SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - The Smith College lacrosse team suffered a 20-7 setback to Springfield College Saturday afternoon at Stagg Field in New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) play. 

Smith drops to 4-4 and 1-1 in the NEWMAC league standings. Springfield improves to 4-3 on the season and remains perfect in conference play. 

Top Performers

• Jennie Arancio (Smithtown, N.Y./Hauppauge) led the for the Pioneers with four goals, followed by Sadie Tschider (Piedmont, CA/Piedmont) who added three
• Paige Rocha (Melrose, MA/Melrose) and Alyssa Schams (South Lyon, Mich./South Lyon) combined to make 12 saves in the loss

How it Happened
Springfield sparked its offense at 14:20 as Taylor Pichel got the the first score of the game followed by two more goals from the Pride to make it a 3-0 lead with 11:15 left in the quarter. The Pioneers would get on the board at the 10:47 mark as Sadie Tschnider scored on an unassisted strike to make it 3-1. Springfield would rattle off four unanswered to push its lead to 7-1 with 9:26 to play in the first frame. Jennie Arancio (Smithtown, N.Y./Hauppauge) helped Smith cut into the Springfield advantage with two consecutive goals to make it a 7-3 score with 5:27 remaining. 

The Pride put four unanswered goals to start the second quarter to help Springfield improve its lead to 12-3. The Pioneers received goals from Tschider and Arancio, which pulled the deficit to 12-5, however the Pride finished the game on an 8-2 scoring run to give Springfield its season-high in goals. 

Up Next
Smith travels to Hartwick on Tuesday, March 29 at 5:00 p.m.

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