The Wheaton College women's lacrosse team earned an 11-3 win over visiting Smith College Wednesday night in the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) opener for both sides. 

SMITH HIGHLIGHTS

• Junior Caroline Myran (Philadelphia, Pa./Germantown Friends School) tallied two goals to go along with one ground ball and one causes turnover.
• Sophomore Emily Biggs (Florence, Mass./Northampton) finished with a goal, four ground balls, and two draw controls.
• Goalkeeper Sarah Price (Hudson, Ohio/Hudson) made seven saves in the loss.

WHEATON HIGHLIGHTS

• Lilly Callahan finished with a game-high five goals.
• Senior Giovanna Bishop collected a game-high five assists.
• Molly Witten earned the complete game win for the Lyons, coming up with seven saves.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Wheaton got things started with back-to-back free position goals from first-year Molly Covarrubias and Bishop. Trailing 2-0, Smith cut the deficit in half with 22:08 to go in the opening half with a goal from Emily Briggs. Sydney Garner (Beaverton, Ore./Oregon Episcopal School) earned the assist on the play.

Bishop picked up her first assist of the game seven minutes later when she found Julia Lustenader, pushing the Lyon advantage back to two. With a little under three minutes remaining in the opening frame, Bishop found Callahan for the first of her five goals. 

Wheaton started the second half as strong as the first, opening the period with four straight goals.

Myran ended the Pioneers scoreless streak with 13:11 left in regulation. Leading 8-2, Wheaton scored three more goals over the next nine minutes of play with another from Peters and two more from Callahan. Myran netted the final goal of the contest, cutting the Pioneer deficit to eight to end the contest.

UP NEXT
The Pioneers look to pick up their first conference win of the season Saturday at Emerson. Game time is set for 11:00 a.m.

(Portions of this recap courtesy to Wheaton Athletics)