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Sofia Guttmann 3723
12
Winner Amherst AMHERST 2-0
5
Springfield SPRINGFI 1-2
Winner
Amherst AMHERST
2-0
12
Final
5
Springfield SPRINGFI
1-2
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Amherst AMHERST 4 1 5 2 12
Springfield SPRINGFI 1 2 0 2 5

Game Recap: Women's Lacrosse |

Mammoths improve to 2-0 with 12-5 win at Springfield

SPRINGFIELD, MA -- Seven consecutive second-half goals Tuesday night sent the Amherst College women's lacrosse team to its second straight win to open the season via a 12-5 win at Springfield College's Stagg Field. 

First years Clara Sosa and Emily Petersen scored three goals each for the Mammoths in the victory while classmate Jessye Salmon made nine saves in the vwin. 

Amherst (2-0,1-0) is at Tufts Saturday for a 1 p.m. start. 

GAME HIGHLIGHTS:

* The Mammoths got off to a fast start against the Pride, scoring 59 seconds in when senior captain Sydney Larsen delivered a pass from behind the goal to Sosa in the slot and the first year's quick shot made it 1-0. Springfield tied the game only 23 seconds later, but it would be the Pride's only goal of the first quarter. 

* Just eight seconds after the tying goal, Amherst sophomore Sydney Kang scored off a pass from Sosa. Before the quarter would end, the Mammoths would boost their lead to 4-1 with goals from Bridget Finley and Petersen. Petersen's goal came on a free position shot which she artfully bounced past Pride goalie Haley Moody.

* Springfield outscored the Mammoths 2-1 in the second 15 minutes and trailed only 5-3 at halftime. 

* Amherst outshot its hosts 7-3 in the third quarter, scoring on 5 of those 7 shots. The Mammoths started the third in a player-up situation and cashed in the opportunity when Sosa converted a pass from Kang into an quick score. Petersen then scored off another Larsen feed and Sosa scored her third goal of the game 59 seconds later off a pass from Sofia Gutman that made it 8-3 with 9:04 remaining in the stanza. 

* Unassisted goals from Elizabeth Rose, Gutmann, Anna Whitworth and Mary Gum gave the Mammoths an insurmountable 12-3 lead with 4:34 remaining in the game. 

BY THE NUMBERS:

* Springfield outshot the Mammoths in the game, 26-24. The Pride won 11 of 20 draw controls in the game. 

* Amherst had 10 groundballs in the win to 7 for the Pride.

* Amherst had 9 caused turnovers in the game, 2 each from Brynn Korpi and Colleen Mooney. 

* Korpi also led Amherst with 2 groundballs. Mooney and Rachel Rogers led the team with 3 draw controls each. 



 
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