The Colby Echo

Issue date: 4/9/08 Section: Sports

Media Credit: Rob Kievit Jevan Jammal '10 carries the ball down the field in Tuesday's win over Plymouth.

The Colby women's lacrosse team is coming off of a busy week, with tough away games at two division rivals. On Wednesday, the Mules traveled to Lewiston to take on the Bobcats of Bates College. Colby trailed 7-6 at the half and was still down 11-9 with just under nine minutes to play. It was there that the momentum completely turned in Colby's favor. Forward Becky Julian '09 tallied her third goal of the game to make the score 11-10. Then midfielder Cary Finnegan '09 rifled a shot past Bates goaltender Mara Kreuger with 7:58 to play, tying the game. With 1:52 remaining, Finnegan scored her second goal of the game, giving Colby a 12-11 lead. From there, they were able to run out the clock and seal the victory. In addition to Julian's three goals and Finnegan's two, Kate Sheridan '09 notched two goals and two assists, Heather Nickerson '09 and Amy Campbell '10 each added two goals, and Carly Rapaport '10 scored one. Colby starting goalie Keryn Meierdiercks '10 made four saves before leaving the game for Sarah Warnke '11, who made three and got the victory.

Then, on Saturday, the Mules went to Medford, Mass. for a game against the Tufts University Jumbos, and unfortunately saw some last minute heroics from the other side. Colby had an 8-6 lead at the half, and had extended it to 13-9 with eleven minutes to play. From there on out, momentum swung towards Tufts. The Jumbos rolled off four unanswered goals to tie the game at 13-13. Then with 3:30 left in the game, Campbell scored her third goal, momentarily giving the lead back to the Mules. But with 2:19 left, Tufts once again tied the game, and then with only twelve seconds to play, Tufts, ranked 14 nationally, scored the devastating game winner. Several Mules, in addition to Campbell, contributed to the offensive effort, with Sheridan racking up three goals and adding two assists, Nickerson scoring three goals and adding one assist, Julian scoring three, Finnegan and Lauren Strazzula '09 each scoring one, and Rapaport adding an assist. Warnke had twelve saves in the losing effort for the Mules.

With the win and the loss this week, the Mules, now ranked 15 in the national Division III poll, move to 5-4 overall, and 2-3 in the conference, putting them into a tie with Tufts for fifth in the conference. Colby is the highest scoring team in the conference, averaging 14.86 goals per game. Sheridan's 48 points on the season (30 goals and 18 assists) make her far and away the highest scoring player in the conference, and she is at the top or at least close to it in just about every statistical category.

Up next for Colby as it continues to fight toward the New England Small College Athletic Conference playoffs and beyond is a series of home games. They played Plymouth State on Tuesday, April 8 after press time and will compete on Saturday, April 12 against Wesleyan, who is only a half game ahead of the Mules for fourth in the conference.

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