OHIO WESLEYAN OPENS WOMEN'S LACROSSE
SEASON WITH 12-7 WIN AT GUILFORD
Greensboro, NC (03/14/02) --
Visiting Ohio Wesleyan scored the game's first five goals and held off
Guilford's rally for a 12-7 women's lacrosse win in its season opener Thursday
at Haworth Field. Four players scored three goals apiece for the Battling
Bishops (1-0), including rookie attackers Lila Barzegar (Aurora, CO/Smoky
Hill) and Ashley Beam (Wooster, OH/Wooster), who also added assists.
Beam started the scoring in the first minute
with her first college goal off sharp pass from classmate Courtland Smith
(Easton, MD/Canterbury (CT)). Junior
midfielder Amanda McDermott (Wayne, PA/Episcopal Academy), Ohio
Wesleyan's top returning scorer, drove to the cage and scored less than two
minutes later for a 2-0 Battling Bishops' lead. After back-to-back tallies by sophomore attack Alexa Laub
(Akron, OH/Stow Walsh Jesuit), Barzegar capped the 5-0 game-opening
run with her first college goal.
Guilford answered with three straight scores,
two by sophomore attack Kathryn Ragin (Pawleys Island, SC/Hyde School (CT)),
that trimmed the deficit to 5-3. The
Quakers never drew closer as Beam added two more scores in the final nine
minutes of the opening period and helped Ohio Wesleyan to an 8-5 halftime lead.
After a McDermott goal opened the
second-half scoring, Guilford pulled to within 9-7 with 13:53 left in the game
on consecutive tallies by Ragin and rookie attack Sarah Routhier
(North Yarmouth, ME/Greely). Laub
halted the comeback with her third goal of the game at the 9:11 mark, which
triggered a 3-0 game-ending run.
Freshman goaltender Lindsey Kennedy
(Liverpool. NY/Liverpool) made 20 stops for the Quakers, her fifth game with
at least 20 saves this year. Senior
Jody Dickerson (Dublin, OH/Coffman) went the distance in goal for the
Battling Bishops and made eight saves.
Guilford hosts Sweet Briar next Tuesday
(3/19) in an Old Dominion Athletic Conference contest, while Ohio Wesleyan
concludes a season-opening trip to North Carolina at Greensboro College Saturday
(3/16).
| 1st | 2nd | Final | |
| Ohio Wesleyan (1-0) | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| Guilford (0-7) | 5 | 2 | 7 |
Scoring Summary
| Half | Team | Goal (assist) | Time |
1st |
O |
Ashley Beam (Smith) |
1:00 |
1st |
O |
Amanda McDermott |
2:56 |
1st |
O |
Alexa Laub (Lila Barzegar) |
5:05 |
1st |
O |
Laub (Megan Klein) |
8:42 |
1st |
O |
Barzegar (Ann Capute) |
8:59 |
1st |
G |
Kathryn Ragin |
10:22 |
1st |
G |
Katie Rice |
13:43 |
1st |
G |
Ragin (Sarah Routhier) |
17:09 |
1st |
O |
Beam |
21:11 |
1st |
G |
Ragin (Emily Hulburt) |
23:53 |
2nd |
O |
Beam (Courtland Smith) |
24:59 |
2nd |
G |
Ragin |
26:20 |
2nd |
O |
Barzegar (Beam) |
28:11 |
2nd |
O |
McDermott |
37:37 |
2nd |
G |
Ragin (Lauren Goodwin) |
46:39 |
2nd |
G |
Routhier |
47:07 |
2nd |
O |
Laub |
50:49 |
2nd |
O |
McDermott |
57:37 |
2nd |
O |
Barzegar |
58:38 |
Composite
Scoring
Ohio
Wesleyan:
Lila Barzegar 3-1, Ashley Beam 3-1, Alexa Laub 3-0, Amanda McDermott
3-0, Courtland Smith 0-2, Ann Capute 0-1, Megan Klein 0-1.
Guilford:
Kathryn Ragin 5-0, Sarah Routhier 1-1, Katie Rice 1-0, Lauren Goodwin 0-1,
Emily Hulburt 0-1.
Goaltending |
Minutes |
Goals Allowed |
Saves |
W/L |
Jody Dickerson (O) |
60 |
7 |
8 |
W |
Lindsey Kennedy (G) |
60 |
12 |
20 |
L |
Shots:
Ohio Wesleyan 37, Guilford 20.
Free-position
shots on goal: Ohio Wesleyan 4, Guilford 3.
Draw
Controls: Guilford
11, Ohio Wesleyan 10.
Ground
Balls: Ohio
Wesleyan 41, Guilford 39.
