No. 8 Dartmouth Women's Lacrosse Falls to No. 7 JMU

Tuesday, March 20

Harrisonburg, Va.

2:00 p.m.

Dartmouth College

James Madison

No. 8 Dartmouth Women's Lacrosse Falls to No. 7 JMU

3/20/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse

By: Dartmouth

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Boxscore

HARRISONBURG, Va. - Despite three goals by senior Jen Pittman (New Canaan, Conn.), the No. 8 Dartmouth women's lacrosse team dropped a 16-9 decision at James Madison Tuesday.

JMU jumped out to a 4-1 lead as Annie Wagner scored twice for the Dukes. With her first goal at 10:10, Pittman ignited a 4-2 Dartmouth run, and JMU held a 6-5 advantage at the half.

Pittman scored the equalizer with just 49 seconds gone in the second half, but JMU responded with a three-goal spurt, including two more by Wagner, for a 9-6 lead.

Big Green sophomore Katherine Chiusano (Medford, N.J.) and Pittman sandwiched goals around one by JMU to keep the deficit at two, 10-8, but the Dukes erupted with six straight for a 16-8 score with less than four minutes to play in regulation.

James Madison (5-1) won its fifth straight game as Wagner and Kelly Berger each scored four goals.

The Big Green's Whitney Douthett (Newtown, Pa.) had two goals and one assist on the afternoon, while Pittman added an assist for a total of four points. Chiusano had an assist, and Dartmouth's other goals were scored by junior Kristen Barry (Duxbury, Mass.), senior Margo Duke (Englewood, Colo.) and senior Sarah Szefi (Pittsburgh, Pa.).

In the nets, Dartmouth freshman Julie Wadland (Andover, Mass.) made 11 saves before classmate Chelsea Kirk (Hunt Valley, Md.) came on in relief for the final 3:30.

Dartmouth (3-2) opens the Ivy League season this weekend, traveling to Yale on Saturday, March 24 and then to Columbia on Sunday, March 25.