COLORADO SPRINGS, CO. -- Elizabeth Rose and Ashley Tucker each had three goals and an assist Wednesday night as the Amherst College women's lacrosse team defeated Colorado College on its own Washburn Field, 12-8, 

Amherst improved to 2-1 on the season. They will play McDaniiel Thursday at Colorado College. Game time is 4:30 p.m. EST.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS:

* The Mammoths jumped out to a 2-0 lead as Elizabeth Rose scored off an assist from Tucker and Tucker added an unassisted tally. It was 2-1 after a quarter and 2-2 early in the second when the Mammoths went on a three-goal spree to build a 5-2 lead. 

* Lauren Friedman ignited the run with a free position goal with 6:41 to go before halftime, flipping a shot into the right-side of the goal. Tucker scored her second goal of the night with 2:20 left, circling around the net to the right and firing a shot shortside for a 4-2 lead. It was Rose who made it 5-2 with 1:49 remaining, running onto a pass in front of the goal and one-timing a shot into the right side. 

* Becky Kendall started the scoring in the third period, converting a pass from Friedman, After Colorado College scored two consecutive goals to make it 6-5, Sydney Larsen won the draw for the Mammoths and raced downfield unabated to the goal, where she fired a pass by the keeper for a 7-5 lead with 5:59 remaining in the period. 

* Freidman made it 8-6 with a singular effort coming with 3:11 left in the period, weaving her around defenders on the right side and flipping a shot into the far corner. Only 58 seconds later, Kendall scored her second goal off a pass from Rose that made it 9-6. 

* Rose scored an important goal with 4:47 left in the game after much of the final stanza had been scoreless, weaving her way across the goal mouth before turning and firing a shot into the goal for a 10-7 lead. Eliza Marcus made it 11-7 with 2:56 left with a free position goal. Tucker closed the scoring with a goal that came with just eight seconds remaining. 

BY THE NUMBERS:

* The Mammoths outshot their hosts by a 31-22 margin. They had a 16-7 advantage in draw controls and turned the ball over one less time than their hosts, 19-18. In addition, Amherst was successful on 14 of its 15 clear attempts in the game. 

* Megan Larmann led Amherst with five groundballs. Fiona Jones topped the team with eight draw controls. Larsen and Larmann had two caused turnovers each. 

* Caroline Stole (3) and Caroline Fischer (5) combined to make eight saves in goal for the Mammoths.