CANTON, N.Y. - Senior tri-captain
Lily Ives (Chappaqua, N.Y.) scored five goals to lead the visiting Trinity College Bantams to a 14-6 victory over the St. Lawrence University Saints in women's lacrosse action this afternoon at Hall-Leet Field. Trinity, ranked No. 14 in the nation, improves to 7-2 with the 100th victory in the career of Bantam Head Coach
Katy Szymanski. The No. 25-ranked Saints drop to 3-5 with their third loss in a row. Trinity will continue its current three-game road trip with a 6 p.m. tilt at New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) rival Connecticut College on Wednesday at 6 p.m. Szymanski is now 100-39 (.719) in her ninth season as Trinity's head coach.
Trinity trailed, 1-0, early after a goal by St. Lawrence's Liz Evans, but the Bantams rattled off five goals in a row over the remainder of the first quarter including two by senior tri-captain
Elle Fair (Westport, Conn.). The Saints opened the second quarter with their second goal, but Trinity responded similarly with a 6-0 run that lasted into the third frame. Ives scored the first three and junior attacker
Caroline Lampert (Wayland, Mass.) assisted on two and scored a third during the run. Charlotte Powell scored for the Saints to make it, 11-3, with 10:42 left in the third but Ives, junior midfielder
Casey Ward (Norwell, Mass.) and Lampert answered with three tallies in a row. St. Lawrence scored three times in the fourth quarter to account for the 14-6 final score.
Trinity outshot St. Lawrence, 30-18, and forced 30 turnovers. Lampert matched Ives with five points, scoring twice and assisting on three goals, while Fair, Ward, and first-year attacker
Molly McGuckin (Darien, Conn.) had two goals and one assist apiece for the Bantams. Trinity senior tri-captain
Molly Broderick (Rye, N.Y.) had two ground balls and three caused turnovers, junior
Quincy Connell (New Canaan, Conn.) added three ground balls and two caused turnovers, and rookie
June Trodden (Weston, Mass.) secured a team-high four draw controls. Senior
Alyssa Vitale (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.) and first-year
Ali Macdougall (Southbury, Conn.) combined for five Trinity saves. Jacqui Cloutier scored twice and two goalies had 11 saves between them for the Saints.
