Lake Forest would kick off an eight game home-stand with two convincing victories over their Midwest Conference sister school Ripon College on Sunday afternoon.
The Foresters would run a "split squad" format against the Redhawks, in order to allow for members of the LFC Women's Hockey team to attend their awards banquet.
The Foresters would defeat the Redhawks 18-0 in the opening game. The Foresters would outshoot the Redhawks 27-2. The Foresters were lead in scoring by Sarah Milligan who had a five point game on 4 goals and one assist. Sophomores Amelia Lawrence and Emily White both recorded hat tricks, while White also recorded two assists. Sophomore Sarah Jonathan recorded two assists, while defensive players Maeve Connelley and Jenn Caldwell recorded two goals a piece. Freshman Laura Reckdenwald and Sophomore Danielle Leonardo each had a goal in the opener, as did defensemen Stacey Dierking. First year lacrosse player Jackie Friedrich scored her first goal to close out the scoring for the Foresters.
In the game, Lake Forest would record 14 caused turnovers, and would record 48 ground ball pick ups, and win 16 of the 20 draws in the game.
In the second game of the split squad double headers, the Foresters would have an opportunity to see a number of their young players shine as the two 2nd year programs took to the field again.
The Foresters would receive truly spectacular performances from Freshman Lindsey Jewett and Caitlin Connors. Jewett would take all draws for the Foresters in the second game, and recorded a remarkable 13 draw controls in the game. Jewett also recorded four goals on four shots, and an assist on the final Forester goal of the day.
Connors would score the first three goals for the Foresters on her way to a six point day. Connors would score four goals, and record two assists, while also scooping up five ground balls.
First-year player Michelle Sheehan recorded six ground ball pickups as did Sophomore Amanda Forsyth. Sandi Fredericks and Forsyth would both record goals, and Fredericks would assist on Forsyth's goal.
Brittney Rattinger, a first-year player despite her senior class ranking, recorded two goals for the Foresters. Sarah Greeley, a first year lacrosse player, would record a goal and two ground ball pickups. Junior Emily Hampden-Smith would record five ground ball pick ups and a goal on one shot for the Foresters.
As a team, the Foresters would outshoot the Redhawks 30-14. Barbara Wye would record 9 saves in the game for Lake Forest.
The Foresters return to action on Friday, March 30th, as they host Loyola University in their first divisional game at 4:30pm on Farwell Field.
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