COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Colorado College women's lacrosse team suffered its second straight on-goal loss on Wednesday, dropping a 10-9 decision to second-ranked Amherst College at CC's Washburn Field.

The Lady Jeffs took advantage of 10 unforced turnovers in the first half and used a 6-0 run to take a 7-2 lead at the break. Amherst led 9-3 with just over 20 minutes left in the game. But from that point on, it was nearly all Colorado College.

Freshman midfielder Kristin Rider started the Tiger comeback with 18:28 remaining in the game and senior midfielder Kerry O'Shaughnessy scored 1:14 later to make the score 9-5.

Sophomore attacker Amy Craig scored what proved to be the game winner with 16:26 to play, but CC responded with three goals in less than two minutes to make the score 10-8 with 13:47 left in the game.

Senior attacker Kate Fitzgerald tallied her third straight goal with 8:09 to go to pull the Tigers to within a goal, but that was as close as they would get. CC had one final chance to tie the score with just under one minute remaining, but turned the ball over on an errant pass and the Lady Jeffs ran out the clock.

Craig, the sister of former Colorado College standout Ali Craig, led Amherst with a game-high five goals. Fitzgerald and senior midfielder Robin Harvey had three goals apiece to pace the Tigers.

Junior Linda McEvoy made seven saves to earn the victory in goal. Sophomore Jess Van Doren finished with eight saves, including seven in the second half to give CC a chance to rally.

Colorado College will play host to No. 8 Salisbury on Friday at 11:00 a.m.

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COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – The Amherst College women’s lacrosse team watched its five-goal halftime lead over Colorado College quickly disappear in the second half, but managed to hold on for the 10-9 victory to conclude its spring break road trip. The Lord Jeffs return to action Saturday, Mar. 24 for a match-up with Bates College.

The first goal of the game came after eight minutes of action, when Colorado’s Robin Harvey scored on a free-position shot. Amherst sophomore Amy Craig (Denver, CO) responded three minutes later with an unassisted goal, but the Tigers regained the lead when Mallory Newton finished off a Kerry O’Shaughnessy assist just 28 seconds later.

Beginning at the 13:58 mark, Amherst scored six unanswered goals to close out the half, a span that included a pair of goals each from Craig, sophomore Mary Noonan (West Roxbury, MA) and junior Maddie Hoeg (Shoreham, NY). The Jeffs’ final goal of the half came with just two seconds on the clock, as Noonan got herself an open look and found the back of the net just before the horn sounded.

Harvey netted her second goal after just 2:45 of the second half, but Amherst got right back to work, as senior Liz Wise (Scarsdale, NY) put the Jeffs back ahead by five goals at the 25:32 mark before Craig scored her fourth goal of the game five minutes later, giving Amherst a 9-3 lead with 20 minutes remaining in regulation.

The Tigers strung together five goals in less than five minutes, with Craig’s fifth goal sandwiched in between. Kate Fitzgerald netted her third goal of the game with 8:09 left to play to cut the deficit to one, but neither team put another tally on the scoreboard, as the Jeffs forced a turnover with one minute remaining in the game and were able to run out the clock and hang on for the 10-9 win.

Craig’s five goals led the Amherst attack, with her fifth proving to be the game-winner. Harvey and Fitzgerald led the Tigers with three goals apiece. Linda McEvoy (Rochester, NY) made nine saves for Amherst to pick up the win, while Jess Van Doren stopped eight shots in the loss.

2007-03-21