LEXINGTON, Va. – Senior midfielder Louisa Feve (Bethesda, Md./Winston Churchill) scored four goals to help lead the 12th-ranked Washington and Lee women's lacrosse team to a 10-7 victory over Mary Washington on Saturday afternoon at Watt Field.
The Eagles (4-2) jumped out to a 1-0 lead just 2:59 into the game when senior attacker Karen Pickering (St. James, N.Y./Smithtown) notched the first of her three goals off an assist from sophomore attacker Emily Talbot (New Canann, Conn./New Canann). The Generals (5-2) responded by scoring the next four goals, including two by junior midfielder Maggie Megear (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y./Cold Spring Harbor), to take a 4-1 edge with 14:03 left in the half. UMW cut the deficit to 4-2 at the 17:27 mark when sophomore midfielder Margaret Murray (Earlysville, Va./Albemarle) found the back of W&L's net off a feed from senior attacker Callie Talbot (New Canann, Conn./New Canann). However, the Generals tallied three of the final four goals in the first half, including an unassisted goal by Megear with 1.4 seconds remaining, to take a 7-3 lead into the break.
W&L pushed its advantage to 8-3 only 4:44 into the second stanza when Feve scored off a feed from junior midfielder Kelly Evans (Lexington, Va./Rockbridge County). However, the Eagles notched three straight goals to slice the lead to 8-6 with 18:12 left in the game, but Feve tallied two of the last three goals en route to the 10-7 win.
Megear finished with three goals, while sophomore attacker Christine Bender (Moorestown, N.J./Moorestown) notched a pair of goals. Sophomore goalkeeper Sarah Tilbor (West Simsbury, Conn./Simsbury) played all 60 minutes and made a season-high 11 saves.
For the Eagles, Murray had two tallies, while Callie Talbot finished with a goal and an assist. Sophomore goalkeeper Meredith Deitrick (Mountain Lakes, N.J./Mountain Lakes) also played the entire game and stopped 11 shots.
The Generals return to the field on Tuesday when they host No. 9 Williams at 4:00 pm.
SCORING:
W&L GOALS: Louisa Feve 4, Maggie Megear 3, Christine Bender 2, Megan Slosson 1.
W&L ASSISTS: Kelly Evans 1, Kate Lester 1, Amanda Strickler 1.
UMW GOALS: Karen Pickering 3, Margaret Murray 2, Callie Talbot 1, Meghan O'Leary 1.
UMW ASSISTS: Emily Talbot 2, Callie Talbot 1, Annie Wisloski 1.
GOALTENDING:
Sarah Tilbor (W&L) 60:00, 7 GA, 11 Saves
Meredith Deitrick (UMW) 60:00, 10 GA, 11 Saves
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