Women’s lacrosse (5-5, 0-5 Atlantic 10) fell 6-15 to Massachusetts (7-3, 4-0 A-10) in their fourth-straight loss of the season on Saturday.
The loss pushed the Revolutionaries to ninth place in the conference rankings, marking their fifth defeat this season. In their match against the highly ranked UMass, who now hold the first place A-10 spot following their win against the Revs, GW partially bounced back from a rough second quarter before ultimately falling in the second half.
Junior midfielder Kiki Rotay scored the Revs’ only goal in the first quarter, while freshman goalkeeper Gabi Greth was able to save two of the four shots UMass attackers attempted on goal. The quick reflexes of Greth prevented the Revs from giving up any more goals, ending the first quarter with UMass in the lead by a marginal 2-1 record.
The Revs’ defense collapsed in the second quarter, as UMass scored two goals in the first two minutes of the quarter and eventually ended the quarter with an additional four goals scored, putting UMass in the lead with 8-1. The Revs struggled to prevent these goals and UMass recovered failed shots and quickly got back into position to strike. The UMass defense also shut down the Revs’ offense, which was unable to maintain control of the ball long enough to find opportunities to get into shooting positions.
After the second quarter, a goal swiftly scored within 40 seconds of the third quarter by senior attacker Everly Kessler revitalized the Revs’ offense. Both teams got more physical, resulting in several penalties, a few green cards and one yellow card.
A UMass defensive foul gave the Revs a free position shot, which junior attacker Grace Curry used to launch a shot past the UMass goalie, bringing the record to 9-3. The quarter wrapped up with freshman attacker Sophia Levine assisting Curry to another goal, followed by a last minute score by junior midfielder Stella Ray. The Revs’ defense also performed well, resulting in an almost even scoring board for the third quarter, with UMass only gaining one more goal than the Revs. The quarter ended with UMass in the lead 13-5.
The fourth quarter opened up with a UMass charge, which Greth blunted but UMass quickly recovered and put in the goal. A shot by Kessler was barely deflected when it struck the crossbar of the goal, but a free position shot sunk by Kessler just a minute later redeemed the close miss. Greth once again saved several shots on the Revs goal with help from a strong GW defensive team, only surrendering one more point before the game ended.
The Revs’ next game will take place Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Rhode Island.
