The Foresters started off their inaugural season with an exciting 12-10 win over Wheaton on Wednesday evening before heading down to play in the "Auggie Playday" this past Sunday.
The Foresters made the drive down to the Quad Cities for a double header against host team Augustana University, and WCLL opponent Loyola University. The Foresters went into the game excited to play AU who has declared for NCAA Division III play next season. Many of their club team members have come to Augustana with the purpose of joining the varsity team next year.
The first game of the day was a very fast paced game, that saw both teams getting up and down the field with great zeal. The Foresters possessed the ball for the first four minutes of the game, and created six shots on goal, but none of the shots got past the Augustana keeper. Augustana would create a turnover and run their fast break up the field to perfection. A Forester penalty inside the 8m line would give the Vikings a penalty shot on Forester keeper Barbara Wye. Despite Wye's deflection the ball, it trickled into the net.
The Foresters would respond with two goals of their own. The first from sophomore Sarah Milligan (Vernon Hills, IL) on an isolation move. Freshman Amelia Lawrence (Oldwick, NJ) making her first appearance for the Foresters on the season scored on a penalty shot two minutes later giving the Foresters a 2-1 lead. Augustana would respond, scoring a goal off of a fast break opportunity to tie the game 2-2 with 3 minutes remaining in the first half. Augustana would close out the first half scoring as a deep clear off of a save by their keeper bounced off the turf and over a Forester defender, leading to a one on goalie situation that the Vikings were able to capitalize on. Going into the half down 3-2, the Foresters took solace in the fact that they had out shot the Vikings 21-4.
In the second half, the Foresters came out firing on all cylinders. In particular was sophomore Caitlin Connors (Dover, MA). Connors would score three goals in a row to bring the Foresters to a 5-3 lead. Her second goal was on a great "give and go" feed from fellow Massachusetts native Emily White (East Falmouth, MA). The third goal would lead to an Augustana timeout.
The Foresters defense would clamp down significantly, and second half goalie Jenn Caldwell would prove to be a wall against penalty shots stopping six shots from the 8m line in the second half, and nine shots overall.
Milligan would score her second goal of the day, on Emily White's second assist of the period, to put the Foresters up 6-3 at the 20 minute mark in the second half. Connors would record her fourth goal of the game, and seventh of the season soon after, extending the Forester lead to 7-3. Lawrence would assist on the goal. Augustana, not to be outdone would score back to back goals against the Forester defense. Sensing momentum, the home team's bench and crowd came alive.
After a timeout by the Foresters, they came out firing as White picked up a ground ball in the neutral zone which she would carry down the field be fouled inside the 8m line. White would convert on the penalty shot to quiet the Auggie sideline. The Foresters would close out the scoring on a penalty shot by Lawrence with under three minutes to go. The Foresters would win the following draw and possess the ball the rest of the way, preserving the 9-5 victory.
Center Erika Alto (Lindenhurst, IL) led the Foresters with 8 groundball pickups, and senior Sam Herron (Clinton Township, MI) recorded four deflections for the Foresters. The Forester defense forced 18 turnovers, paced by senior CC Hayne (St. Helena, CA) (4) and freshman Maeve Connelley (Lemont, IL) (3) in the game.
The Foresters out shot Augustana 33-14.
In the second game of the double header, the Foresters took on Loyola University. The Foresters would jump out to an early lead against the Ramblers. As Milligan would pick up where she left off in the first game, scoring the Foresters first goal. This would be the third time in three games that Milligan would score the first Forester goal. Emily White would score her second goal of the day for the Foresters second goal in the game, 45 seconds later. Caitlin Connors would score the Foresters third goal of the game giving Lake Forest a 3-0 lead just four minutes into the game.
Loyola would control the next draw and be fouled inside the 8m leading to a penalty shot. Caldwell would stop the shot, however a rebound put back by Loyola would give them their first goal against the Foresters. White would respond with her second goal of the game to return the Foresters to a three goal lead.
CC Hayne, who moved to Dwing, from her usual defensive position took a ground ball the length of the field and scored her first career goal at the midway point of the first half to give the Foresters a 5-1 lead. Loyola would respond with a goal of their own to make the score 5-2.
Lake Forest would close out the first half scoring with goals by Erika Alto, her first career goal, and Amelia Lawrence. To go into half-time with a 7-2 lead.
At halftime, Coach Catanzaro made a number of substitutions, and multiple players would find their way into the stat ledger. Scoring goals for the Foresters in the second half were Sarah Jonathan [Clayton,CA] (1), CC Hayne (1), Brittany Sheehan [Arlington Heights,IL] (1), Danielle Leonardo [Springfield, VT] (2), and closing out the scoring for the Foresters on her first shot as a lacrosse player was sophomore Eileen Newcomer (Winnebago,IL). Sheehan's goal was in her first game as a lacrosse player, and on her first shot as well.
The Foresters would win by a final of 13-6, with the Forester starters playing minimally in the second half. Forester goalkeepers would 6 of 12 shots on goal during the game. The Foresters out shot Loyola 23-12 in the game.
The Foresters recorded 41 ground ball pickups in the game, and forced 26 turnovers. Jonathan, Hayne, and Amanda Forsyth (Chino, CA) paced the Foresters recording six ground balls each. Lawrence and Forsyth both recorded two interceptions each and Leonardo and Stacy Dierking (Crystal Lake, IL) recorded three deflections each.
The Foresters return to action for their first home game of the season on Farwell Field against Northwestern University on Tuesday March 29th at 4:30pm.
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