The Middlebury Campus

Issue date: 5/8/08 Section: Sports

Media Credit: Katherine Fisher Colby celebrates one of its eight second-half goals on Saturday. The Mules came back from an 8-3 defecit to win 10-8. [Click to enlarge]

The Middlebury women's lacrosse team was defeated by Colby 10-8 this past Saturday in the semifinals of the NESCAC tournament at Kohn Field. The loss snapped an 88-game home winning streak for the Panthers, which dates back to their 1997 regular season in which the team lost to Williams 10-9 in its season finale. The loss is also the first for the team in the eight-year history of the NESCAC tournament. The Panthers, however, still have a chance to make up for their loss at the NCAA tournament, which starts this week.

"This weekend was disappointing for everyone on the team," said senior co-captain Katherine Entwisle '08. "We came at Colby hard in the first half and were leading by six, but Colby gained momentum and paralyzed our game - and ended up coming back and winning by two."

Middlebury opened its semifinal game against Colby with an unassisted goal in the first minute of play by Caroline Kirkendoll '09. Dana Heritage '10 scored the second goal just a few seconds later off of an assist from Sally Ryan '11 to give the Panthers a 2-0 lead. The Mules responded a few minutes later with an unassisted goal - shortening the Middlebury lead to one.

The Panthers finished the half strong with three uncontested goals in the last 10 minutes of play to post a 6-2 lead. Goals were scored by Mimi Schatz '08, Kirkendoll and Reid Berrien '08 - who scored off a free position shot with under a minute to play in the half.

The Mules actually outshot the Panthers in the half, but Blair Bowie '09 had an impressive 10 saves - 14 in all - to limit the opposition's scoring attempts.

Middlebury played well in the beginning of the second half, scoring two of the first three goals, but the lead was soon toppled by Colby, which dominated after the 20-minute mark.

Middlebury watched the Mules put together an impressive seven-goal streak to win the game late in the second half. Colby tied the game with 10 minutes to play and went on to score two more in the remaining time.

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