Women's Lacrosse

NESCAC Women's Lacrosse Weekly Release - March 11

NESCAC Player of the Week
Izzy Weintraub - Wesleyan - So. - G - Oceanside, N.Y.
In just her second career start, Weintraub made a career-high 11 saves as Wesleyan upset previously unbeaten Salisbury, 13-7, on the road on Sunday. Weintraub and the Cardinal defense held Salisbury scoreless for the final 17:18 of play while the sophomore keeper held the Gulls goal-less on their final five free position shots, making saves on four of those attempts. 
 
NESCAC Weekly Honor Roll
Amherst – Sophomore Bridget Finley (Bronxville, N.Y.) scored three of the Mammoths' four goals in a conference loss to Hamilton and added another tally in a 20-11 win over Roger Williams, finishing the week with four goals. 

Bates – Newcomer Hollis Hale (Lake Oswego, Ore.) tallied a hat trick in a win over the University of New England and recorded three ground balls along the way.

ColbyTori Congdon (West Hartford, Conn.) helped the Mules post back-to-back wins over Conn. College and Endicott last weekend.  On Saturday against the Camels, the senior tallied both of her goals in the first half and added an assist in the third quarter to extend Colby's lead. On Sunday Congdon recorded her first career hat trick, including the eventual game-winner midway through the third quarter, en route to topping the Gulls 9-8.

Conn. College - Sophomore attack Kate Coughlin (Reading, Mass.) paced Conn with seven points on five goals and two assists in a 1-1 week for the Camels. On Wednesday night, Conn picked up its first win of the season,15-4, at Smith. Coughlin led the way scoring four goals, while adding two assists with eight shots on goal. Not only did the sophomore contribute offensively, but Coughlin collected three ground balls while causing three turnovers and controlling one draw. On Saturday against Colby, Coughlin notched one goal with two shots on the cage with one draw control.

Hamilton - Maddigan Leifer (Shelton, Conn.) scored a goal and assisted on two others in the Continentals' 9-4 win against Amherst. The midfielder added a caused turnover and a draw control. Leifer's goal tied the score at 3-3 early in the third quarter and the sophomore's first assist helped give Hamilton a 5-3 lead with 10:07 left in the third.

Middlebury – Sophomore Caroline Adams (Norwich, Vt.) led all players with 10 draw controls while tying for a team-best five points in a 16-3 victory over Bowdoin. The Panther tied for the team lead with three goals while contributing a pair of assists. The five points in a single game were a career-best for Adams. The midfielder has 13 points over three games.

Trinity Molly McGuckin (Darien, Conn.) collected a hat trick in both games over the 1-1 weekend for the Bantams. Against Tufts, McGuckin scored half of the Bantams’ goals in a loss to the Jumbos, and on Sunday the sophomore posted her second consecutive hat trick and 15th of her career to lead Trinity past St. Lawrence, 18-6.

Tufts - Ella Lesperance (Wayland, Mass.) was huge for the Jumbos last week in wins over MIT and Trinity to move to 4-0 on the season. On Wednesday against MIT, the junior posted a career-high seven points with five goals and two assists. Lesperance raised her career-highs from Wednesday with three goals and five assists for eight points in a 20-6 win over Trinity. Lesperance leads the team and NESCAC in assists with 11.

Williams – Junior Claudia Russell (Danville, Calif.) scored four goals, including the game-winning goal, in an 11-0 win over Bates on Saturday. The four goals and four points led all players in the game.