ALLIANCE, Ohio – The Marietta College women's lacrosse team dropped a road contest 16-7, at the University of Mount Union on Saturday (April 17) afternoon. With the win the Purple Raiders improve to 11-1 overall, and the with the loss the Pioneers are now 6-8 overall.
"Not happy about the loss but I'm very pleased with the teams performance today. Despite the score, there was a competitive edge to the entire match against a top conference team," said Head Coach
Malory Nadrah. "We fought hard and improved in a lot of areas from Wednesday's game. We were much more competitive on the circle and played great defense throughout the game."
Mount Union opened the game with five straight goals, to lead 5-0 just over 10 minutes into the game. Marietta answered two minutes later when
Rachel Sivie (Washington, Pa./Trinity) scored. The Pioneers made the score 5-2 when
Lindy Brobeck (Pickerington, Ohio/Pickerington) found the back of the net off a feed from
Hope Adams (Delaware, Ohio/Bishop Watterson). After five minutes of scoreless action, back to back goals from the Purple Raiders gave them a 7-2 edge. Less than a minute later, Marietta made the score 7-3 when Adams scored, with just over seven minutes to play in the half. Mount Union scored the final four goals of the half, and led 11-3 at the intermission.
The Pioneers scored the opening goal of the second half, when
Shelby Millheim (Bethlehem, Pa./Freedom) found the back of the net. Mount Union answered with four straight goals to lead 15-4, with just under 20 minutes to play in the game. After eight minutes of scoreless play, Sivie scored her second goal of the game for Marietta. After the Purple Raiders scored a goal, the Pioneers tallied the final two goals of the game. The Marietta goals were scored by Sivie, and
Megan McGriff (Lakewood, Colo./Bear Creek), but the Pioneers fell 16-7.
Coach Nadrah added, "I'm very proud of our defense today. Maddie continues to make incredible saves. Kyla was all over the eight sliding and playing great defense on cutters. Jordan Jeffries and Marley Phillippe played huge roles in successful transitions to give us more offensive possessions."
Maddie Leers (Crystal Lake, Ill./Barrington) played all 60 minutes in goal, she faced 33 shots, 25 of which were on goal, and made nine saves.
Brogan Hurd (Halethrope, Md./Catonsville) and Adams tied for the team lead in draw controls with four a piece. Defensively,
Kyla Andreas (Shirley, N.Y./Longwood),
Lindsay Horton (Birmingham, Ala./John Carroll Catholic), Hurd, and
Megan Marshall (Naples, Fla./Estero) all caused a turnover in the game.
"We've been searching for some consistency on the draw. Brogan did a great job being our main center today and snagging some draws. Hope and Shelby also stepped up and made some big plays on 50/50 balls," concluded Coach Nadrah.
The Pioneers will return to the field Wednesday (April 21) when they host Otterbein, with the game scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.
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