Connecticut College Sports Roundup

Women's Lacrosse: Conn College 13, Wesleyan 8

The Connecticut College women's lacrosse team used a 5-0 run in the second half to take control in a 13-8 NESCAC victory against intra-state rival Wesleyan University Friday afternoon.

The Camels close out the season with a record of 6-9 (1-8 NESCAC) while the Cardinals finish up at 6-9 with an 0-9 mark in the league.

Seniors Abby Hill (Stoneham, Mass.) and Celia Medeiros (Portsmouth, R.I.) closed out their career on a high note for the Camels.

Hill finished with three goals, one assist and two ground balls. She closed out her career with with 76 goals and 23 assists for 99 points to go with 124 draws, 111 ground balls and 52 caused turnovers.

Medeiros anchored a Camel defensive unit that limited the Cardinals to just three goals in the second half. She tallied two ground balls and two caused turnovers to finish with 83 career ground balls, 39 caused turnovers and 27 draw controls.

Sophomore Bri Miller (Sudbury, Mass.) contributed three goals and one assist for the hosts. Hope Barone (North Kingstown, R.I.), Haley Dumke (Scarsdale, N.Y.) and Katelyn Driscoll (Peabody, Mass.) chipped in with two goals each for Connecticut College.

First year defender Olivia Farrell (New York, N.Y.) corralled a team-best five ground balls while classmate Caitlin Cataldo (Milford, Conn.) finished with four saves in goal.

Sophomore midfielder Lydia Kring (Philadelphia, Pa.) scored four goals to lead Wesleyan in the setback. Kayla Ellman (Montclair, N.J.) registered hat-trick with three goals for the Cardinals

Junior net-minder Maggie Drowica (Glen Head, N.Y.) stopped 15 shots in the cage for the visitors.

Kring scored 1:59 into the second half to break the game's third tie and put the visitors on top 6-5. But the Camels dominated possession by winning 18 of 21 draws in the contest.

With 27:31 to go, Hill supplied the equalizer with a free position goal. Later on in the half with 21:08 remaining, Miller made a nifty looking feed to Dumke for a goal that put the Camels on top to stay with a 7-6 edge.

Hill and Driscoll scored the next two goals before Miller closed out the 5-0 run with a score at the 13:39 mark to put the hosts in complete control with a 10-6 lead.

The Camels were able to able to hold on for the 13-8 victory.

Men's Lacrosse: Wesleyan 11, Conn College 10

Junior Teddy Citrin scored the tying goal for Wesleyan with a bouncer off a run from the left side with 11:30 remaining in the fourth period, then put the Cardinals ahead for good just 23 second later with a similar play as Wesleyan came away with an 11-10 NESCAC victory over visiting Connecticut College here this afternoon in the final regular-season men's lacrosse game for each squad.

Both teams move on to the NESCAC tournament Sunday, May 1, with a first-round road game. Wesleyan, seeded fifth, heads to fourth-seeded Trinity while Connecticut College will visit defending national champion and top-seeded Tufts.

The Cardinals are no strangers to one-goal NESCAC games this season as all five of their conference victories have come by a lone tally. In a game during which each side control a pair of periods, Wesleyan picked the fourth quarter as well as the second quarter to dominate scoring-wise while the Camels owned a 7-0 edge in goals during the first and third periods. Thus, Wesleyan twice had to rally from three goal deficits after Connecticut College forged a 3-0 lead after 15 minutes of play, and then ran up a 9-6 advantage heading into the final stanza.

As a result, Wesleyan countered the three-goal Camel run in the first period and four-goal streak in the third by running off four in a row in the second and five straight in the fourth for its largest lead at 11-9.

That 11th Wesleyan goal came with Wesleyan enjoying a man-advantage and the third camel keeper of the game, freshman Matt Weiner, chasing in the zone in an attempt to regain possession. Weiner had played just seven minutes in goal all season coming into the game and handled the net for the final 7:20 vs. Wesleyan in a game that meant little to Conn as far as its NESCAC seeding. Junior Matt Landow put home the final Wesleyan goal, his 17th of the year, off a feed from junior DJ Bernatavitz with just 1:10 to go.

The Camels won the ensuing faceoff and took just 17 second to narrow the gap back to one goal as freshman Jack Willson scored the first goal of his career off a good run from the right. Connecticut won the final faceoff as well thanks to sophomore Brendan Schrader, who won 11 of 16 during the game, helping the Camels to a 16-8 edge for the game. Connecticut got off two wide shots during the final 20 seconds before Wesleyan knocked the ball free and sophomore Mike Robinson got the final ground ball of the game for Wesleyan just before time expired.

Citrin finished the game with a hat trick and added as assist, improving his team-high goal output to 26. Senior Conor Malangone also had three goals for Wesleyan, giving him 14 on the season while Bernatavitz had a goal and three assists, bringing his season total to 27 points.

With the Camels playofff position locked up ahead of time, Connecticut College Head Coach Dave Cornell emptied his bench and many of his younger players took full advantage of their opportunity to shine in a NESCAC contest.

The Camels were led by the two goals of freshman JR Hartgers, who also scored the first goal of his career during the contest. In total, nine difference Camels picked up a marker in the game. Freshman Tom Woessner, who came into the game with a lone goal to his credit on the season, picked up a goal and two assists to pace the Camels in scoring on the day.

Junior Grant Covington went the distance in net for Wesleyan, posting eight saves. Junior John Lenehan started in goal for the Camels, playing all by 30 seconds in the first half and posting six saves. Junior Rob Moccia was most effective for Connecticut College with six saves and four goals allowed in just over 23 minutes of play but absorbed the loss.