SUWANEE, Ga. - Sewanee defeated Colorado College Sunday afternoon 14-11 to earn the first ever SCAC Women's Lacrosse title in league history. Molly Arnold led the way for the Purple Tigers with six goals and one assist.
- AROUND THE SCAC -
Birmingham-Southern went 1-1 this week in the
inaugural SCAC Women's Lacrosse Championship, hosted by BSC,
defeating Millsaps, 20-1, in the opening round game on friday, but
falling to top-seeded Sewanee on Saturday, 20-11. BSC ends the year
at 8-8. Junior Chelsea Van Voorhis led the squad offensively with
59 goals and 12 assists for 71 points. Senior Ashley Johnson
and junior Lyndsay Griffin also had 44 goals each, and Johnson led
with 19 assists. Sophomore Stephanie Gore led with 76 ground balls
and 39 caused turnovers, and junior Katie Bates - who played the
entire season in goal - recorded 140 saves with a 12.04
GAA.
Centre participated in the inaugural SCAC Women’s
Lacrosse Championship that was held in Birmingham, Ala. from
Friday, April 22 thru Sunday, April 24. Centre, the #3 seed in the
event, faced the #2 seed Colorado College on Saturday, April 23 and
the Colonels fell by a score of 18-4. The Colonels ended their
inaugural season with an overall record of 11-6 and they went 2-2
in conference play.
Colorado College nearly overcame an early five-goal
deficit, but the Tigers were unable to get the tying score late in
the second half and dropped a 14-11 decision to Sewanee in the SCAC
championship game on Sunday. CC clawed to within 9-8 when Grace
Maloney scored with 11:14 remaining in the game and 10-9 on a tally
by Leslie Jacoby 2:06 later, only to see Sewanee answer with a 4-1
run to re-claim the momentum and a four-goal advantage with just
3:24 to play. Kelsey Morell gave the Tigers their only lead when
she found the net just 40 seconds into the game. After the teams
traded goals late in the first half to make the score 7-3 after 30
minutes, Colorado College outscored Sewanee 5-2 to make it a
one-goal contest, but the Tennessee Tigers outscored CC 5-2 during
the final 10 minutes to claim the conference crown. Maloney paced
the black and gold with three goals, while Lara Atkins scored twice
and added an assist. Sophomore midfielder Kate Krieger struck for
three goals and added an assist as Colorado College advanced to the
title game with an 18-4 victory over Centre College. CC, which
extended its winning streak to eight games, grabbed a two-goal lead
less than a minute into the game when Ginna Oates converted on a
free-position shot with only 33 seconds expired and Ellie Cole
found the net 11 seconds later. After the Colonels pulled to within
4-2, Jacoby and Krieger scored three goals apiece as the
Tigers ran off eight unanswered markers to build a 12-2 lead after
30 minutes. Abby Fink stopped seven of nine shots faced during the
first half to earn the victory. Elise Burchard also finished with
four points on a goal and three assists. CC got goals from nine
different players while 11 had at least one point. The Tigers
already have tied the 2005 national semifinalist team for second
place on the program’s single-season list with 12 victories.
CC travels to Regis University next Friday, before closing out the
regular season the following day at home against Mesa State
College.
Millsaps closed their inaugural season this week with a
loss to Birmingham-Southern in the opening round of the 2011 SCAC
Women's Lacrosse Tournament. The Panthers took down the Majors 21-1
on their home field. The season was a tough one for the Majors,
finishing 1-14 on the season, but they did record the first
collegiate lacrosse win for any school in the State of Mississippi
with their overtime win against Agnes Scott.
Sewanee picked up a trio of wins this week, culminating in
the program’s first SCAC Championship. On Tuesday, the Tigers
traveled to Birmingham-Southern for a make-up date and rolled over
the Panthers, 23-11, on their way to undefeated regular season in
conference play. Molly Arnold paced the Tigers with six goals and
one assist, while goalkeeper Amy Nusbaum collected 11 saves in the
win. Heading into the tournament, Sewanee, who earned the #1 seed
in the inaugural SCAC women’s lacrosse tournament, had a bye
on Friday before facing Birmingham-Southern for the second time in
five days on Saturday. In their rematch with the Panthers, 10
different Tigers found the back of the net on the way to a 20-11
victory. Arnold notched five goals as Sewanee earned 23 of 32 draw
controls in the contest. In the championship game against Colorado
College on Sunday, the Colorado Tigers struck first, but Sewanee
scored six unanswered goals before taking a 7-4 lead into halftime.
Colorado struck first again in the second half and the two teams
traded goals until CC inched within one, 10-9, with just nine
minutes left to play. Sewanee scored four of the last six goals,
including a pair of back-to-back goals to make it 14-10, before
Colorado added a late goal to make the final score 14-11. Arnold
once again led the Tigers, tallying six goals and one assist,
bringing her week totals to 16 goals and two assists, while Nusbaum
notched her third double-digit save game of the week with 10 saves
and one groundball. The Tigers are 13-5 overall after claiming the
SCAC crown.
To view the entire SCAC LAX Weekly report for week nine, click here.
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