FREDERICK, Md. - The Hood College women's lacrosse team dropped its Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth matchup with Messiah University with a final score of 15-5.
Inside the Box Score
- Abby Burnette (Bethlehem, PA/Freedom) scored a pair of goals to lead the Blazers.
- Jess Lyons (Finksburg, MD/Gerstell Academy), Rebecca Turner (Absecon, NJ/Holy Spirit), and Avery Stanley (Culpeper, VA/Eastern View) finished with one goal each.
- Jess Hollman (Hackettstown, NJ/Morris Catholic) and Mackenzie Demaio (Urbana, MD/Coronado (Calif.)) tied the team-high three caused turnovers.
- Liz Connelly (Easton, MD/Easton) tied the game-high with three draw controls.
- Remy Anderson (Poolesville, MD/Poolesville) recorded seven saves in goal and the team-high six ground balls.
How it Happened
- The Falcons took a commanding early lead with four unanswered goals in the first fifteen minutes of action. Rachel Delate, Ehryn Groothoff, Makenzie Schnur, and Amanda Wadsworth scored one goal each in the run.
- The teams went on a three-minute scoreless drought to start the second quarter until Messiah's Schnur started a 3-0 run to extend the Falcons lead 7-0 with 7:27 remaining.
- Hood's Burnette halted the run with a free position goal at the 5:56 mark to make the score 7-1.
- The Falcons answered with a goal by Abigail Evans at the 5:56 mark to extend the lead 8-1.
- Just 40 seconds later, Hood's Turner scored a free position goal to make it 8-2 heading into halftime.
- Messiah allowed just one Blazer goal which was scored by Lyons at the 3:29 mark in the third quarter but was overshadowed by a 5-1 run for the Falcons to make the score 13-3 to head into the final quarter.
- The teams were scoreless after four minutes into the fourth quarter until Messiah's Groothoff found the back of the net to bring the score to 14-3 with 11:12 remaining.
- At 8:43, Hood's Stanley scored off a man-up opportunity to make the score 14-4 with 8:43 left in the fourth.
- After a goal by Messiah's Delate with 4:43 remaining, Hood's Burnette added the last goal at the 3:28 mark but it was not enough as the No. 15 Messiah secured the 15-5 victory.
For the Opponent
- Delate led the Falcons attack with four goals, while Grace Gormley finished with three goals.
- Evans, Groothoff, and Schnur scored a pair of goals each. Schnur added the game-high four assists and Groothoff recorded three draw controls.
- Amanda Wadsworth and Jessie Wynne notched one goal apiece. Wadsworth had the team-high three ground balls, while Wynne had three caused turnovers.
- Mackenzie O'Haver made one save in 30 minutes of play, while Heather Burnham recorded three saves in relief.
Analysis
- Messiah outshot Hood 37-13.
- The Falcons cleared the ball 17-out-of-20 times.
- Messiah held a 25-19 advantage in ground balls and edged Hood 13-11 in draw controls.
Up Next
The Blazers fall to 5-10 overall and 1-6 in the MAC Commonwealth. Hood will travel to Albright College for the regular season finale on Saturday, April 30 at 12 p.m.
