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Hartford HARTFORD 0-1

Vassar VASSAR 2-0

Hartford HARTFORD

0-1

Final

Feb. 28, 2026

Vassar VASSAR

2-0

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Hartford HARTFORD	4	2	3	1	10
Vassar VASSAR	4	1	3	4	12

Game Recap: Women's Lacrosse | 2/28/2026

Late Rally Sends Vassar Past Hartford, 12-10

Brewers score three times in final 4:46

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Poughkeepsie, NY – Siena Wong (Scotts Valley, CA) and Tess Billings (Deerfield, IL) scored 26 seconds apart late in the fourth quarter to help Vassar overcome a one-goal deficit and earn a come-from-behind 12-10 non-conference win over Hartford Saturday afternoon. Billings led seven different players with at least one point with five in the contest.

Vassar improves to 2-0 with the victory while the Hawks start their season at 0-1.

How It Happened

The Brewers opened strong on Saturday, scoring thee of the first four goals of the game.
Maddie Kaltsas (Minnetrista, MN) and Billings scored a minute apart and Wong added a goal at the 10:10 mark of the first quarter to give the Brewers a 3-1 lead.
Vassar maintained the lead until three straight tallies from Hartford, all with the player advantage, pushed the Hawks in front 5-4 just over a minute into the second period.
Billings knotted the score at 5-5 with a player-down goal at the 12:59 mark of the quarter with what proved to be the Brewers' final score of the first half.
Lauren Samela finally broke the tie with 2:21 left before halftime to send the Hawks into the break with a slim 6-5 advantage.
Vassar closed the first half with an 18-11 advantage in shots and a 7-5 edge in draw controls.
The two sides would split six goals in the third period, with Hartford grabbing a 9-7 lead following goals from Talei Ricketson and Samela just 39 seconds part.
The Brewers pulled to within a goal heading to the final frame when Elizabeth Burgess (Columbus, OH) finished off a pass from Wong with 2:46 left in the third quarter.
Billings opened the fourth quarter scoring just 40 seconds into the frame to being Vassar even at 9-9.
Samela answered with her sixth goal of the game with 11:36 left to give the Hawks a 10-9 lead.
Hartford maintained the advantage until the 4:46 mark when Wong evened the score after finishing off a feed from Billings.
Just 26 seconds later Billings netted the game winning goal ahead of an insurance tally from Sigrid Fredlund (Seattle, WA) with just under three minutes left to play.
Vassar outshot Hartford 17-8 after halftime and posted a 7-4 advantage in draw controls.

For The Brewers

Billings led the scoring attack with four goals, including the game winner, and an assist. Billings added three draw controls and a pair of groundballs in the victory.
Wong totaled three points on the strength of two goals and an assist, adding a groundball and a trio of draws.
Fredlund and Kaltsas each scored twice with Kaltsas adding six draw controls.
Karina Gyllenhaal (Beverley, MA) posted a goal and two assists and Burgess finished with a goal and a helper.
Liz Lange (Upton, MA) and Emily Kallman (Jamestown, RI) each forced two turnovers with Lange collecting four groundballs.
Maddie Busam (Summit, NJ) stopped three shots in the first half.
Cassidy Schuchat (Hopewell Junction, NY) earned the win in goal with one second half save.

For The Hawks

Samela led all players with six goals in the game and finished with three draw controls.
Sara Costa scored twice, caused two turnovers and won a pair of draws.
Laurel McIntosh and Ricketson each posted a goal and an assist.
Mandi Rivard made 10 saves in goal and led the team with three groundballs.

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