The weekend was a difficult one as our Bants suffered a tough loss to a resilient Eph squad. Williams had their backs against the wall as they were battling to salvage their season and hopes of making the NESCAC tournament. Our Bants weren't quite prepared for the aggressiveness and fiesty play that they would face all game long.
With their season on the line, Williams came to play. CJ tried to take control early, scoring the first goal of the game. That was all it took to jump start the Williams team. They took chances on attack and converted on some very nice assisted goals. We struggled to answer their tallies, eventually trailing by a 6-1 margin. But our Bants are resilient too!! After digging a bit of a hole, we managed to put together a 5-1 run that left us trailing by only a goal at the half. We had five different people collect a tally in this run, proving that we have a very versatile attack, with Remer, Spanz, CJ, Caite and Rachel all finding the back of the net.
The second half was more of the same. We struggled to stunt their offense and while we kept things close early, a run midway through the second half proved to be just too much for our offense to overcome. We made a late effort, scoring the last three goals of the game but it was too little too late. While the game was disappointing, the effort and resiliency of our Bantams was very impressive. We know this will help us as we prepare for our tournament competition!
Sunday's game was an interesting one. We knew Wellesley would be tough as they did not compete on Saturday so they were fresh and ready to take us on! Wellesley took on a frustrating tactic of holding the ball against our defense, which caught us a little off guard. We again struggled out of the gate, allowing Wellesley to build a 2 goal lead early in the game. But our resiliency kicked in and we took control of things quickly, with Alisen tallying the first two goals of the game and Christy Bradley finishing on a sweet fast break goal to take the lead. We would never trail again. Annie Cook continued the scoring spree, notching her first collegiate goal (Way to go Annie!) and CJ finished out the first half with two back to back goals. Ceej had quite a weekend of scoring - tallying 5 goals on the day for the second day in a row!
While the day didn't feel like our best effort - it was nice to see everyone step on the field and contribute to the win. We are excited to take on Conn. on Saturday and then find out how the NESCAC tournament shapes up!
Should be an exciting weekend of lacrosse! Go Bants!
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