Foresters cruise past Ripon at Marquette play day!

Coming off their first loss of the season to #10 Aquinas College, the Lake Forest College Women's Lacrosse team had little time to dwell on their defeat. Twelve minutes to be exact. In the standard format of a play day, the Foresters were forced to play Ripon College right after their game against Aquinas. This marked the first time in school history that the Foresters had played another Midwest Conference team in Women's Lacrosse. It also marked the first game in Ripon's women's lacrosse history. The Foresters were fired up from their previous game, and proved that they were ready to take it out on the Redhawks. The Foresters would score in the first :22 seconds of the game on a score by Sarah Milligan who received a great pass from freshman Amanda Forsyth who was making her first start for the lacrosse team. The Foresters would follow that goal up with a goal by Caitlin Connors. The Foresters would begin to roll from that point as they would build a 8-0 lead on goals (in order) from Milligan, Sarah Jonathan, Emily White, Sherie Dubinski, Amelia Lawrence, and Emily Hampden-Smith. The goal by Hampden-Smith was her first career goal. The Foresters starters were pulled from the game at the 7 minute mark, and were used only sporadically throughout the rest of the game. With 10:57 remaining in the first half the Redhawks would generate their first shot, which would be stopped by the Forester goalie. The Redhawks would push the ball past Jenn Caldwell, on what appeared to be a crease violation that was missed by the officials. These would be the only two shots generated by the Redhawks in the first half. The Foresters would score two more goals before the half-time intermission as Forsyth would score her first goal of the day and senior defensive player CC Hayne would intercept a pass and carry it the length of the field to score the Foresters 10th goal of the half.

"We had a great out burst of offense against Ripon. We were really clicking on offense. Our passes were crisp, and we were beating them down the field in transition. Our draw control percentage was totally dominated. We won 11 of the 12 draws in the first half. Amanda Forsyth got her first start and really took advantage of the additional playing time. She personally controlled five of the draws, picked up seven ground balls, had two goals on three shots, and had an assist. She was definitely a big part of our success." said Coach Catanzaro.

To start the second half, the Redhawks would get their second goal of the game on a Free-Possession. Forester Goalies Caldwell (First Half) and Wye (Second Half) would only face four total shots, stopping two of them. the Foresters would not allow a shot for the final 28 minutes of the game. In an effort to save legs for the Marquette game, Caldwell would actually play 22 minutes on the field for the Foresters. After the Redhawk goal, the Foresters would score six unanswered goals to close out the game. The Foresters would receive some impressive performances from their reserve players. Hampden-Smith would follow up her first goal in the first half by scoring the Forester first goal of the second half. She was followed by Dubinski and Forsyth who would both score their second goals for the day. Forsyth's goal came off of a great pass from Jonathan who was providing a break to some of the reserves who weren't used to this type of running. Danielle Leonardo would figure in the next two scores for the Foresters. She scored the next goal for the Foresters. And then provided a pass that allowed sophomore Jenn Caldwell to quick stick the ball past the Redhawk goalie. Caldwell, who is usually a goalie for the Foresters played in the field and scored her first collegiate goal. The final Forester goal was by senior Sherie Dubinski, her third of the day. Dubinski, who is in her first year of lacrosse ever, after being a four-year letter winner for the Forester basketball team, completed the first hat-trick of her career. She became only the fifth Forester to record a hat-trick this season. Defensively the Foresters were a team that dominated the ground-ball portion of the game. The Foresters collected 47 groundballs in the game. In addition, the Forester defense 11 interceptions, led by Hayne and Dubinski who each had 3 a piece. The Foresters won by a final of 16-2 and outshot Ripon 40-4.