Isabel Abarca
Senior Sports Writer
Eleven minutes later, the women had increased their lead to seven, holding a 7-0 lead until just after the 17-minute mark.
By half time, Wooster conceded only one goal and added to the seven with another six to put the score at 15 to one.
Although Hiram managed to score the first goal in the second half, Wooster retaliated with six more goals to finish their scoring at 21 goals in total. The Terriers squeezed in a third and final goal in the last two minutes of the game to conclude this conference matchup.
Notably, Heather Szymanski ’17 was responsible for one-third of the goals against the Terriers.
“[It] was a great conference opener because we had the opportunity to really focus on fundamental skills and ball movement while on the offensive end,” said Szymanski.
The following game against Augustana on March 31 left the women’s lacrosse team with their first loss of the season. But with loss there is room for growth; the game “certainly exposed some weaknesses that we need to work on as a whole,” added Szymanski.
With the teams’ second conference game just two days later, the Scots didn’t have time to dwell on this loss against the very competitive Augustana team.
“The team really made it our goal to put that out of our heads and focus primarily on our next game against Kenyon,” said Emma Lawrence ’19.
On Sunday, April 2, the Wooster women’s lacrosse team fought a tough battle against the Kenyon Ladies. Down by four goals more than halfway through the first half, the Scots were sparked by their first goal from Helena Enders ’18.
They came back with urgency and were able to end the first half by a two-point margin against the Ladies, 7-5. Ellie Hudson-Heck ’16 followed Enders with another goal, while Abby Szlachta ’16 contributed three of the seven goals in the first half with two more from Szymanski.
After the Scots distinguished their lead in the first half, they succeeded in maintaining that lead until the very end. Szlachta, Hudson-Heck, Szymanski and Jamie Wren-Jarvis ’16 collectively gave five more goals to push the team to a secure win over Kenyon.
“It was a true test of our ability to play as a full unit from one end of the field to the other and I think we really accomplished that compared to the previous two games,” said Szymanski.