March 17, 2007

BOX SCORE

EUGENE, Ore. -- The Longwood women’s lacrosse team was outscored 7-4 in the final half of play, falling 15-11 to Vermont Saturday afternoon in Eugene, Oregon. The Lancers (0-6) were led by Cathleen Strain/Alexandria (Mount Vernon), who recorded five of Longwood’s 11 goals in the contest.  Longwood will return to action on Friday, March 23, when they host in-state rival James Madison in a 4 p.m. contest.
    
The Lancers jumped on the board first, as Liz Sellmayer/Baltimore (Mount de Sales Academy) recorded her first of two goals, four minutes into the contest for the early 1-0 lead.  After Vermont tied the score at 1-1, Strain gave the Lancers a 4-1 lead, scoring Longwood’s next three goals.  Kathleen Barry/Annandale (W.T. Woodson) answered a Catamount goal with 12:14 to go in the half, to pad the Lancers’ lead to 5-2.  The final ten minutes of the first half, was a back in forth battle that saw three ties and two lead changes.  Vermont knotted the game at five with 6:46 left in the half, capping a three goal run by the Catamounts.  Strain took the ensuing draw control all the way down the field and tallied her fourth goal of the half just 0:38 later for the 6-5 Longwood lead.  UVM knotted the score back at six, followed by a goal from Barry to put Longwood ahead 7-6.  Vermont cashed in on two goals with less than thirty seconds remaining to grab the 8-7 halftime lead.
    
After Vermont’s Lizzy Butler gave the Catamounts breathing room on a goal just 0:36 into the half, Sellmayer brought Longwood back within one on an unassisted goal at the 27:09 mark.  Vermont once again brought the deficit to two goals, but Barry returned the favor at 23:03, scoring her third goal of the afternoon and putting the score at 10-9.  The next eight minutes proved to be the difference maker, as the Catamounts fired four goals in the back of the net for the 14-9 lead with 11:13 to go in the game.  Britt Farquharson/Mississauga, Ontario (Lorne Park Secondary School) and Strain each tacked on a goal in the final six minutes but were unable to get any closer than four goals down.
    
Jennifer Holliday/Gaithersburg, Md. (Quince Orchard) recorded the loss in net for Longwood, going the full sixty minutes and recording 13 saves in the contest.  Vermont was anchored by Meaghan Hanley who recorded 12 saves in sixty minutes of action.