Garnet Lax Opens Season With 21-2 Rout of Neumann to Highlight Tri-Co Invitational
SWARTHMORE, Pa. - The Swarthmore women's lacrosse team (1-0) opened the 2010 season in dominating fashion, defeating Neumann 21-2 in the second game of the Tri-Co Invitational on Saturday afternoon at Clothier Field.
Sophomore Annalise Mowry (5) and junior Amy Vachal (4) were the stars for the Garnet, combining for 10 of the Swarthmore's 21 goals.
Vachal scored four goals to led the Garnet over Neumann.
The Garnet came out hot in its first half of play of the 2010 season, finding the back of the net three times in the first four minutes to put the Knights (1-1) in an early 3-0 hole.
Swat dominated the first half scoring 14 goals due to explosive offensive play from Mowry - who netted four of her five goals in the first half. The Garnet lit up the Neumann keeper with 22 shots in the first half.
The second half saw Swarthmore finding the net seven more times, this time led by the sophomore Maddie Williams who scored the Garnets final three goals.
Defense played a big role in the game as the Garnet caused 16 Neumann turnovers and picked up 21 ground balls to Neumann's only 12 ground balls.
In the net, senior Allison Grein came up big with nine saves to hold the Knights to only two goals in the game.
The Garnet out-shot Neumann 35 to 19 and put 28 of those on net.
Alex Bohen and Colleen Finnegan scored the Knights' two goals.
The Garnet women will continue their season on Wednesday, March 10 when they travel to South Carolina to face off against Trine (Ind.). Play is set to begin at 7 PM.