Boxscore

(Collegeville, Pa.) – The Dickinson College women's lacrosse team suffered a 14-9 loss at Ursinus College on Saturday.

The Red Devils struck first, scoring four minutes into the contest, and went up 2-0 at the 23:57 mark. The Bears answered with three straight as the teams traded goals throughout the course of the first half.

Kaity Moore (Chestertown, Md./St. Andrew's, Del.) put the Devils on the board, scoring off a Brett Whelan (Arlington, Mass./Arlington) and first-year Ali Dawson (Carle Place, N.Y./Carle Place) struck at the 23:57 mark.

The Bears answered with three straight before Dawson finished a free position shot to tie the game, 3-3, with just under 15 minutes to play in the half. First-year Carly O'Brien (Cranbury, N.J./Princeton Day) put the Devils up, 4-3, with 13:03 on the clock.

The Bears went on a 4-2 run to close the half with a slim 7-6 advantage at the break. Kim Peifer tallied a goal and an assist to lead the way. Dawson scored off an assist from O'Brien to break up the run, tying the game, 5-5.

Kelly Haglund (Chevy Chase, Md./Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart) converted a free position attempt with 3:44 to play in the half after the Bears answered with a pair to make the score, 7-6, at halftime.

The Red Devils came out of the break, scoring twice in the opening two minutes to take an 8-7 advantage. O'Brien found the net, just 54 seconds into the half and Dawson tallied another free position goal to put Dickinson in front.

Ursinus would regroup, however, outscoring the Devils 7-1 over the final 19 minutes of the game. The Bears struck twice in a span of two minutes as Peifer tallied another assist to give the Bears the lead at the 17:15 mark.

Megan Taylor (Kensington, Md./Academy of the Holy Cross) closed out the scoring for the Devils, finishing an assist from classmate Liz DeTour (New Canaan, Conn./New Canaan) with 1:32 remaining in the game.

The Bears recorded three hat-tricks on the day with Emily Diehl leading the way with three goals and two assists. Peifer tallied a goal and three assists to go with six ground balls. Riley Pembroke made seven saves as the Bears improve to 5-3 overall and 2-0 in the Centennial Conference.

Dawson scored a game-high four goals, going 2-or-2 on free positions. O'Brien tallied a pair of goals and two assists while Whelan controlled four draws, three ground balls and caused a turnover to go with an assist.

Junior Amanda Morse (Massapequa, N.Y./Massapequa) made 11 saves in goal for the Devils, adding four ground balls.

The Red Devils slip to 4-5 overall and 1-1 in the Centennial Conference. They return home to host Gettysburg College on Tuesday at 4:30 pm.