Ithaca, NY – The Vassar College Women's Lacrosse team dropped an 18-3 decision on the road at #13 Ithaca Friday afternoon. Junior
Kali Ringler (North Andover, MA) led the scoring attack with two goals with sophomore
Tess Billings (Deerfield, IL) leading the team with four draw controls.
Vassar falls to 3-10 overall and 2-6 in conference play with Friday's defeat, while the Bombers improve to 12-1 and an unblemished 8-0 in Liberty League action.
How It Happened
- Ithaca jumped out to a 2-0 lead before Ringler's first goal of the game cut the deficit in half at the 10:21 mark of the first quarter.
- The Bombers came back with the final two goals of the first quarter, including a Leigh Naturale goal with 61 seconds left in the opening stanza to make the score 4-1 through 15 minutes.
- Ithaca erupted for nine goals in the second quarter, including a pair of Maizy Veith tallies, to push the Bombers in front 13-1 at the intermission.
- Ithaca closed the opening 30 minutes with a 30-8 advantage in shots.
- Draw controls prior to the break were even at 7-7.
- The Bombers pushed their scoring run to 14 goals with the first three tallies of the third stanza.
- Vassar halted the run with back-to-back goals from Billings and Ringler just under two minutes apart late in the third period.
- Ithaca finished off the scoring in the game with goals from Caroline Wise and Lily Cody early in the fourth quarter.
For The Brewers
- Ringler scored her 13th and 14th goals of the season and chipped in two groundballs and a caused turnover.
- Billings scored her team leading 21st goal of the year, adding a team-high four draw controls to go along with a groundball and a caused turnover.
- Catherine Peacock (Stockton, NJ) won three draws and collected a groundball.
- Sloan Shade (Fort Lauderdale, FL) finished with a pair of draws and a groundball.
- Lauren Johns (Havertown, PA) turned aside 11 shots in goal and secured a groundball.
For The Bombers
- Wise finished a six-point day with four goals and two assists while adding five draw controls.
- Veitch scored a hat trick and finished with five points.
- Sydney Phillips scored three times and Cody posted two goals and a helper while collecting a team-high four groundballs.
- Elizabeth Green closed the win with a goal and an assist
- Lexi Held earned the win in goal with seven stops in three quarters of work.
- Jocelyn Cote made five saves in 15 minutes.
Game Statistics
- Ithaca outshot Vassar 42-18 overall and 30-15 in shots on goal.
- Draw Controls went to the Bombers by a slim 12-11 margin.
- Ithaca won the groundball battle 23-13.
- Vassar went 10-for-16 in clearing attempts.
- Ithaca closed the day 16-for-20 in clears.
What's Next
- Vassar is back in action Saturday afternoon at RPI.
- Ithaca plays host to Bard on Saturday.
