Women’s Lacrosse: Heidi Brings Home 10th Win At the Shore
CHESTERTOWN, Md. — Senior captain Heidi Fieselmann '06 scored the game-winning goal with forty-six seconds left to complete a 8-7 come-from-behind Swarthmore victory at Washington (Md.) in Centennial Conference action on Thursday evening.
The Garnet (10-2 overall, 2-2 CC) collected double digits wins for the ninth time time in school history. Swarthmore head coach Karen Borbee (124-83, .599 winning percentage) has been at the helm for eight of those seasons.
Fieselmann, a midfielder, opened the scoring one minute in, taking a pass from classmate, and fellow captain Niamh Shortt, to score her 15th goal of the season.
The Shorewomen (6-7 overall, 1-4 CC) opened up a 4-1 lead over the next 14 minutes as freshman attack Sally Mancini scored three consecutive goals and junior attack Caitlin Beane put in another at 15:11.
Borbee brought freshman midfielder Anna de Regt off the bench, looking for any answer to the Washington attack. De Regt responded with two quick goals to cut the Shorewomen lead to 4-3 at halftime.
De Regt tied the game at 4-4 at 37:45 with her 18th goal of the season.
Beane scored two quick goals to give Washington a 6-4 advantage at 45:57. Shortt answered for Swarthmore with her 21st goal of the season a minute later. Shorewomen junior midfielder Melanie Ruppert tallied the final Washington goal at 49:28 for a strong 7-5 lead.
Swarthmore had been in this position before, falling behind McDaniel 15-10 on March 25 only to roll out six straight goals for the 16-15 Centennial win.
The Garnet comeback on this evening began with junior midfielder Katie Crawford's 21st goal of the season at 52:00. Classmate Lindsay Roth matched Crawford forty-four seconds later with her 21st goal to tie the game at 7-7.
The teams went back and forth, trading offensive chances, seemingly headed toward overtime. Fieselmann put those thoughts to bed with her 16th goal (second game-winner) of the season.
Garnet goalie Susannah Blair made five saves while Washington's Mollie Binotto collected nine stops.
Swarthmore out-shot the Shorewomen 28-21 and controlled 12 draws compared to five for Washington.
Sophomore midfielder Megan Sanborn led the team with four draw controls while freshman Kelsey Hatzell and de Regt controlled three apiece.
Swarthmore returns to Clothier Field after three games on the road, hosting 13th-ranked Dickinson, a Centennial rival, on Saturday, April 8 at 2:30 p.m.