Women’s Lacrosse Picks up First Conference Win
Women’s lacrosse picked up their first conference win of the young season, topping the Cornell Rams 9-7 at April Zorn Memorial Stadium last Wed. evening.
The Scots took no time to get on the board as just over a minute into play, Amanda Green found the back of the net off a pass from teammate Mel Fairand.
Five-minutes passed before another goal would be scored, but Monmouth scored in close intervals after that as Kara-Jade Gordon connected on a shot in the seventh-minute followed closely by an Aspen Chadderdon goal only 55-seconds later to lift the Scots to a 3-0 lead.
Kara-Jade Gordon would tack on a pair of goals in the final ten-minutes before Cornell’s Cassidy Greer recorded the Rams lone goal of the first-half, cutting the Monmouth lead to four at halftime.
The Rams came hard-charging out of the gates in the second-half as they scored three goals in the opening eight-minutes. Amanda Green would score on a shot off a pass from Angham Jaradat to give the Scots some breathing room at 6-4.
Kara-Jade Gordon created a turnover and scored in transition to boost the lead to three, while Angham Jaradat scored of an assist from Lexi Tibbs to force a Cornell timeout with under ten-minutes remaining in play.
Gordon scored the final goal of the game for the Scots, before a late rally by the Rams tacked on three goals in the last four-minutes of play.
The win moved Monmouth to 3-2 on the season and earned them their first home win. Up next the Scots will travel to Rock Island, IL to face off against Augustana College on Wed.
Tate Heiple
Sports Editor