Baer debuts with a bang, leads McDaniel to 12-11 win at Elizabethtown
ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. – Brittany Baer (Westminster, Md./Westminster) tallied four goals and an assist to lead McDaniel in a 12-11 non-conference victory over Elizabethtown in the women’s lacrosse season opener for both teams on Thursday. Katie Foley netted seven goals for the Blue Jays (0-1), who scored seven of the game’s final eight goals to turn an 11-4 hole into a one-goal game.
The Green Terror (1-0) tallied four goals in the game’s first 10:35, bookended by Baer’s first two goals in a McDaniel uniform, to open up a 4-0 lead.
Baer converted the game’s first shot 1:34 into the contest before dishing off to Stephanie Sudbook (Baltimore, Md./Loch Raven) 2 minutes, 12 seconds later for a 2-0 lead.
Brittany Lines (Pasadena, Md./Chesapeake) made it a 3-0 game with an unassisted marker in the ninth minute before Baer finished a solo run fewer than two minutes later.
Markers from Stephanie Kreis and Foley 4 minutes, 8 seconds apart sliced the deficit in half.
Baer completed her hat trick in the 24th minute before Foley and Kerrie Wuenschel (Sykesville, Md./South Carroll) exchanged goals in the final two minutes of the first half to make it a 6-3 game.
Foley’s third goal of the game 44 seconds into the second half made it a two-goal game before back-to-back Chelsea Ferruzzi (Jenkintown, Pa./Jenkintown) unassisted tallies sparked a 5-0 burst that gave McDaniel a seven-goal lead 10:46 into the second stanza.
Goals from Foley and Kreis pulled Elizabethtown within 11-6 before Kelly Scheler (Forest Hills, Md./C. Milton Wright) finished a Jennifer Stone (Baltimore, Md./Loch Raven) feed in the 53rd minute to re-establish a six-goal advantage.
Foley tallied her final three goals in the game’s last 7:07, including with 20 seconds on the clock but Bear won the final of her team-best four draw controls, allowing the Green Terror to possess the ball for the waning seconds and preserve the win.
Baer also added three ground balls and three caused turnovers.
Kreis won four draw controls for the Blue Jays.
Sarah White (Lincoln, Del./Cape Henlopen) made eight saves in the first 55 minutes in goal while Leanne Hollinger (Westminster, Md./Winters Mill) made two in the final 15.
McDaniel returns to action at home against Messiah on Wednesday. Game time is 3:30 p.m.
Score by Half 1 2 - F
McDaniel (1-0) 6 6 - 12
Elizabethtown (0-1) 3 8 - 11
Goals
McDaniel: Brittany Baer 4, Kerrie Wuenschel 2, Chelsea Ferruzzi 2, Brittany Lines 2, Kelly Scheler, Stephanie Sudbrook.
Elizabethtown: Katie Foley 7, Stephanie Kreis 3, Alisha Sangrey.
Assists
McDaniel: Baer, Lindsey McDonald, Shaena Smith, Jennifer Stone.
Elizabethtown: Kelsea Kozak 3, Meg Cassels, Sarah Cullinan.
Shots: M 29, E 29. Ground Balls: M 17, E 15. Goalies: M (Sarah White 45:05 – 8 saves, 5 GA; Leanne Hollinger 14:55 – 2 saves, 6 GA). Caused Turnovers: M 5, E 6. Turnovers: M 20, E 20. Draw Controls: M 11, E 14. Free Position: M 1 of 3. E 2 of 7.
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