SALISBURY, Md. - The game was close for a half but the No. 2 Salisbury University women's lacrosse team outscored Roanoke College 11-4 in the second half as the Sea Gulls won 16-6 over the Maroons in a non-conference game Saturday afternoon at Sea Gull Stadium. Salisbury (11-0) scored the game's first two goals before Roanoke scored two of the final five goals before the half, when the Sea Gulls led 5-2.

The Sea Gulls had three players score four goals apiece in the win. Senior Sue Ackermann led all-scorers with four goals and four assists (eight points). Ackermann, the Capital Athletic Conference Athlete of the Week, used several spin moves to lose Roanoke defenders around the crease in the first half as she now has 45 goals and 34 assists this season. Junior Jessica Chmielewski (one assist) and sophomore Beth Rhodey (two assists) scored four goals each. Rhodey scored her six-points in the second half. Chmielewski now has 50 points this season while Rhodey is one point behind her.

Junior Ashleigh Gender (two goals) and freshmen Trish DiGirolomo and Lindy Walsh were the other Sea Gull goal scorers. Roanoke (3-6) was led by Gina Valles four goals and one assist. Amanda Hutchins and Carolyn Miller added unassisted goals for the Maroons. Sonja Stuart made four saves in goal for the Sea Gulls, while Roanoke goalie Katlyn Scarlett made 17 saves (12 in the first half).

Salisbury outshot Roanoke 42-15 and won 17-of-24 draw controls. The Sea Gulls added 19 ground balls, were 12-for-13 on clears, scored two free position goals, and caused 14 of Roanoke's 22 turnovers.

The Sea Gulls will next be in action on Tuesday, March 25, as they host CAC foe Wesley College at 4:00 p.m.

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The women's lacrosse team dropped two games on Easter weekend to Washington & Lee, 14-9 and to Salisbury, 16-6. The two road losses dropped the Maroons to 3-6 overall and 1-2 in the ODAC.

Gina Valles finished the weekend with nine goals and one assist for 10 points. She now leads the team in points (34), goals (27), caused turnovers (11) and second in assists with seven on the season.

Amanda Hutchins scored a goal in the Salisbury game and an assist in the W&L game to give her 20 points on the season. She became a member of the 100-point club at Roanoke this week and has since moved into 21st with 113 for her career. She is three goals shy of 100 for her career.

Freshman midfielder Emily Mathews tallied five goals to help lead the #8 Washington & Lee to a 14-9 win over Roanoke College on Thursday evening at the W&L Turf Field.

Mathews scored four goals in the opening 21:35 of the game as the Generals (7-1, 3-0) raced out to a 7-1 lead with 8:25 left in the first period. Roanoke sophomore attacker Brooks Laufman scored unassisted at the 7:43 mark to make it 7-2, but the Generals added two more before the break and held a 9-3 lead at the half.

The Maroons scored three of the first four goals of the second half, including a pair by sophomore midfielder Valles to make it a 10-6 game with 16:03 remaining. However, Roanoke could get no closer the rest of the way as the Generals hung on for the five-goal victory.

Valles paced the Roanoke offense with five goals, while Laufman chipped in a pair of scores. Junior Katlyn Scarlett played the duration between the pipes, making six saves.

Salisbury had their closest game of the season against the Maroons, winning, 16-6 on Saturday. The women were within four, 9-5 with 15:47 remaining thanks to back-to-back goals by Valles. Salisbury then put the game away with six unanswered goals before Valles scored the final Maroon goal of the afternoon.

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2008-03-23