Primary Color: Big Green Blots No. 6 Orange
from press release
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The 16th ranked Dartmouth women's
lacrosse team got a huge win at #6 Syracuse, storming back from an
early 2-0 deficit to take a convincing 17-10 victory.
The Big Green (4-1, 1-0 Ivy) likely turned a few heads with its
fourth straight victory and second of the season against a top-20
team - with both today's win and the win over then No. 12 Notre
Dame coming on the road.
Dartmouth got a balanced scoring effort, led yet again by junior
Greta Meyer (Denver, Colo.) with five goals and an assist and
sophomore Sarah Parks (Ellicott City, Md.) with four goals and two
assists. But all started and ended with senior goalie Julie Wadland
(Andover, Mass.), who put forth yet another impressive performance
in cage, making seven saves and grabbing two ground balls.
The 10 goals were the most allowed this season by Dartmouth, which
leads the NCAA in scoring defense. It was of little matter,
however, as the offense completely rattled Syracuse (4-3) keeper
Liz Hogan, scoring 17 goals on 25 shots, putting all but two of
those on goal. The Big Green also won 17 draw controls to the
Orange's 12.
The game did become increasingly physical as play went on, with
Syracuse whistled for 39 fouls to Dartmouth's 15. The Orange was
also given six yellow cards including four in the last 8:23 of the
game.
Syracuse, fresh off a one-goal loss to #1 Northwestern, did set the
tone early with a 2-0 lead just 1:15 into the game, with scores by
Tee Ladouceur and Tegan Brown, but Dartmouth was not to be
denied.
The Big Green responded with an amazing run of four goals in the
span of just one minute, 32 seconds (1:32), to take a 4-2 lead at
24:07. Sophomore Sarah Plumb (Wellesley, Mass.) started the scoring
at 25:39 off a pass from classmate Erin Massimi (Westwood, Mass.)
and then returned the favor, feeding Meyer who found the back of
the net at 25:06. The next two goals came quickly for Kat Collins
(Darien, Conn.) who gave Dartmouth the 4-2 lead with back-to-back
scores.
Things cooled down a bit until Syracuse put together a modest 2-1
run with rare unassisted goals from Halley Quillinan and Jackie
DePetris around a Meyer score off a feed from Collins to make it a
5-4 Big Green lead at 12:45. Kirsten Goldberg (Cockeysville, Md.)
won the draw and Dartmouth extended the lead with a Meyer free
position goal at 12:14, starting a 5-0 run that including a tally
from Hillary Smith (Bronxville, N.Y.), another goal by Meyer and
two straight from Parks to go up 10-4 with 5:34 left in the first
half.
Syracuse ended the half on a bit of a run as Christina Dove scored
one and assisted another for DePetris to make it 10-6, Dartmouth at
halftime.
The Big Green had absolutely no let down in the second half, coming
out blazing to score five goals in the first six minutes of the
period for a 15-6 lead at 24:08. Impressively, five different
players got in on the scoring action, started by a Smith free
position at 29:07. Just like in the first half, Plumb, Massimi,
Meyer and Parks all scored within a 2:16 window for that lead.
The Orange finally got on the board in the second with an
unassisted tally by Dove with 21:23 to play, but Dartmouth answered
right back as Parks fed Massimi to take it back to 16-7 at 18:32.
In perhaps the defining sequence of the game, Wadland came up with
two huge saves in an 11 second span, the second off a free
position. Rookie Kelsey Johnson (Hingham, Mass.) quickly cleared it
up field to Parks, who put the Green up, 17-7 with 16:30 to
play.
Syracuse would only have to endure the running clock (10-goal lead)
for one minute before Sarah Holden scored, but it would ultimately
be too little too late. The Big Green was patient on its offense
and surrendered two more Orange goals, but none in the final 11
minutes of play. No. 16 Dartmouth is back in action at home this
weekend, hosting Yale in just its second Ivy League game of the
season. The Big Green is 2-0 on Scully Fahey Field and has
surrendered just three goals on its home turf to date. Dartmouth
puts it on the line against the Bulldogs with a 1 p.m. draw on
Saturday.
