March 22, 2008

Box Score

LANCASTER, Pa. - The Franklin & Marshall women's lacrosse team scored on 20 out of the 29 shots taken, while holding Washington to just two goals to collect its second Centennial Conference (CC) victory of the season on Saturday.

Jen Pritchard led the Diplomats (6-0, 2-0 CC) with five goals, five draw controlsand five ground balls, while Shannon Summers, Meredith Lussier and Laura Ruppersberger each netted a hat trick.

Liz Cumberpatch recorded a goal and assist for the Shoremen (4-4, 0-2 CC).

F&M fired off 15 shots in the opening half, scoring on 13 to take a commanding lead after the first 30 minutes. Pritchard started the scoring and sandwiched two goals among Ruppersberger's first goal for a 3-0 lead.

Summers, who also added two assists on the afternoon, sent a shot past goalie Amber Madore at the 20:13 mark while Ashley Bevington and Ruppersberger mimicked with unassisted tallies for a six-goal advantage.

The Diplomats converted five free-position shots on the day, including one from Ruppersberger with 11:04 left in the half. Pritchard finished the third 8-meter shot taken and followed that up with her fourth goal to make it 12-0.

Summers scored the last goal of the first half off a feed from Sarah Meisenberg, before Brittany Lambert got Washington on the board with 3:25 remaining.

In the second half, F&M put up seven more goals with Sara Veneski and Lindsay Evans-Leary found the back of the net for the first time this season.

Mary Blake Hargest recorded four points in the win (2g, 2a) and Lidia Sanza made one save before making way for Chelsea Meerbach in the second half. Meerbach tallied three stops in 17 minutes of work. .

The win marked the second time this season the Diplomats have held an opponent to just two goals.

F&M returns to action on Thursday at Swarthmore. Game time is 7 p.m.