The Hood College women's lacrosse team suffered a 22-5 defeat Tuesday afternoon in non-conference action against St. Vincent College.
Tiffany Still, Hood's leading scorer, paced the Blazers offensively with three goals and an assist while Nicole Beall continued her hot stick in the net with 20 saves. Cheryl Banks contributed a goal, an assist and picked up a team-high 10 ground balls.
Hood suffers its third straight non-conference loss and falls to 2-4 on the season overall, but is still undefeated in Atlantic Women's Colleges Conference play with a 2-0 mark.
The Bearcats got four goals each from Jennifer Perestock, Hannah Doblick and Kathryn McLaughlin as they upped their record to 3-4 on the year.
St. Vincent jumped out to a 9-0 advantage before Hood scored its first goal of the afternoon. With 12:53 remaining in the first half, Rachel Biser scored on an assist from Still and with 1:30 to go in the half, Banks scored her first goal of the day. The Bearcats led 13-2 at half.
In the second half, St. Vincent continued its torrid offensive play with nine unanswered goals until Banks found the back of the net for the Blazers with 5:11 remaining. Banks' mark would begin Hood's stretch of three straight goals to close the game. Still contributed her final two scores of the day in the final 1:40.
Still helped Hood with nine ground balls and five caused turnovers while Biser had four ground balls and three caused turnovers.
Renee Straub pitched in a hat trick for the Bearcats and Perestock had a game-high 11 ground balls.
Hood will back in action Friday when it hosts Chestnut Hill in an AWCC game. Game time is set for 4 p.m.
BOX SCORE
St. Vincent 22, Hood 5
Goals—St. Vincent 22 (Perestock 4, Doblick 4, McLaughlin 4), Hood 5 (Still 3); Shots—St. Vincent 46 (Perestock 9), Hood 11 (Still 7); Free Position Shots—St. Vincent 5 (Doblick 4), Hood 3 (Still 2); Turnovers—St. Vincent 7 (Santucci 2, Perestock 2), Hood 18 (Still 5); Ground balls—St. Vincent 38 (Perestock 11), Hood 28 (Banks 10); Caused Turnovers—St. Vincent 8 (Doblick 2, Norton 2), Hood 13 (Still 5).
