Poughkeepsie, NY – The Vassar College Women's Lacrosse team dropped its second straight conference decision Saturday afternoon following a 15-8 home loss to visiting Rochester.
Liz Lange (Upton, MA) anchored the defense with five caused turnovers and
Tess Billings (Deerfield, IL) paced the offense with four goals.
Vassar slips to 5-2 overall and 0-2 in Liberty League play following Saturday's result, while the Yellow Jackets improve to 5-2 overall and a perfect 3-0 against conference foes.
How It Happed
- Vassar got off to a fast start on Saturday, scoring four of the first five goals of the game.
- Billings scored consecutive goals over the first five-and-a-half minutes to give Vassar a 2-0 advantage.
- After Rochester broke through with its first goal of the game, Sigrid Fredlund (Seattle, WA) and Elizabeth Burgess (Columbus, OH) scored just under four minutes apart to send Vassar to the second frame with a 4-1 advantage.
- Rochester would blank Vassar in the second quarter, outscoring the Brewers 4-0 heading into halftime.
- Sam Kinch scored a player-up goal at the 7:19 mark of the second frame to even the score at 4-4.
- Rochester took its first lead of the game on an Anna Rogers tally in the final minute of the first half and went into the intermission leading 5-4.
- Rochester finished the opening half with a 16-13 advantage in shots and a 7-3 edge in draw controls.
- The Yellow Jackets extended their scoring run to 6-0 coming out of halftime with back-to-back goals from Rogers and Alyssa Gorney to spread their lead to 7-4 with 11:05 left in the third quarter.
- Billings got the Brewers back on the board for the first time since the 2:48 mark of the first quarter with just under eight minutes left in the third frame to get Vassar to within 7-5.
- Rochester answered with the next three goals and opened a 10-5 lead on an Allison Weiden goal with just under three minutes left in the third quarter.
- Emilia DiLiberto (Allison Park, PA) and Maddie Kaltsas (Minnetrista, MN) scored consecutive goals to close the third and open the fourth to cut the disadvantage to 10-7 with 12:44 left to play.
- The Yellow Jackets ripped off the next three goals and five of the final six in the game to claim the final seven-goal decision.
- Rochester outshot Vassar 22-10 after halftime and won 10 of the 15 second half draw controls.
For The Brewers
- Billings potted four more goals on Saturday and pushed her team lead in markers to 27 and points to 30.
- Burgess finished the day with a goal and an assist to go along with two draw controls.
- Amelia Poirier (Atherton, CA) assisted on two goals for the Brewers, collected three groundballs and forced two turnovers.
- Lange led the team with five forced miscues on Saturday and collected three groundballs.
- Kaltsas added a team-high three draw controls to her goal.
- Maddie Busam (Summit, NJ) had a busy day in goal, turning aside 13 shots and leading the team with four groundballs.
For The Yellow Jackets
- Gorney led all players with five goals and totaled six points to go along with four draw controls and a pair of caused turnovers.
- Rogers finished off a six-point day with four goals and a pair of assists.
- Weiden scored three times and assisted on a goal.
- Rose Bunting finished a big day with a goal and three assists while adding three groundballs, two caused turnovers and a draw control.
- Maddie Bunting won a game-high six draw controls and collected four groundballs.
- Isla Ablin earned the win in goal with six saves to go along with six groundballs.
Game Statistics
- Rochester finished with a 38-23 advantage in shots.
- The Yellow Jackets won the draw control battle with a 17-8 advantage.
- Groundballs went to the visitors by a 24-18 margin.
- Vassar went 17-for-20 in clears.
- Rochester finished 15-for-18 in clearing chances.
- Vassar converted on half of its six free-position shots.
- Rochester was 1-for-7 in free-position shots.
What's Next
- Vassar opens a three-game road trip at #8 William Smith on March 28.
- Rochester hosts Ithaca on Wednesday.
