Box Score NEW LONDON, Conn. - The Smith College lacrosse team earned their first New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) win of the season Saturday afternoon, taking down Coast Guard, 11-4. 
 
The Pioneers improve to 5-10 overall and 1-6 in conference play, while the Bears fall to 2-13 on the season and 0-8 in the NEWMAC.
 
Sophomore Daria McKenna scored her team leading 16^th goal of the season while freshman Carter Sanderson also had a goal for her 12^th on the year. Sophomores Cecelia Hosley and Mimi Coburn each had the other two goals for Coast Guard.
 
First-year Katie Christensen (East Lyme, Conn./East Lyme) scored a game high three goals while senior Ray Silveria (Dunstable, Mass./Groton-Dunstable) registered three points of her own with two goals and an assist. Sophomore Caroline Myran (Philadelphia, Pa./Germantown Friends School) and freshman Emily Biggs (Florence, Mass./Northampton) each had two goals for the Pioneers.
 
Smith came out and scored the first two goals of the game before the Bears were able to tie the score after goals by Sanderson on a free position shot and then an unassisted tally by McKenna with 18:51 to go in the first half.
 
The Pioneers managed to take a 4-2 lead going into halftime with Christensen scoring her second of the half and first-year Chloe Harris (Alexandria, Va./West Potomac) netting her first of the game.
 
Smith scored two quick goals to start the second half for a 6-2 lead before Hosley scored on a free position shot and Coburn scored her first of the season making the
score 6-4 with just over 18 minutes to go in the game.
 
The Pioneers defense would lock down the Coast Guard offense the rest of the game and score five goals to end the second half for their first NEWMAC win of the season.
 
Sophomore Angel Fay (2-13) made 10 saves on 21 shots on goal allowing 11. Fay leads the NEWMAC with 142 saves on the season. In two years she has made 269 career saves.
 
Sophomore Sarah Price (Hudson, Ohio/Hudson) (4-8) stopped four of the 12 shots she faced allowing eight goals. Price is second in the conference with a 50.4 save percentage.
 
Smith is back in action on Wednesday, April 27th when they host cross-town rival Mount Holyoke in their final game of the season. Game time is 7:00 p.m.

(Recap courtesy to Coast Guard Athletics)