Hutchins Sets School Scoring Mark in Guilford's 20-12 Defeat of Wooster
Greensboro, N.C. (3/22/07) -- Junior Mary Hutchins (right) scored a school-record 11 points in Guilford’s 20-12 nonconference lacrosse win over the College of Wooster Thursday in the Armfield Athletic Center. The attacker hit for a career-best seven goals and dished out four assists, breaking the former standard of 10 points shared by Moira Foley ’07 and Jen Harrison ’91.
Junior Caryn Washington (left) opened the scoring with the first of her career-high six goals less than a minute into the contest off of a Carrie Ernst assist. Washington struck again 15 seconds later off of a Hutchins feed. Wooster (1-2) bounced back with two goals of its own in the next two minutes. Guilford and Wooster traded tallies over the next 22 minutes before a three-goal run by the Quakers (2-5) opened a 9-5 advantage. The Fighting Scots’ Allison Rubin scored at the halftime horn to make it a 9-6 game.
Wooster’s Jessica Baylor opened the second-half scoring to cut Guilford's lead to two, but the Quakers reeled off four straight goals, two by Allison Brown in 49 seconds, to take a commanding 13-7 lead with 23 minutes left in the game. Wooster drew no closer than four for the rest of the game.
Six different Quakers dent the twine in the win. Brown finished with four points on three goals and one assist. Freshman Ellie Merritt scored once and senior Caryn Stone added two assists. Junior Jordan Clodfelter scored a goal and had two assists. Freshman Jessica Bolton went the distance in the goal and recorded a career-high 12 saves, plus four ground balls. Ernst contributed two goals, two assists and a game-high five draw controls for the Quakers.
Eight different players recorded goals for the Fighting Scots, who were led by Hillary Darragh's one goal and three assists. Taryn Higgins netted a team-best three goals. Annie Steward and Carly Carey added two goals apiece. Wooster goalie Jamie Dannenberg recorded five saves between the pipes.
The Quakers return to action Saturday (3/24) against visiting Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC)-rival Bridgewater in a 3:00 p.m. game. Wooster returns home for a three-game homestand starting with a March 28 tilt against Notre Dame (OH) at 4:30 p.m.