Hiram, Ohio - The women's lacrosse team played strong but fell behind a little too far and a little too early in tonight's game versus Notre Dame (OH) College. The Terriers lost 14-8 to Notre Dame (OH) College.
The Hiram women's lacrosse team started off slow in today's match up versus Notre Dame (OH) College. Notre Dame used their speed to jump out to an early lead, scoring multiple unanswered goals giving them the lead. Suddenly, midway through the first half Hiram's offense gained some momentum as they began to counter their opponents attack, scoring four goals. Hiram ended the half in a pretty big hole, with the score being 10-4.
In the second half, the Terriers had solid defense and held the Falcons to only four goals in contrast to the 10 Falcon goals that were scored in the first half. Unfortunately, the Terriers' offensive and defensive efforts could not hold the Falcons long enough to complete their comeback. The final score of the game was 14-8.
Assistant Coach Carly Calapa summed up the game by saying, "This game came down to a lot of unfortunate circumstances...getting goals starts with the draw controls and we weren't winning draw controls tonight".
In the end, the game came down to who could get more shots on goal. The Falcons superseded the Terriers by shooting a total of 33 shots on goal, which was 11 more than the Terriers' 22 shots on goal. Pacing the Terriers' offense were Autumn Osgood with three goals, followed by Sierah Ray and Alyse Gillentine with two goals. Katelyn Slomovitz also chipped in one goal.
After the loss tonight, Hiram drops to 2-2 at home and 1-3 on the road, for a combined overall record of 3-5. Notre Dame (OH) College advances to 1-2 on the road and 2-1 at home for a combined overall record of 4-2. The Terriers play their second conference game versus DePauw (Ind.) on Saturday at 11 a.m.
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