MIDDLEBURY 12, COLBY 7
Middlebury surrendered the game’s first goal but scored the next eight, creating enough of a cushion to withstand a second-quarter push from Colby in a 12-7 win. It’s Middlebury’s 26th straight win.
Jane Earley had one goal and four assists, Hope Shue had three goals and one assist and Susan Rowley had a hat trick. Middlebury’s offense was humming, outshooting Colby 42-18.
Annie Eddy opened the scoring for Colby, but the Panthers went on a tear to go up 8-1. Colby closed the gap with a 4-0 run featuring goals from Paige Saudek, Eddy, Elizabeth Hennessey and Julia Jardina.
Up 9-6 at the start of the fourth quarter, Middlebury got consecutive strikes from Shue and Rowley to put the game out of reach at 11-6.
FRANKLIN & MARSHALL 18, POMONA-PITZER 13
Franklin & Marshall got big-time offensive performances from Sydney Lowe (five goals, one assist), Lydia Cassilly (three goals, three assists), Gillian Brennan (four goals, one assist) and Maddy Birch (three goals) in its 18-13 win over Pomona-Pitzer.
F&M led 7-3 at the end of the first quarter and 12-4 at halftime. Pomona-Pitzer cut the deficit to six goals at 15-9 by the end of the third quarter, but the first-half hole proved far too large to recover from.
WILLIAM SMITH 14, TUFTS 4
The Herons are still undefeated. One day after Maddie Montgomery did just about everything for William Smith, she had four goals, one assist and seven draw controls in a 14-4 win over Tufts in the quarterfinals.
Natalie Daniels added four goals, and Kaitlin Pellechia had a hat trick. Maura Smeader made seven saves.
It was all William Smith from the jump. The Herons scored the first six goals and shut out Tufts in the first quarter. It was 8-1 at halftime and 12-1 after Pellechia finished a Montgomery feed with 9:14 left in the third quarter.
Tufts didn’t score consecutive goals until Ella Lesperance scored with 4:45 and 2:33 left in the contest.