HANOVER, N.H. – The Dartmouth women's lacrosse team scored six of the final seven goals of the game but came up just short as Harvard took the win, 13-11, in Ivy League action on Saturday afternoon at Scully-Fahey Field. The Big Green move to 2-7, 0-3 for the season while the Crimson improve to 4-5, 1-2.
Catherine Erb led the Big Green in goals with four, her third straight game with a hat-trick.
Katina Christensen finished with three points after tallying two goals and one assist.
Boo Dewitt scored twice while
Samantha Bennett had one goal and one assist.
Nieve Donegan had three caused turnovers and
Gisele Todd tied her season-high total of 12 saves.
The Crimson were led by Riley Campbell, who finished with four goals and one assist for five points. Maddie Barkate also had five points after scoring twice and assisting three. Charlotte Hodgson scored one goal and had three caused turnovers.
Erb opened the scoring just a few minutes into the contest.
Jenna Donohue spun around her defender, creating enough space to head towards goal before dumping it inside the middle to Erb for the quick shot and finish.
Harvard scored the next five goals to take a 5-1 lead midway through the second quarter. A woman-up goal from Dewitt at the 8:43 mark of the quarter stopped the scoring deficit, but two goals from Barkate pushed the Crimson lead up to five.
The Big Green tallied two goals in the last 1:31 of the first half.
Maja Desmond received a pass from
Lucy Murray and scored from just outside the crease. As time ran down in the half, Harvard had a shot that was saved by Todd with just over 10 seconds to go. Todd played a long pass to an open Donohue in the middle of the field. Donohue quickly passed it to Christensen, who immediately burst towards goal. Christensen made a perfect pass to Erb just in front of goal and she took the quick shot and finish past Harvard goaltender Lizzie Francioli just as time expired.
After both teams scored one goal in the first few minutes of the second half, the Crimson rattled off four-straight goals to take a commanding 12-5 lead.
Dartmouth started to chip away at the lead in the final moments of the third quarter, as Erb scored her third and fourth goals of the afternoon to bring the Big Green within five going into the fourth quarter.
Isabella Godsick scored her third goal of the season shortly into the final frame, with Dewitt adding her second of the afternoon midway through the quarter. Christensen tallied a goal with 3:07 remaining to bring the Big Green within two.
Callie Hem scored with just under a minute remaining to add the extra insurance for Harvard.
Bennett scored her seventh goal of the season with one second remaining on the clock.
Both teams were even on ground balls, 16-16, while Harvard held a 16-10 edge in draw controls.
Dartmouth is back in action next Saturday with an Ivy League contest against Brown at Scully-Fahey Field. Opening draw is scheduled for 1 p.m. and the game will be available to stream on ESPN+ and Stretch Internet.