Senior Kim Mirra tallied her first hat trick of the season in the Ducks win over Babson. |
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Senior attack Valerie Barnhart (Gilbertsville, Pa./Boyertown Area), midfielder Kim Mirra (Aston, Pa./Sun Valley), attack Rebecca Quinn (Damascus, Md./Damascus) and freshman midfielder Liz Mather (Chagrin Falls, OH/Chagrin Falls) all tallied hat tricks to lead Stevens Institute of Technology past Babson College on Saturday afternoon in a women’s lacrosse game.
With the win Stevens improves to 5-0, while Babson drops to 0-2.
Freshman midfielder Kaitlyn Roes (Stillwater, N.J./Pope John XXIII) also netted two goals in the game for the Ducks.
With the game tied 2-2 with less than twenty minutes to play in the first half, Stevens nailed four goals in a span of 4:34 to jump out to a 7-2 lead. Babson added a goal at the 7:51 mark, but the Ducks answered back with two goals to take a commanding 9-3 lead headed into the break.
The Beavers cut the Ducks' lead with two goals within the first five minutes of the second half. However, Stevens responded with two goals of its own with Barnhart and Quinn marking their third goals of the game within two minutes of each other. The Ducks continued to dominate the scoring, totaling four more goals to earn the 15-7 victory.
Freshman Stephanie Linder (Eatontown, N.J./Monmouth Regional) made a season-high 15 saves for the Ducks.
Stevens is back in action on its Wednesday, March 23, when it plays eighth-ranked Gettysburg at 9:30 p.m. to finish up their spring break trip in West Palm Beach, Fla.
SCORING SUMMARY:
Prd Time Team Type Goal Scorer Assists
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1. 1st 27:26 SIT EVEN Mirra, Kim Unassisted
2. 22:13 BABS EVEN Erin Conroy Stacy Hambro
3. 20:48 SIT EVEN Roes, Kaitlyn Free position shot
4. 18:36 BABS EVEN Stacy Hambro Free position shot
5. 17:53 SIT EVEN Barnhart, Valerie Free position shot
6. 15:34 SIT EVEN Mirra, Kim Free position shot
7. 14:18 SIT EVEN Quinn, Rebecca Free position shot
8. 12:59 SIT EVEN Mirra, Kim Free position shot
9. 11:00 SIT EVEN Barnhart, Valerie Quinn, Rebecca
10. 7:51 BABS EVEN Anita Martignetti Unassisted
11. 5:56 SIT EVEN Roes, Kaitlyn Free position shot
12. 0:40 SIT EVEN Quinn, Rebecca Unassisted
13. 2nd 29:05 BABS EVEN Brittany Wigmore Free position shot
14. 26:54 BABS EVEN Anita Martignetti Unassisted
15. 22:46 SIT EVEN Barnhart, Valerie Free position shot
16. 20:20 SIT EVEN Quinn, Rebecca Unassisted
17. 15:54 SIT EVEN Mather, Liz Unassisted
18. 11:39 SIT EVEN Mather, Liz Unassisted
19. 11:00 BABS EVEN Ashley Platt Unassisted
20. 10:27 SIT EVEN Barnhart, Valerie Unassisted
21. 3:30 SIT EVEN Mather, Liz Unassisted
22. 1:28 BABS EVEN Brittany Wigmore Unassisted
