WESTMINSTER, Md. - The Dickinson women's lacrosse team jumped out to a 5-0 lead after one quarter and never looked back as the Red and White stopped their four-game slide with a dominant 14-4 Centennial Conference win over McDaniel College at Gill Stadium on Wednesday afternoon.
- The Devils took just 46 seconds to post the first goal of the contest when Jenna Nowland found Sage Whiteside for the finish past Caleigh Kohr.
- The same duo then connected 11 seconds later to push the margin to 2-0, before even a minute had come off the clock.
- Kat Thayer claimed the ensuing draw control and got the ball ahead to Charlotte Alexander who had her attempt denied by Peyton VanDorpe.
- Dickinson then recorded the next four shots with Delaney Herbert and Grace Kelly striking unassisted, while Caroline Cavendish and Whiteside were not able to cash in.
- Kohr notched two more stops against Herbert and Whiteside, while at the other end VanDorpe watch a trio of McDaniel shots sail wide of the target.
- Kelly closed out the scoring in the period with her second of the day bumping the gap to five entering the second.
- Both keepers were busy early in the frame as VanDorpe turned away Emily Conklin and Alexander, before Kohr had an answer for Marnie Todd.
- Faith Parker put her name on the scoresheet for the first time when she played provider to Herbert for a 6-0 edge with 10:15 left.
- Over the next couple of minutes there was not much in the way of offense as the defenses combined to force four turnovers with Parker and Whiteside causing the McDaniel giveaways.
- At the 12-minute mark Nowland extended it to 7-0, before Crawford Fisher stretched it to 8-0 on a free-position shot heading into the break.
- The opening 64-seconds saw each team find back of the net with Alexander and Cavendish striking for their respective sides leaving it at 9-1.
- McDaniel then posted a two-goal run with a pair of markers coming from Mia McElwee cutting it to 9-3 at the 3:58 mark.
- The next shot of the game came with 7:02 gone when Kelly hit Herbert with a pass to open the lead to seven (10-3).
- Dickinson recorded two of the final three shots of the frame, but neither solved the Green Terror netminder wrapping up 45 minutes.
- The Red and White used the first minute to add two more to the ledger making it 12-3 thanks to Herbert (Kelly assist) and Parker.
- The teams traded the ensuing four shots with each keeper being called upon once leaving the margin the same with 5:25 elapsed.
- Following another save by VanDorpe this time on Alexander at the 6:08 mark, Liv Rizzi got the rock up to Nowland who hit a cutting Herbert for the 13-3 edge.
- After Whiteside claimed the draw, Eva Gardner and Herbert tried to add on, but were unable to.
- However, inside the final three minutes both sides would tally as Nowland and Thayer capped the scoring and set the 14-4 final.
- Goals - Herbert (5), Kelly, Nowland, and Whiteside (2)
- Assists - Nowland (4), Kelly (2), Parker and Todd (1)
- Groundballs - Izzy Hall and Parker (3), Emma Norton and Rizzi (2)
- Caused Turnovers - Parker (3)
- Draw Controls - Whiteside (4), Fisher and Parker (3)
- Saves - VanDorpe (7)
- Goals - McElwee (2)
- Assists - Thayer (2)
- Groundballs - Alexander, Ballard, Conklin and Youssef (2)
- Caused Turnovers - Ballard (2)
- Draw Controls - Thayer (5), Conklin (3)
- Saves - Kohr (9)
- Dickinson (6-6, 1-2 CC) will return home on Saturday afternoon for a conference showdown against the Garnet of Swarthmore College. Opening draw is scheduled for 12pm.
