Lacrosse earns first win of season with 14-6 win over Mitchell
North Adams, MA- After trailing visiting Mitchell College 5-4 at halftime, the MCLA women's lacrosse team would use a strong second half to defeat the Mariners 14-6 this afternoon at Shewcraft Field. MCLA outscored Mitchell 10-1 in the decisive second half. The win marks the first of the season for MCLA as they are now 1-3 while the Mariners drop to 1-2.
Mitchell led 4-1 early in the first half and eventually 5-4 at halftime before MCLA began their rally. Taylor Brewer scored on a Rachel Green feed just 1:20 into the second half to tie the game. The Trailblazers would take the lead for good when Green would convert her third marker of the game at the 27:15 mark.
Mitchell would answer with an Amanda Rowan goal with 21:09 remaining, but MCLA would score the next six goals to take control. Natalie Caney and Taylor Brewer would score a pair of goals in the spurt while Green and MacKenzie Cutler also tallied.
MCLA outshot Mitchell 39-24 on the afternoon and each team had trouble holding on to the ball as Mitchell had 22 turnovers while MCLA had 19.
Brewer paced the offense with her 4 goals while Cutler and Caney each had 3 goals apiece. Zoe Elwell earned the win in goal collecting 7 saves.
Mitchell was paced by Rowan's 3 goals while Samantha Ryan had 15 saves in the loss.
MCLA is back in action on Thursday when they travel to Johnson State.