Box Score
BOX SCORE
Ten different players scored goals for Sewanee en route to a 20-11 victory over the host team, Birmingham-Southern, in the semifinals of the SCAC Women's Lacrosse Tournament. With the win, the Tigers stay undefeated in conference games and advance to the SCAC title game at noon on Sunday.
Sewanee got in the board first with a goal from sophomore
Molly Arnold, assisted by junior
Page Carpenter, just 36 seconds into the game. Birmingham-Southern answered with a goal two minutes later, which gave them their only tie score of the game. The Tigers rattled of five consecutive goals and never came close to relinquishing the lead. The scorers for Sewanee were Arnold with five, Carpenter with three, senior
Carly Grimm with three, junior
Megan Welton with three, and senior
Allison Bland, freshman
Caitlin-Jean Juricic, senior
Hanna Moran, sophomore
Anna Morrow, sophomore
Olivia Vietor, and junior
Mary Grace Bowring with one.
The Tigers dominated the Panthers in draw controls, going 23 for 32. They outshot Birmingham-Southern 41-28 and picked up 23 ground balls in the game. Sewanee Goalie
Amy Nusbaum had 13 saves and three ground balls for the Tigers, and Arnold picked up a team-high six draw controls.
Sewanee will look for an SCAC championship title when they take on the winner of the second semifinal game between Centre and Colorado College. The game will be played at noon on April 24th in Birmingham, Alabama.
