Dartmouth Women's Lacrosse Crushes Brown, 17-5

Saturday, March 31

Hanover, N.H.

1:00 p.m.

Dartmouth College

Brown

Dartmouth Women's Lacrosse Crushes Brown, 17-5

3/31/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse

By: Dartmouth

Saturday, March 31, 2007

Dartmouth Women's Lacrosse Crushes Brown, 17-5

Boxscore

HANOVER, N.H. - Senior Jen Pittman (New Canaan, Conn.) and junior Kristen Barry (Duxbury, Mass.) each scored four goals as the No. 17 Dartmouth women's lacrosse team crushed Brown, 17-5, on Saturday.

The tone was set early as the Big Green (5-3 overall, 2-1 Ivy) scored the first five goals of the game and raced out to an 11-1 halftime lead.

Offensively, junior Kate Labrum (Wallingford, Pa.) exploded at the start, scoring back-to-back goals in less than six minutes. That was a career high for Labrum who had two goals combined in two previous seasons.

Pittman scored all four of hers in the opening half, while Barry potted three during the second half, including a pair about three minutes apart. Those pushed Dartmouth to a 14-3 lead with 19:16 on the clock.

Dartmouth coach Amy Patton had the chance to play both of her freshman goaltenders. Julie Wadland (Andover, Mass.) made one save in the first half and picked up the win, while Chelsea Kirk (Hunt Valley, Md.) stopped four shots after the break.

"I thought we met our team goals today," said Patton. "We wanted to come out in the first 15 minutes of each half and win the draws and win the ground balls, and I thought we really did that. We set a tone in the game.

"Our attack passed the ball crisply, they moved hard and they were just connecting. I think it felt for them like they were working, but working together," said Patton. "And defensively we did a really nice job of bodying up. I thought our fouls were much better today."

Patton added, "We just got in sync, and I thought we played with a great intensity."

Dartmouth had a season-low 10 fouls, while outshooting the Bears, 26-13. Brown slipped to 3-6 overall and 0-1 in the League.

Senior Whitney Douthett (Newtown, Pa.) had another outstanding afternoon with two goals, three assists, five caused turnovers, three draw controls and two ground balls.

Rounding out the attack for the Big Green were sophomore Katherine Chiusano (Medford, N.J.) with a pair, while senior Sarah Szefi (Pittsburgh, Pa.), senior Margo Duke (Englewood, Colo.) and freshman Kate Fauth (Alexandria, Va.) all scored once. Szefi assisted on three Big Green markers.

Dartmouth has a non-conference game at Vermont on Tuesday, April 3, before returning home on Saturday, April 7, hosting Cornell at 1 p.m.