Women's Lacrosse

NESCAC Women's Lacrosse Weekly Release - April 1

NESCAC Player of the Week
Hope Shue – Middlebury – Jr. – A – Dover, Mass.
Trailing 10-9 with under five minutes remaining in the contest, Shue tallied back-to-back goals and assisted on the third-straight marker to help Middlebury secure a 12-10 triumph over Wesleyan on Saturday. The Panther registered seven points during the win (5G, 2A), while eclipsing the 200-career points mark (204 total) and helping Middlebury extend its winning streak to 36 consecutive victories. Shue is tied for the conference lead with 27 goals while ranking third with 38 points. 
 
NESCAC Weekly Honor Roll
AmherstSofia Guttmann (Weston, Fla.) scored six goals in a 2-0 week for the Mammoths. The sophomore scored three goals, including the game-winner, in an upset of Stevens Institute, 11-10, and added three more goals plus a ground ball in an 18-9 win over Westfield State earlier in the week. 

BatesLauren Wong (Walpole, Mass.) recorded a hat trick and dished out an assist in a 22-2 win over Husson. The sophomore followed that up with two goals, an assist, and three ground balls against Trinity on Saturday. Wong leads the Bobcats with 21 points (14 goals, 7 assists) and ranks 17th in the NESCAC.

Bowdoin – First-year Molly Reed (New Canaan, Conn.) had a career-high in goals in consecutive wins last week for the Polar Bears, as the team extended its winning streak to six. Reed scored a career-best five goals with two assists and three draw controls in a midweek win over Plymouth State before besting that on Saturday against Hamilton, scoring six times with four draws in a 15-9 Bowdoin victory. Reed also had six ground balls in the two games and had entered the week with just two goals in the first six games of her career. 

ColbyJulia Jardina (Louisville, Ky.) recorded two hat tricks last week. The junior’s three goals on Tuesday led the Mules to a win over Union, and Jardina scored three more times in Saturday's setback against Tufts.

Conn. College - Sophomore attack Campbell Johnston (Duxbury, Mass.) had a strong week, as Conn went 1-1. In the first game of the week against Western Connecticut State, Johnston led the Camels to a 15-8 win with seven points on five goals and two assists and collected three caused turnovers and two ground balls. On Saturday, Johnston added one goal against Williams, to finish the week with six goals, two assists, two ground balls, and three caused turnovers.

Hamilton – Senior Meghan Lane (Wilton, Conn.) posted a career-high nine ground balls, won six draw controls, and caused a season-best five turnovers in a 15-9 setback at Bowdoin.

Trinity – Sophomore Molly McGuckin (Darien, Conn.) netted five goals and handed out one assist in an 18-8 conference win over the visiting Bates on Saturday. McGuckin leads the NESCAC with 3.38 goals per game and ranks third for shots per game with 6.50 per game.

Tufts - Junior attack Margie Carden (Newtown Square, Pa.) continued to climb the all-time rankings in points for the Jumbos, helping Tufts post a 15-6 win over Colby on Saturday. Carden moved into No. 8 all-time in points as she tallied her 206th for her career, chalking up two goals and four assists in the victory over the Mules.

Wesleyan – Senior Laura Baine (Rye, N.Y.) led the Wesleyan attack, either scoring or assisting on half of the Cardinals' goals in Saturday's 12-10 loss at Middlebury. Baine recorded two goals and three assists for a five-point game, matching her season-high. 

Williams – Junior Claudia Russell (Danville, Calif.) totaled eight goals and three assists during a 3-0 week for the Ephs. She led all players with four goals and five points, to go along with one assist and the game-winning tally, in a 13-9 win at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps on Monday. Russell led all players with two assists and four points, to go along with two goals, in a 13-6 victory at No. 12-ranked Pomona-Pitzer on Wednesday. She added two goals in an 11-6 triumph at Connecticut College on Saturday afternoon in New London, Connecticut.