HAMILTON DOWNS SAINTS 18-6

March 31: Hamilton College snapped a 1-1 tie with seven unanswered goals and went on to an 18-6 Liberty League win over St. Lawrence to complete a weekend league sweep on Saturday.

Hamilton improves to 5-2 overall on the year and 2-0 in the Liberty League, while the Saints had a three-game win streak snapped and are now 3-4 overall and 2-2 in league play.

Kaillie Briscoe opened the scoring for the Continentals just 28 seconds into the game, but the Saints tied it as Lis Reade scored from Kathryn Durki with 5:28 gone in the first half. Nicole Tetreault and Suzy Belmont the combined to score six straight goals and Liz Longley scored her 11 th of the season to give Hamilton a 8-1 lead before the Saints scored again.

Amanda Forbes, Julie Wooters, Reade and Durki scored in the last ten minutes of the first half to cut the Hamilton lead to 10-5 at the break, but the Continentals scored the first three goals of the second half and held the Saints to just one second half goal to coast to the victory.

Durki led the Saints with two goals and two assists while Wooters had a goal and an assist. Becky Timbers made 15 saves for the Saints in goal while Kalley Greer had eight for Hamilton.

The Saints will host Clarkson on North Country Field Tuesday at 7:30 in their next outing.

A TALE OF TWO HALVES: BIG 1ST POWERS SAINT WIN AT ROCHESTER

March 30: St. Lawrence University’s women’s lacrosse team used a big first half to set the stage for a 13-10 Liberty League win at Rochester on Friday, jumping out to a 10-3 lead and hanging on for the victory.

Draw controls and the scoring of Amanda Forbes and Alanna Waters lifted the Saints to their big first half lead as Forbes had three of her four goals in the game and Waters had two in the first half.

Forbes made it 11-3 early in the second half and the Saints held off the Yellowjackets for their third straight win.

Goaltender Becky Timbers had a big game in goal for the Saints with a dozen saves, ten of them in the second half.

“Becky was outstanding,” said Saint coach Jody Axtell. “She made some really big saves at critical points in the game. We are able to dominate the first half with draw controls and fast breaks, and they did a better job on the draw controls and worked back into it in the second half. It was a very good game, and a good win for us on the road.”

Waters led the Saints offensively with four goals and an assist and senior Patty Ball added two goals for the Saints, who will play at Hamilton on Saturday.