Box Score

St. Mary's City, Md. – Senior attacker Maggie Macleay (Annapolis, Md./St. Mary's Ryken) netted four goals in helping the St. Mary's College of Maryland women's lacrosse team (3-2) hold off McDaniel College (0-2) for an 11-10 non-conference victory Saturday afternoon.

Junior attacker Lauren Bennett (Frederick, Md./Gov. Thomas Johnson) scored the eventual game-winning goal at the 10:17 mark, ending the Seahawks' nearly 14-minute long scoreless drought.  From there, the play went back-and-forth with St. Mary's dominating possession for the final 10:17.

McDaniel first-year goalie Aimee Semler (Baltimore, Md./Perry Hall) kept her team in the hunt for their first win of the season as Semler turned away five shots but the Green Terror struggled to take care of the ball, committing three turnovers down the stretch while playing man-down for three of those minutes.

Sophomore midfielder Lauriann Parker (Woodbine, Md./Glenelg) tallied two goals and two assists while senior midfielder Aubrey Mirkin (Ashton, Md./Sherwood) added a goal and three assists in the Seahawk victory.  Mirkin also added season- and game-highs of six ground balls, five draw controls, and three caused turnovers.

McDaniel jumped out to a 2-0 lead behind goals from midfielders Paige Messersmith (Phoenix, Md./Dulaney) and Chelsea Watkins (Columbia, Md./Hammond).  The Seahawks responded with four straight, including a pair from Macleay.  The Green Terror grouped two more goals together to knot the game at 4-all at the 8:07 mark before Parker scored consecutive goals to maintain the lead in St. Mary's favor.  Senior Lisa Jurd (Columbia, Md./Hammond) picked up an unassisted goal with 55 ticks left to pull McDaniel within one.  St. Mary's headed into intermission with a 7-5 advantage as Macleay notched her third goal of the day with 15 seconds left.

Senior attacker Brittany Lines (Pasadena, Md./Chesapeake) paced the Green Terror offense with a hat trick while Messersmith and sophomore midfielder Anna Beaudry (Amherst, Mass./Amherst Regional) each finished with two goals apiece.

The Seahawks scored the first three goals of the second half in a span of 5:24 to stretch to their lead to 10-5 at the 24:06 mark.  Beaudry converted on a free position shot at 21:06 and sparked a 5-0 Green Terror rally.  Messersmith tied it up with an unassisted goal at 11:53.

St. Mary's edged McDaniel in shots, 26-25, and in draw controls, 12-11, while the teams were even in ground balls at 25 apiece.

In goal, junior Colleen Simpson (Arnold, Md./Broadneck) recorded six saves and all 10 goals against in nearly 50 minutes before senior Jamie Roberts (Rockville, Md./Barrie) came in to finish out the game.

St. Mary's returns action next Tuesday, March 8 as the Seahawks travel to Ashland, Virginia, to take on non-conference opponent, Randolph-Macon College, at 4:00 pm.