Connecticut College Sports Roundup

The Connecticut College men's lacrosse team prevailed Saturday in a prolonged battle with Colby College. The Camels also competed in women's lacrosse, track and field, and water polo matches. The following information was provided by William Tomasian, sports information director at Connecticut College:

Men's Lacrosse: Conn College 8, Colby 7

The Connecticut College men's lacrosse team battled back from a 7-5 fourth quarter deficit, outlasting the Colby College Mules 8-7 in four overtimes. It was the longest men's lacrosse game played at the college.

Tyler Corcoran (Simsbury, Conn.) scored his second goal of the day with 3:24 remaining in the fourth overtime to seal the victory. JR Hartgers (Mountain Lakes, N.J.) scored three second half goals and Rob Moccia (Malvern, Pa.) made seven of his 10 saves in the final two quarters of regulation to lift the Camels to the win.

Connecticut College improves their record to 3-4 with a 2-4 mark in the NESCAC. The Mules slip to 2-3 with a 1-3 record in league play.

"I am extremely proud of our team and the way they battled today," Connecticut College head men's lacrosse coach Dave Cornell said. "They had every reason to give up but they didn't. They persevered. That game was a testament to what the NESCAC is all about. Both teams played with a ton of passion. We beat a very well coached team today. Unfortunately, one team had to lose."

Colby College junior Ian Deveau (Portsmouth, R.I.) scored two goals in the setback for the visitors. Junior Greg McKillop (Washington, D.C.) had a goal and two assists. Sophomore net-minder Peter Reiley (Marblehead, Mass.) made 13 saves to go with six ground balls.

Colby took a 5-4 lead into the half and carried a 7-5 advantage into the fourth quarter of action when Scott Margolis (New York, N.Y.) assisted DeVeau for his second goal of the contest with 2:52 remaining in the third.

But with 8:08 remaining, Hartgers pulled the Camels to within a goal. In the closing moments, Reiley had possession for Colby and was trying to find an outlet to close out the game but Hartgers was able to make a leaping stab of the pass and then rifled home the equalizer with just 24 seconds left.

Both teams utilized their time outs in the overtimes to set up their offense. Colby had a great opportunity to win the game in the third extra session. With four seconds left, DeVeau fired a shot from point-blank range but Moccia was able to make the game-saving stop.

Chuck Czerkawski (Cohasset, Mass.) won the face-off for the Camels to start the fourth overtime and Michael Keane (Bellmore, N.Y) corralled the ground ball to secure the Camel possession.

After a timeout, the Camels were able to isolate Corcoran behind the cage and the sophomore made a nifty little wrap around move to put in the game-winner.

Connecticut College out-shot Colby 46-to-33 in the triumph. Colby held a slim 32-to-30 advantage in ground balls.

Colby will host the University of New England this Tuesday afternoon for a 4 p.m. game in Waterville. The Camels will host New England College Wednesday afternoon for a 4:30 p.m. home game.

Women's Lacrosse: Colby 9, Conn College 7

The sixth-ranked Colby College women's lacrosse team made it eight wins in a row to start the season and set up next Friday's big game with Trinity College by taking a hard-fought 9-7 win over Connecticut College in New England Small College Athletic Conference play.

The Mules are 8-0 overall and improve to 4-0 in the league, while Connecticut College fell to 3-5 overall and 1-5 in the conference. The Mules will play at fifth-ranked and unbeaten Trinity College (7-0) this Friday at 4 p.m. Colby's 8-0 start to the season is the best in program history.

Katharine Eddy (Cheshire, Conn.) had two goals and two assists to lead the Mules. After scoring 20 points (16 goals, 4 assists) in her first year last season, Eddy has team-bests in points (30) and assists (17) this year in just eight games.

All-American Kate Pistel (Amherst, Mass.) and Katie Griffin (Duxbury, Mass.) also had two goals each. Hilary Barr (Ridgewood, N.J.), Lane McVey (Bronxville, N.Y.), and Claire Donegan (Great Falls, Va.) had lone goals for the winners. Sarah Lux (Manlius, N.Y.) dished two assists and Lindsey McKenna (Fairfield, Conn.) had one assist.

Lowell Abbott (Manchester, Mass.) led all scorers with four goals and one assist for the Camels. Katelyn Driscoll (Peabody, Mass.) added a pair of goals, Izzy Marx (Ridgewood, N.J.) had one goal, and Maura Brazel (Boxford, Mass.) finished with one assist.

Connecticut College had a 20-18 advantage in shots and also won the draw control battle (10-8). The Mules were whistled for 28 fouls in the game (Camels had eight) and Connecticut College finished 1-for-11 in free-position shot opportunities. Colby took just two free-position shots and missed both. Colby goaltender Michelle Burt (Woodbridge, Conn.) had eight saves, while Kelsey Burke (Atlanta, Ga.) stopped six shots for Connecticut College.

The Mules never trailed in the game, but were tied three times in the first half before Eddy's unassisted goal with 5:16 to play gave her team a 4-3 margin at the break. Driscoll tied the game one last time when she scored off a pass from Brazel just 42 seconds into the second half. Pistel used her speed to score two straight goals to give the Mules the lead for good at 6-4. She scored with 24:39 to play off a hard shot after taking a pass from Eddy. Pistel blew past a defender and fired in another goal just 1:17 later for a 6-4 margin.

