.
Two days after their loss, the women took on the Merchant Marine Academy. Within the first minute of the game, Addie Stang scored the first goal for Etown, and followed it with another to bring Etown a 2-0 lead with back-to-back shots. The ladies led by 6-0 less than eight minutes in, with scores by Carly Thompson, Kirstin Quilty and two by Dana Robidoux, the game’s top scorer. The Blue Jays won seven of the first ten draws, and used it to their advantage, leading 10-0 by the halfway point of the fist half.
Etown goalie Michelle Fuller kept the ball out of the net, preventing the Mariners from scoring until Madeline Thibeault slipped one past her, scoring the team’s first goal with less than ten minutes remaining in the half. That goal was their only of the half, and Etown led 13-1 at the half. Thibeault scored again at the beginning of the second half, and their third and final goal was scored by Emily Finnin later. Robidoux, Quilty, Molly Hurley and Adriana Bertolino all scored in the second half, helping the Jays along to their 17-3 victory.
The next game is scheduled for Friday, April 3 at 3:30 p.m. on Wolf Field. The Blue Jays will take on the Goucher College Gophers.
