Wheelock Deals Women's Lacrosse First NECC Loss
BOSTON, Mass.- The Wheelock College women's lacrosse team kept their momentum rolling as they defeated Elms College in a New England Collegiate Conference matchup on Winsor Field, 18-13. The Wildcats improve to 2-5 (2-1 NECC) while ending the Blazers (5-4, 3-1 NECC) win streak at three games.
In a first half that featured four lead changes and three ties, the visitors looked to pull away with a 4-2 advantage at the 11:38 mark.
Senior midfield Molly Centore (Kennebunk, Maine) became the rallying point for Wheelock as she netted two of her four goals in the period within 26 seconds to knot the game at 4-4.
From there, the Wildcats scored four consecutive goals as two more strikes from Centore were bookended by senior attack Emma Marrs (Old Lyme, Conn.). Marrs' second goal of the half doubled up the visitors and made it 8-4 with 3:27 to play.
The two squads traded goals as Wheelock took a 9-5 lead into the break.
Elms struck first in the second half to cut their deficit to 9-6 but the home team responded with another string of four goals to claim a commanding 13-6 lead on a Marrs free position shot.
The Wildcats continued to push their advantage as yet another Marrs free position shot yielded a 17-9 lead with 11:27 remaining.
The Blazers fought back the rest of the way and claimed four of the last five goals with rookie attack Haley Roberts (Westfield, Mass.) rounding out the day's scoring when she made it 18-13 at the 1:26 mark.
Wheelock was led by Centore who matched career-highs with eight goals and 10 points on the afternoon. Marrs netted a season-high six goals while rookie midfield Molly Koon (Londonderry, N.H.) added three goals and an assist.
Elms was led by junior attack Ashley Cava (Wilbraham, Mass.) who racked up three goals and four assists. Roberts had a team-high four goals while rookie defense Jackie Soucia (Belchertown, Mass.) and senior attack Nora McDonough (South Hadley, Mass.) contributed two apiece. McDonough added two helpers while Soucia had one assist.
The Wildcats sophomore goalie Meghan Lewis (South Berwick, Maine) improved to 2-5 on the season while making nine stops. The Blazers sophomore netminder took the loss but had five saves on the afternoon.
Wheelock continues their NECC slate with a road trip to Bay Path on Thursday April 16th at 4:00 p.m. Elms takes on Massachusetts Maritime on the same day with a non-conference matchup at 7:00 p.m.
