The University of Redlands women's lacrosse team provided
an impressive send-off for its senior class as the Bulldogs routed
the Sagehens of Pomona-Pitzer Colleges by a score of 21-11 in their
final home game of the regular season.
Prior to the start of the game, the team honored seniors Lauren
Matta (Holyoke, MA), Liza Gray (Centennial, C O), Amy Gulbranson
(Bainbridge Island, WA), Ali Chope (San Francisco, CA), Julia Chope
(San Francisco, CA) and Lisa O'Kane (San Diego, CA).
The Sagehens scored first with a goal by Martha Marich just 30
seconds into the game. However, this was the only lead that
Pomona-Pitzer would enjoy as Redlands rattled off 10 unanswered
goals within the next 11 minutes. During this span, junior attack
player Mary Shepherd (Dallas, TX) unleashed her offensive prowess
with five of the team's goals, while sophomore midfielder
Christy Smith (St. Louis Park, MN) provided three.
The Sagehens scored twice to cut the lead to seven at 3-10, but the
Bulldogs took control again with four more goals to finish out the
first half.
With a 14-3 advantage, Redlands quickly gained two more goals with
freshman Blair Callaghan (Tacoma, WA) and Smith finding the back of
the net. However, Pomona-Pitzer fought back with three consecutive
goals followed by four more straight scores to move within seven
with 7:47 remaining. Nonetheless, the Bulldogs responded as Smith
netted back-to-back goals and Matta put her second one away to
close out the game.
The Sagehens' Marich led the game with seven goals.
For Redlands, Smith came up with six goals, one assist, three
ground balls and five draw controls. Shepherd scored five goals,
while junior midfielder Haley Kern (Portland, OR) contributed a hat
trick. Matta added two scores along with eight draw controls. Gray
added two goals with O'Kane, Callaghan and freshman attack
player Kali Wilgus (Portland, OR) scoring one each. Sophomore
goalkeeper Katrina Hostak (Maple Valley, WA) made 11 stops between
the pipes.
The Bulldogs (6-4) head to Massachusetts for two games, facing
Williams College on April 22 and MIT on the 23rd. They return to
California on April 27 for an away game against regional rival
Whittier College at 7 p.m.