GAME INFORMATION
Score: Smith College 7, Wheaton College 8
Records: Smith College 7-5, 2-4; Wheaton 7-7, 4-1
Location: Northampton, Mass.

The Smith College lacrosse team came up short in an 8-7 loss to Wheaton College in New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) action Wednesday evening. With the win, Wheaton improves to 7-7 on the year and 4-1 in conference. Smith drops to 7-5 overall and 2-4 in the NEWMAC.

SMITH HIGHLIGHTS

• Seniors Julia Hamilton (Williamstown, Mass./Deerfield Academy) and Caroline Myran (Philadelphia, Pa./Germantown Friends School) and junior Emily Biggs (Florence, Mass./Northampton) each finished with two goals for the Pioneers.
• Myran added seven ground balls, six draw controls, and five caused turnovers.
• Senior goalkeeper Sarah Price (Hudson, Ohio/Hudson) finished with nine saves in net.

WHEATON HIGHLIGHTS

• Senior Katie Peters led the offense with four goals, pushing her career total to 107.
• Also scoring for the Lyons were Maggie Dymes, Lilly Callahan, Molly Covarrubias, and Kyra Schwartzman. 
• Senior Molly Witten made seven saves in the win. 

HOW IT HAPPENED
Hamilton fed Myran for the opening goal of the game at the 26:21 mark. Over six minutes of scoreless action went by before Wheaton responded with back-to-back goals a minute apart. Dymes netted the equalizer before Schwartzman put Wheaton ahead 2-1. Myran tied the game at 3-3 but Peters ended the half with consecutive goals to give the Lyons a 5-3 advantage at halftime. 

Callahan and Covarrubias pushed the Lyon lead to 7-3 to start the second half but Smith pulled within two goals over the next nine minutes with goals from Chloe Harris (Alexandria, Va./West Potomac) and Biggs. Peters final goal of the game made the score 8-5 in favor of the visitors but the Pioneers would fight for two more goals to make it 8-7 as Hamilton found the back of the net with 58 seconds on the clock. The Lyons won the game's final draw control and ran out the clock for the 8-7 victory.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Saves: Wheaton 20 / Smith 9
• Ground Balls: Wheaton 10 / Smith 22
• Clears: Wheaton 14-18 / Smith 13-14
• Draw Controls: Wheaton 7 / Smith 10
• Shots: Wheaton 18 / Smith 36

UP NEXT
Smith plays their final non-conference game of the season Saturday, April 21 when the Pioneers host Connecticut College at 1:00 p.m.

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