Dartmouth Women's Lacrosse Downs Penn, 8-4, in Ivy Battle

Saturday, April 15

Hanover, N.H.

Dartmouth College

Penn

Dartmouth Women's Lacrosse Downs Penn, 8-4, in Ivy Battle

4/15/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse

By: Dartmouth

Dartmouth Women's Lacrosse Downs Penn, 8-4, in Ivy Battle

April 15, 2006

HANOVER, N.H. -- Junior Whitney Douthett (Newtown, Pa.) scored three goals as the Dartmouth women's lacrosse team defeated Penn, 8-4, in an Ivy League battle Saturday.

The Big Green jumped out to a 4-1 lead at halftime and then held the Quakers at bay in the second half.

With 20:39 to go, senior Casey Hazel (Reisterstown, Md.) gave Dartmouth a 5-2 lead on her free position shot before the Quakers rallied for back-to-back goals.

Penn's Becca Edwards scored her second of the game and Chrissy Muller added another, getting the Quakers within 5-4,with 15:08 on the clock.

But Dartmouth answered on an Annie Leibovitz (Boulder, Colo.) marker with 12:43 to play for a 6-4 Big Green advantage. Douthett then added goals at 11:52 and 9:28 to put the game on ice.

The victory pushed Dartmouth to 7-4 overall and 3-2 in the Ivy League as the Big Green stays in the hunt for an NCAA bid.

"I am so impressed," said Dartmouth head coach Amy Patton. "This is the first game all year when we've really executed our game plan. We executed from beginning to end. When the attack had to step up, they stepped up. When the defense had to step up, they shut them down.

"Our turnovers were low today and we had some good looks at goal. I felt like we just played smarter," added Patton.

The Big Green had 14 turnovers to Penn's 19, and held the edge in ground balls, 30-27.

Also scoring for Dartmouth were sophomore Kristen Barry (Duxbury, Mass.), senior Kristen Zimmer (Alexandria, Va.) and junior Sarah Szefi (Pittsburgh, Pa.), all with one goal apiece.

In the nets, senior Devon Wills (Denver, Colo.) made six saves, including two point-blank stops, while Penn's Karrie Moore and Sarah Waxman combined for seven. Moore took the loss.

The Big Green has a big week coming up with two Ivy League road games four days apart. On Wednesday, April 19, Dartmouth is at Harvard for a 6 p.m. game, before heading to Ivy leader Princeton on Saturday, April 22 for a 3 p.m. contest.