LEWISTON, Maine -- In a well-played and close NESCAC women's lacrosse game Saturday at Campus Avenue Field, the Amherst College Lord Jeffs came away with a 10-7 victory over the host Bates College Bobcats.

Sophomore Mary Noonan (West Roxbury, Mass.) scored four goals and added an assist for Amherst (3-1, 2-0 NESCAC), which is ranked No. 3 in the latest IWLCA Division III poll. Senior Alyssa Briody (Hopewell, N.J.) scored once and notched four assists. Sophomore Amy Craig (Denver, Colo.) added a pair of goals.

Bates first-year Morgan Maciewicz (Marblehead, Mass.) and sophomore Caroline Thomas (Barrington, R.I.) each scored twice for the Bobcats (4-2, 0-1 NESCAC), while first-year Avery Masters (Mill Valley, Calif.) had two assists to go with one goal. Bates junior Molly Wagner (Longmeadow, Mass.) scored her 100th career goal in the game. Both goalies played stellar games as Bates outshot Amherst 29-28. Amherst junior Linda McEvoy (Rochester, N.Y.) made 14 saves while Bates junior Katie Nickerson (Windham, N.H.) made 11 stops.

Amherst jumped out to an early 2-0 lead with a pair of Noonan goals, but Bates had the game tied at 2 by the 18:42 mark of the half, as first-year Molly Dilworth (Yarmouth, Maine) deftly converted a Masters pass from behind the extended goal line, and Wagner scored her 100th career goal two minutes later by sneaking a shot into the near lower corner of the goal while stumbling away from the goal.

Bates took the lead at 3-2 with 10:51 to play in the half as Masters fed Maciewicz. Briody and Amherst senior Lauren Dudley (Baltimore, Md.) scored back-to-back goals to put the Jeffs back on top, but Maciewicz tied the game at 4 with a brilliant finish of an entry pass by sophomore Rachel Greenwood (Williamstown, Mass.).

Amherst senior Dana Kuper (Denver, Colo.) tallied a goal with only 13 seconds left in the half, giving the Jeffs a 5-4 halftime advantage and beginning a four-goal Amherst run that put the Jeffs in the lead for good.

Bates hosts Gordon College on Wednesday, March 28 at 4:00 p.m.; Amherst will host Springfield on Thursday at 7:00 p.m.

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SCORE BY PERIOD       1  2  Tot
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Amherst.............  5  5 - 10
Bates...............  4  3 -  7

Amherst SCORING:
GOALS: Mary Noonan 4; Amy Craig 2; Alyssa Briody 1; Maddie Hoeg 1; Lauren Dudley 1; Dana Kuper 1.
ASSISTS: Alyssa Briody 4; Mary Noonan 1; Tyler Tory-Murphy 1.

Bates SCORING:
GOALS: Morgan Maciewicz 2; Caroline Thomas 2; Avery Masters 1; Molly Wagner 1; Molly Dilworth 1.
ASSISTS: Avery Masters 2; Rachel Greenwood 1.

Amherst GROUND BALLS: Emery Sweeney 4; Liz Wise 4; Kathleen Boucher 3; Rachel Lewis 3; Maggie Roth 3; Catherine Calvert 2; Amy Craig 2; Lauren Dudley 2; Dana Kuper 2; Caroline Gignoux 1; Linda McEvoy 1; Mary Noonan 1; Tyler Tory-Murphy 1.

Bates GROUND BALLS: Molly Wagner 6; Katie Nickerson 5; Elizabeth Denver 2; Morgan Maciewicz 2; Hannah Meyer 2; Katelyn Drake 1; Avery Masters 1; Betsy Weidner 1.

Amherst TURNOVERS CAUSED: Mary Noonan 3; Catherine Calvert 2; Rachel Lewis 2; Liz Wise 2; Amy Craig 1; Lauren Dudley 1; Dana Kuper 1; Maggie Roth 1; Emery Sweeney 1.
Bates TURNOVERS CAUSED: Molly Wagner 4; Morgan Maciewicz 3; Elizabeth Denver 1; Rachel Harmeling 1; Avery Pierce 1; Cara Sweeney 1.

SHOTS - Amherst 28; Bates 29.
SHOTS ON GOAL - Amherst 0; Bates 0.

PENALTIES - Amherst 2/6:00; Bates 0/0:00.
TURNOVERS - Amherst 27; Bates 22.
CLEARS - Amherst 9-11; Bates 7-7.

GOALIES
AMH: Linda McEvoy (60:00 minutes, 21 shots-14 saves, 7 GA).
BAT: Katie Nickerson 3-1 (60:00, 21-11, 10).

2007-03-24