Wheaton Women's Lacrosse Concludes Regular Season with 12-5 Win

Recap, photo courtesy of Wheaton College

NORTON, Mass. – The Wheaton College women's lacrosse team defeated the Blue of Wellesley College, 12-5, in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) matchup to close out regular season action.

The Lyons end the regular season 9-8 overall and 6-2 in conference, currently holding the second seed in the NEWMAC rankings. The Blue fall to 9-7 overall and 4-4 in conference play in the six seed.

Brooke Sabol led the scoring for Wheaton, tallying three goals throughout the game. Angela Mallis
and Jenna Tewksbury closed out action with two goals while Allie Bush, Maddy Lahm, Hannah Gasperoni, Katherine Kowal and Madison Cohen each registered one.

For the Blue, Courtney Peterson and Darcia Persky each collected two goals with Mary Lemay scoring one and Ellie Mannon collecting the lone assist.

Mallis put Wheaton on the board first when she pushed in her first goal of the game at 27:03. Peterson responded just four minutes later to tie up the game for Wellesley as it would continue to be a back and forth offensive battle for both teams, entering halftime with the Lyons up 6-4.

Sabol got the ball rolling in the second half when she notched her third goal of the game at 22:59. This would start Wheaton's six-goal rampage as they increased the lead to 12-4. Wellesley's Peterson would net one more goal at the end of the game to chip away at the lead, but Wheaton would seal the 12-5 victory.

Goalkeeper Molly Witten tallied (8-6) six saves as Wheaton outshot Wellesley 27-16 and held a 27-21 mark in groundballs.

The NEWMAC Tournament schedule is TBD and will kick off on Saturday, April 30, with quarterfinals.