Crimson Falls To Dartmouth in Midweek Tilt
Hanover, N.H. – The Harvard women’s
lacrosse team scored three goals in the final three minutes of
play, but a seven-goal cushion in the first half by the Big Green
allowed No. 13 Dartmouth to maintain its lead and earn a 13-6 win
Wednesday afternoon.
Freshman Tyler Petropulos scored two goals for the Crimson (4-9,
1-4 Ivy), while junior Sara Flood had one goal and two assists on
the afternoon. Freshman Katie Doherty posted a goal and an assists
for two points. Sophomore Jess Halpern and senior Kaitlin Martin
also found the back of the net. Kat Collins led the way for the Big
Green (7-4, 4-1 Ivy) with three goals and three helpers.
Dartmouth and Harvard came up empty handed on their first shots of
the game, but it was the Big Green that would strike first. Greta
Meyer scored on a free position shot, to give the home team a 1-0
lead after five minutes of play. It didn’t take long for the
Crimson to answer as Doherty won the draw control and handed off to
Sara Flood for the score with 23:29 remaining in the first half. It
was Flood’s 17th tally of the season.
The Crimson won the next draw control but turned it over and the
Big Green took advantage. Katherine Chiusano broke open the 1-1
score with her first tally of the game. Dartmouth forced two more
Harvard turnovers and scored another goal to take a 3-1 lead. The
Big Green defense controlled the game, allowing just one Harvard
shot during a 20 minute span, while the offense scored another time
to make it 4-1 with 11:49 left to play. The home team scored twice
more to take a 6-1 advantage at the break.
The Big Green increased its lead to 8-1 with two goals in the first
eight minutes of the second session. Petropulos interrupted the
scoring run with her 16th of the season with Flood earning the
assist. Two quick back-to-back tallies midway through the second
half put the home team up 11-2. Doherty cut into the lead with a
feed from Kaitlin Martin, before Chiusano and Colleen Olsen scored
just over a minute apart to push the lead to 13-3. After nine
minutes of scoreless play, the Crimson put two goals into the net
less than a minute apart. Halpern found Martin open to make it 13-4
and after Petropulos picked up the draw, Halpern scored on a free
position shot to pull within 13-5. With 1:40 remaining on the
clock, Petropulos scored her second off the game on a pass from
Flood.
Freshman Kerry Clark played the entire first half and three minutes
of the second. She turned aside four shots, while junior Katherine
Martino made three stops. Halpern paced the Crimson with three
ground balls, while Martin won three draw controls.
The Crimson plays its final home contest Saturday, April 18 at 1
p.m. Harvard hosts Columbia in its senior day game at Harvard
Stadium. It’s the first game of a doubleheader with the
Harvard men.
