MIDDLEBURY, VT. -- First-year Sofia Guttmann and Clara Sosa scored three goals each Saturday, but it wasn't enough as the Amherst College women's lacrosse team dropped a 20-9 decision to #1-ranked Middlebury College.

The loss leaves Amherst at 9-4 overall and 5-4 in conference play heading into its season final at home against Trinity Wednesday at 6 p.m.  Middlebury improved to 14-0 overall, 9-0 in the conference. 

GAME HIGHLIGHTS:

* Amherst trailed 10-0 after the first quarter but outscored the Panthers 5-1 over the first 13 minutes of the second quarter to cut its deficit to six goals at 11-5. 

* First-year Emily Petersen ignited the comeback with an unassisted goal at the 12:17 mark of the second quarter. Down 11-1, the Mammoths would score four straight in a span of 3 minutes and 32 seconds. 

* Sosa got the ball rolling with an unassisted tally that came with 5:06 left. Morgan Lebek scored 63 seconds later, also unassisted, to make it 11-3. Sosa scored her 34th goal of the season off an assist from Kate Becker and then Gutmann scored unassisted with 2:34 remaining in the first half to make it 11-5. 

*Middlebury scored two goals in the final 1:12 of the half, then opened the second half with two more goals, to build back its 10-goal advantage at 15-5. 

BY THE NUMBERS:

* Petersen (6) and senior Sydney Larsen (4) combined for 10 of the Mammoths' 12 draw controls on the day. 

* Bridget Finley led the Mammoths with 2 caused turnovers. 

* Brynn Korpi and Jessye Salmon led Amherst with 3 groundballs.