Seahawks Cruise Past Hood
St. Mary’s City, Md. – Twelve different Seahawk players scored for the St. Mary’s College of Maryland women’s lacrosse team in the Seahawks’ 22-4 victory over Hood College in Capital Athletic Conference action Tuesday afternoon. Senior captain Nora Fallon-Oben (Silver Spring, Md./St. John’s College [D.C.]) paced St. Mary’s in the win with four goals and six points.
Fellow captain, Kelsey Branch (Jarrettsville, Md./North Harford), contributed four helpers and a goal while first-year midfielder Lauriann Parker (Woodbine, Md./Glenelg) added two goals and three goals. First-year midfielder Erin Shackelford (Annapolis, Md./Annapolis) recorded a hat trick while junior attacker Maggie Macleay (Annapolis, Md./St. Mary’s Ryken) finished the day with two goals and an assist.
St. Mary’s (3-7, 1-2 CAC) rolled out a 7-0 lead as Parker and Fallon-Oben each found the back of the net twice. Senior midfielder Lauren Perzan (Baltimore, Md./Perry Hall) put Hood on the scoreboard with an unassisted goal at 14:24. The Seahawks closed out the half with five unanswered goals to post a 12-1 advantage at halftime.
Four different players scored for Hood (2-8, 0-6 CAC), who is still looking for its first conference win of the season.
The Seahawks opened up the second half with three more goals before junior attacker Kelsey Blackwell (Gaithersburg, Md./Gaithersburg) and sophomore center Katie Vu (Baltimore, Md./Kenwood) netted back-to-back goals for the Blazers. St. Mary’s scored seven of the final eight goals to seal the win.
St. Mary’s outshot Hood, 43-10, while outhustling the Blazers on ground balls, 31-15, as Shackelford led the way with five loose ball pick-ups. The Seahawks also claimed a 17-11 margin on draw controls behind four from sophomore midfielder Laura Leigh Cooper (Fruitland, Md./James Md. Bennett).
Sophomore Colleen Simpson (Arnold, Md./Broadneck) made four stops in the first half while first-year Katie Hammerer (Leonardtown, Md./Leonardtown) finished out the game with a start in the second half.
Sophomore Sam Liptrap (Baltimore, Md./Kenwood) turned away 12 shots and had two ground balls in the loss.
The Seahawks look to continue their winning ways this Saturday, April 3 as St. Mary’s hosts York (Pa.) College in league action at 12:00 pm in Seahawk Stadium.
