Anna Puts Garnet Back On Win Track
CHESTER, Pa. — Swarthmore freshman midfielder Anna de Regt came off the bench to score a career-high five goals, along with an assist, as the Garnet won over hometown Widener 13-11 on Thursday evening.
Midfielder Megan Sanborn '08 added three goals for Swarthmore (9-1, 1-1 CC) while junior middfielders Lindsay Roth and Katie Crawford added two scores apiece.
Junior attack Allison Glavin led the Pioneers (2-6 overall, 1-2) with five goals while midfielder Rebecca Corrado added four goals.
The Pioneers put up the first score before the Garnet ran off six consecutive goals, taking a 6-2 lead into the intermission.
Widener scored the first four goals of the second half, evening the score on goal by Tricia Lynch off a pass from Kerri Schulz at 38:00.
Swarthmore answered with three scores by Sanborn, de Regt, and Roth to take 9-6 lead midway through the second half. The see-saw action continued as the Pioneers put three goals in to even the contest at 9-all with 11:52 remaining.
de Regt put home her fourth goal of the night at 50:17 to put the Garnet back in front. Swarthmore went on to score three of the final four goals, including the game-winner at 51:51 by Sanborn off a feed from de Regt.
With her five goals, de Regt became eight Swarthmore woman to score at least ten goals this season. Crawford moved into a tie for the team lead, with senior midfielder Niamh Shortt, by scoring her 20th goal at the 54:45 mark.
Swarthmore held a large advantage in the shot category (42-24) and controlled the majority of the draws (16-9).
Garnet goalie Susannah Blair made seven saves between the pipes, while counterpart Brianna Tarry registered 18 saves for the Pioneers.
Swarthmore resumes its Centennial Conference schedule this Saturday, April 1, travelling to fifth-ranked Gettysburg College for a 1:00 p.m. game.