The Wooster womenís lacrosse team returned from its Spring Break trip in San Antonio, Texas with a record of 1-1 to start the season.† On Sunday, March 7 the women defeated the University of Texas-Dallas (0-5) 22-6 but lost 15-10 to Elizabethtown College (2-1) that Tuesday.
The Fighting Scots left no question as to which team controlled the field, putting up 10 unanswered goals against Dallas in the first half, and adding 12 more to seal the 22-6 win.† Nina Dine í11 and Madison Carey í12 each had five goals and Becca Worthington í10 had four goals and an assist.† Jess Cleveland í10, Emily Meyer í11 and Amy Denny í10 each recorded two goals, and Katie Smart í11 and Isabel Baylor í12 each recorded one goal.
Worthington led the team with a game-high four goals and one assist against Elizabethtown.† Dine and Carey each tallied two goals, while Cleveland scored one and Clare Nelson-Johnson í13 recorded her first career goal for the books.† The Scots trailed by two points (8-6) at halftime, but that was the closest they were able to come in overcoming Elizabethtown. They lost the game 15-10.
Goalkeepers Shawna Ferris í13 and Sarah Blosser í13 split equal playing time, each playing one half of both games.† Ferris recorded 11 saves and Blosser had seven for the trip.
The Scots hosted Fredonia State University in their home opener on Saturday, March 20 at John P. Papp Stadium.† After trailing 3-0 in the opening minutes of the game, Wooster tied the Blue Devils 3-3 and kept the score close throughout the first half.† Fredonia State outscored Wooster in the second half to beat the Scots in a decisive 17-9 win.
The Blue Devils led the game with three early points that were answered with a hat trick by Dine to tie the game 3-3 with 20 minutes remaining in the first half.† Fredonia responded with three more unanswered goals, but Smart and Nelson-Johnson cut Woosterís deficit to one with a goal apiece.† The Blue Devils added one more to lead 7-4 and the remaining 13 minutes in the half were scoreless by both teams.
Fredonia State overwhelmed Wooster in the second half, making a 10-3 scoring run that included goals by nine different players.† The Scots were able to convert on two free-position goals, but their deficit to the Blue Devils was too great to overcome.
Dine led Woosterís scoring with four goals, and Nelson-Johnson contributed two goals and an assist.† For the Blue Devils, Amy Simon had a game-high of six goals.
The Scots will host St. Vincent University (0-1) tomorrow at the Carl Dale Memorial Field at 1:30 p.m. and will see their first North Coast Athletic Conference action next Thursday, April 1 against Allegheny College at 7 p.m.