WESTMINSTER, Md. – Michelle Mullen (Pasadena, MD/Chesapeake) led all scores with four goals, all in the second half, to lead McDaniel to a 14-8 victory over Dickinson in the semifinals of the ECAC South Region tournament on Saturday.

Kerrie Wuenschel (Sykesville, MD/South Carroll) added two goals and two assists to help the second-seeded Green Terror (13-5) advance to Sunday’s championship game against top-seeded Cabrini, who downed Stevens 9-7 in the day’s second semifinal. Alyssa Crellin and Abby Larson paced the Red Devils (11-7) with two goals apiece.

Three goals in the game’s first 3:45, including an Emily Funk (Salisbury, MD/Parkside) marker just 31 seconds into the contest, staked McDaniel to an early 3-0 advantage. Larson scored 7:04 into the game to get Dickinson on the board before the teams traded goals over the next nearly 10 minutes, giving the Green Terror a 5-3 edge.

Connie Wuenschel (Sykesville, MD/South Carroll) and Erinn Hopkins (Monrovia, MD/Urbana) tallied on back-to-back free-position goals to make it a 7-3 game with 8:25 remaining until intermission. A free-position goal from Tara Goss pulled the Red Devils within 7-4 at the intermission.

Mullen got her day – and the second half – started, finishing a Chelsea Ferruzzi (Jenkintown, PA/Jenkintown) feed 4 minutes, 48 seconds into the stanza. Dickinson reeled off the next three tallies in a 2-minute, 6-second span – the last two off free-position attempts – to pull within 8-7.

Back-to-back free-position tallies by Meagan Mattson (Mt. Airy, MD/South Carroll) and a Kerrie Wuenschel (Sykesville, MD/South Carroll) free-position goal stretched the lead back to four with 10:20 to play.

Crellin momentarily halted the fun before Mullen scored the final three goals.

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(Westminster, MD) - The Dickinson College women's lacrosse team struggled early and eventually fell to host McDaniel 14-8 in the ECAC South Region Semifinals.

The Green Terror scored three goals in the opening four minutes en route to a 7-4 halftime lead. McDaniel struck first to begin the second half before Dickinson answered with three straight to cut the deficit to 8-7.

The Green Terror struck back with three unanswered goals and closed out the game with a 6-1 run for the final of 14-8.

First-years Alysa Crellin (Little Compton, RI/Portsmouth Abbey) and Abby Larson (Easton, MD/Gunston Day) each scored twice to lead the Red Devils. Sophomore Ana Sokol (Colts Neck, NJ/The Peddie School) had three caused turnovers while Laura Williams (CHestertown, MD/Gunston Day) controlled three ground balls.

In goal Gabby Joffie (Jamaica, NY/Mercersburg Academy) made six saves while Caitlin Kingsley (Ridgefield, CT/Ridgefield) stopped a pair of shots.

Michelle Mullen led McDaniel with four goals and a game-high four draw controls. Karrie Wuenschel tallied a pair of goals and two assists.

McDaniel improves to 13-5 overall and will face the winner of Cabrini and Stevens Tech. The Red Devils close out the season 11-7.

2007-05-12