April 8, 2008
Shorewomen Solve Swarthmore, 17-11
Lambert Nets Five Goals, Assist in Win

CHESTERTOWN, MD -- After falling to Swarthmore College by one goal each of the past two seasons, host Washington College exacted revenge this evening by scoring 12 second-half goals against the Garnet en route to a 17-11 Centennial Conference women's lacrosse victory tonight on Kibler Field at Roy Kirby, Jr. Stadium. The Shorewomen improved to 7-6 overall and 2-4 in conference play with the win, while the Garnet fell to 4-9 and 0-5.

Swarthmore jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in the game as Amy Vachal netted the Garnet's third goal with 21:13 left in the first half. Washington's first 15 shots failed to find the back of the net, but the Shorewomen then scored on their next four shots in a row to take a 4-3 lead. Junior midfielder Brittany Lambert (Riva, MD/South River) opened the run with an unassisted goal with 7:16 left. Freshman midfielder Sam Ohrem (Ridgefield, CT/Ridgefield) then scored off a feed from freshman attacker Sarah Cannon (Baltimore, MD/Notre Dame Prep) with 5:43 left and freshman attacker Liz Cumberpatch (Annapolis, MD/Annapolis) scored off the ensuing draw 14 seconds later to knot the score at 3-3.

Senior midfielder Lindsay Fox (Laurel, MD/Atholton) put Washington ahead with a goal with 3:55 to go before the intermission. Vachal found Abbe Muller for a goal with 2:39 remaining to pull Swarthmore even, but Cannon fed a hard-charging sophomore midfielder Whitney Donald (Kingsville, MD/John Carroll) for a goal with 33 seconds on the clock to put Washington back in front, 5-4, at halftime.

Washington took control of the game by scoring three quick goals to open the second half. Freshman midfielder Liz Cumberpatch (Annapolis, MD/Annapolis) scored 38 seconds into the period and Lambert netted back-to-back free-position goals with 27:23 and 26:54 left on the clock, respectively. Muller then scored on a free-position shot for Swarthmore with 21:06 left, but Lambert scored again with 19:32 to play and then found senior midfielder Lindsay Fox (Laurel, MD/Atholton) for a goal with 18:10 remaining to give the Shorewomen a 10-5 cushion. The lead later grew to as many nine goals after senior midfielder Jenna Gouck (Randolph, NJ/Randolph) scored off a feed from senior attacker Megan Rainey (Severna Park, MD/Archbishop Spalding) with 3:36 to play, making the score 17-8, before the Garnet scored the game's final three goals.

Lambert led all scorers with five goals and one assist, while Cumberpatch added three goals. Rainey, Gouck, and senior midfielder Shiori Tachiwana (Sagamihara, Japan/Gaigo) each had one goal and one assist for Washington.

Muller scored four times for Swarthmore, while Vachal and Marissa Schaffer each had three goals and one assist.

Freshman goalie Amber Madore (Columbia, MD/Wilde Lake) made nine saves for the Shorewomen, while Susannah Blair made 12 stops for Swarthmore. Washington held a 42-22 advantage in shots in the game.

The Shorewomen return to action Saturday with a 1:00 p.m. Centennial Conference game at nationally-ranked Dickinson.

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