Box Score NORTHAMPTON, Mass.--Smith College fell behind early and could not recover in an 18-3 loss to local foe Western New England College on Thursday afternoon in non-conference lacrosse action. 

Kelsey Daniels opened the scoring less than two minutes into the game with the first of her seven goals on the day, and after Katie Toomy doubled the lead at the 20:14 mark, Alayna Liptak (Northampton, Mass./Northampton) scored her third goal of the season off a pass from Sofia Nakhnikian-Weintraub (Eugene, Ore./South Eugene) to make it a 2-1 contest with 18:07 to go.

That would be as close as Smith (2-6) would get, as the Golden Bears (6-3) reeled off five straight goals before MK Pasini (Columbus, Ohio/Bishop Hartley) ended the run with a marker with 4:20 left in the first half.

Leading 8-2 at halftime, WNEC scored the first seven goals of the second half to open up a 15-2 lead.  Meaghan Fileti (Palos Verdes Estates, Calif./Palos Verdes) got Smith's last goal with an unassisted tally with 4:54 to play. 

Meredith Kallfelz made 10 saves in net for Smith, while Marissa Bonitatibus and Erin Doherty split time in goal for Western New England.

Smith will look to snap three game losing skid when they host Wheaton College in a return to NEWMAC play on Saturday, April 2 at 1 p.m.  WNEC will be home to Anna Maria on Saturday at 1 p.m.