Box Score NORTHAMPTON, Mass. - Senior Julia Hamilton (Williamstown, Mass./Deerfield Academy) scored her 100th career goal as the Smith College lacrosse team topped Gordon College, 18-9, in the home opener for the Pioneers on Saturday afternoon.

The Pioneers (2-0) got on the board first with a goal by Julia Hamilton (Williamstown, Mass./Deerfield Academy) in the first 30 seconds of the game. They added four more goals in the next four minutes to make it 5-0 game. Lena Larson scored for the Fighting Scots (2-3) off a pass from Katelyn Dyer in the sixth minute to cut the lead to four goals. Gordon scored three straight goals, including two by Olivia McCarrick, to bring the lead down to one. Smith responded by scoring five straight goals to build a 10-4 lead. McCarrick and Dyer both scored in the next two minutes to make it a 10-6 game. The Pioneers scored three goals in the last five minutes of the half to take a 13-6 lead into halftime.

Paige Thompson scored a goal in the 35^th minute to put Gordon on the board in the second half. Smith scored four straight goals to build the lead up to ten goals. They then held the Fighting Scots to only one shot in a ten-minute span before Larson scored off a pass from Molly Guthrie with 3:55 left. She added another goal with 46 seconds left to make it a 17-9 game before Caroline Myran (Philadelphia, Pa./Germantown Friends School) scored with 16 seconds left to close out the game.

Caroline Myran (Philadelphia, Pa./Germantown Friends School) and Chloe Harris (Alexandria, Va./West Potomac) each finished with six goals apiece followed by Hamilton who tallied three. Hamilton becomes the ninth player in program history to reach the 100 career goal milestone. Myran totaled 15 draw controls, four ground balls, and four caused turnovers.

Larson finished with a career-high three goals. McCarrick scored three goals, handed out one assist, and led the team with four ground balls and five caused turnovers. Dyer scored two goals, dished out one assist, and recorded four draw controls.

Smith goalkeeper Moira Anderson (Rumford, R.I./Providence Country Day School) made her first career start and registered four saves. Rebecca Resnick recorded a career-high 12 saves and faced 33 shots.

The Pioneers will travel to Newburgh, New York on Wednesday, March 14 to take on Mount Saint Mary College at 6:00 p.m.

(Portions of this recap courtesy to Gordon Athletics)