Womens lacrosse still battles for a
win
By Blake Wilder
Although the womens lacrosse team lost two more games this week, the
scoreline continues to get closer and the fight is getting harder for the opposition.
The better of the two games came last Sunday as the Yeowomen were defeated 13-8 by St. Vincent
College. On Thursday, the team travelled to Ohio Wesleyan University losing 15-7 and dropping the
teams record to 0-8 overall and 0-4 for the conference.
The start of Sundays game seemed all too familiar as St,Vincent scored four unanswered goals
in the first five minutes.
Just seconds later, junior Anna Ialeggio responded with an Oberlin goal. The Yeowomen proceeded
to stifle St. Vincent, keeping them from scoring again for another 18 minutes.
With 12 minutes left in the half senior Briana Quinn made a nice pass inside to the eight meter
mark to assist sophomore Alice Powlens goal.
With seven minutes left a flurry of offensive activity produced six more goals for St. Vincent
and two for Oberlin from Ialeggio and Quinn to make the score 10-4 at half.
In the second half, Oberlin pulled together some loose ends mainly in the defensive end of the
field.
[Sophomore] Sarah [Pilzer] really stepped it up big time in the second half and did the things
she needed to fix, head coach Deb Ranieri said.
The effects of Pilzers adjustment were readily visible as she held St. Vincent to just three
goals in the second half, while Oberlin rattled in four. First-year Christine Castilla scored one,
Quinn had another goal and Ialeggio netted two more.
We had our best offensive game of the season, Ranieri said. But some other part
of the game didnt come together. I think if all parts of the game had come together the score
line would have been even closer.
When the team pulled things together to win the second half hour 4-3, they proved that they could
compete. Unfortunately, they still suffer from slow starts and the inabilty to play to their potential
throughout the full game. St. Vincent had scored enough in the first half to come out with a victory,
13-8.
But a better understanding of the game by the Yeowomen has brought them closer.
Theres definitely a feeling of more confidence in what they are capable of doing,
Ranieri said. Just really understanding what needs to be done and visually being able to
see the things that weve been talking about doing.
Against St. Vincent, Oberlin managed to win the draw control 13 out of 25 times, and maintained
possession as they ran their plays.
On Thursday, the Yeowomen fought hard again bringing the scoreline within two goals at one point
in the second half before losing 15-7.
Quinn had three goals and an assist, first-year Meg Reitz had one goal, Ialeggio had two goals
and an assist and Powlen had a goal and an assist.
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