Marx made it a one-goal game with a free-position goal with 20:36 to play, but Colby once again countered with two straight goals. Griffin scored in tight quarters after taking a pass from Eddy with 15:28 left and then Eddy scored unassisted just 45 seconds later for an 8-5 lead. Abbott, who did a terrific job of shooting in defensive traffic, helped the Camels get to 8-6 with an unassisted goal with 12:43 to play. Griffin, though, took a pass from McKenna and scored on an awkward-looking shot with 9:06 remaining. Abbott did cut the margin to two again at 9-7 with a score with 4:21 left.

Colby spent the final two to three minutes killing the clock. Donegan had three caused turnovers and Lisa Hoopes (Ipswich, Mass.) added two for Colby. Eddy also had three draw controls and Kirsten Karis (Southborough, Mass.) had two draw controls and one caused turnover. Deanna Ezzio (Pepperell, Mass.) led the Camels with two caused turnovers and Marx had four draw controls.

Track and Field

The Connecticut College track and field teams competed in the Coast Guard Invitational Saturday.

The women placed third in the 11 team field with a score of 84 points, while the men finished in fifth place out of nine teams with a score of 60 points.

Westfield State won the women's invitational with a score of 135.5 points. The Coast Guard scored 218 points to win the men's invitational in decisive fashion.

Sara Gildersleeve (Sharon, Mass.) posted wins in both the 100 and 200 meter dash to lead the Camel women. In the 200, Gildersleeve qualified for the New England Division III Championship with a time of 26.91 seconds. She posted a time of 13.18 seconds to win the 100 meter dash.

In the 3,000 meter steeplechase, senior Kerry Dermody (Erieville, N.Y.) posted a winning time of 12:51.29. Maura Hallisey (Wethersfield, Conn.) placed second with a time of 12:54.80 for Connecticut College. Sam Pevear (Somersworth, N.H.) threw the discus 110 feet, seven inches en route to a second place scoring for the Camels.

The Camel women added a pair of third place scores Saturday. Vicki Weigold (Glen, N.H.) took third in the 100 meter dash with a time of 13.65 seconds. In the 1500 meter run, senior Ally Bonito (Guilford, Conn.) posted a time of 5:10.42 for the Camels.

The Camel men were led by three second place scorers Saturday.

Andrew Duarte (Rocky Hill, Conn.) posted a time of 4:08.36 in the 1500 meter run. In the 400 meter hurdles, Matt Boudreau (Bridgewater, Mass.) recorded a time of 1:02.00 for the Camels. Sophomore Adem Abraham (Bronx, N.Y.) recorded a mark of 39 feet and one quarter of an inch in the triple jump.

Junior Boris Jeremic (Rijeka, Croatia) chipped in with a third place finish in the high jump, reaching his apex at five feet and seven and one quarter of an inch.

Women's Water Polo

The Connecticut College women's water polo closed out their first weekend of conference play by taking three out of five matches at Wheaton College of Illinois.

In the final match of the weekend, the Camels buried the Bears of Penn State-Behrend in a 16-4 win.

Kate Jacobson (Collegeville, Pa.) paved the way to the victory, leading the Camels with four goals in the triumph. Nicky Jasbon (Greenacres, Fla.) and Emily Hunter (Cheshire, Conn.) both scored twice.

Kristin Lampley (Reading, Pa.), Lily Polatchek (Middleboro, Mass.), Katie Mullaley (Hingham, Mass.), Shelter Wein (Shelter Island, N.Y.), Maia Taft (Lexington, Mass.), Gracie Miller (Sudbury, Mass.), Megan Wright (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) and Karen Cardona (Chicago, Ill.) all contributed goals in the Camel victory.

Junior Pamela Lovejoy (Guilford, Conn.) made six saves in the cage.

Saturday afternoon, the Camels (3-6) routed Utica in a 27-10 triumph. Nicky Jasbon scored 10 goals and grabbed six steals to lead the Camels in the offensive uprising. Kate Jacobson chipped in with five scores. Emily Hunter, Katie Mullaley and Kristin Lampley all contributed with three scores.

Gracie Miller scored twice, while junior Megan Wright added a single tally for the winning side. Pamela Lovejoy made three saves in the cage.

The Camels also dropped a 6-5 decision to the host Thunder of Wheaton College. Lovejoy turned aside nine shots in the cage. Jasbon had three goals and eight steals in the loss. Lampley contributed with two scores and four steals while Jacobson recorded six steals and two assists for the Camels. Friday night, the Camels split a pair of matches at Wheaton, topping Carthage College 8-7 before falling to Macalester in a 14-11 setback.

Pamela Lovejoy stopped nine saves in the cage to lead the Camels to the victory.

Emily Hunter had a hat-trick with three scores. Megan Wright scored twice for the winning side.

Junior Kristin Lampley, Mallory Kosow (Exeter, N.H.) and Nicky Jasbon all contributed scores in the victory for Connecticut College.

Lovejoy made nine stops in the loss to Macalester. Jacobson scored three goals and assisted on six others. Kristin Lampley scored three goals. Nicky Jasbon added two goals. Maia Taft, Mullaley and Kosow all contributed with markers for the Camels.