Box Score MEDFORD - Hamilton College sophomore Darby Philbrick scored twice in the final four minutes making the difference in a 13-12 NESCAC women's lacrosse win by the Continentals at Tufts on Saturday at Bello Field.
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The Jumbos led 8-6 at the half before Hamilton barged out of intermission to score five in a row and take an 11-8 lead. Tufts came back to tie the score at 11 before Philbrick scored at 3:48 and 1:57 of the second half. Jumbo All-American Caroline Ross made it a 13-12 game at 1:06, and Tufts won the ensuing face-off but could not score the equalizer.
Eleventh-ranked Hamilton improved to 7-3 overall and 3-3 in the league while stopping a two-game skid. Tufts, ranked #16 nationally, dropped to 6-5 and 2-4.
The Continentals had an early 3-1 lead when Philbrick scored the first of her four goals in the game at 19:52 of the first half. Tufts tallied four of the next five goals and led 5-4 when sophomore Caroline Nowak scored at 13:05. She had two goals and an assist during the stretch. After the Continentals scored back-to-back free-position goals taking a 6-5 lead, the Jumbos finished the opening half with three in a row. Ross and sophomore Taylor Meek both had a goal and an assist during Tufts' run.
Hamilton stormed out of halftime with five unanswered goals in less than 13 minutes. Juniors Morgan Fletcher and Casey File both scored twice and the visitors had an 11-8 lead. Tufts rallied to score three in a row during a five-minute stretch including back-to-back goals by senior Brigid Bowser tying the score at 11-11 with 8:04 on the second-half clock.
Philbrick won the ensuing draw for Hamilton, and after both teams turned it over she scored unassisted at 3:48 to put the Continentals up 12-11. Margaret Gabriel controlled the next draw and Hamilton stalled for a few minutes before Philbrick scored again at 1:57 for a two-goal margin.
When Casey File secured the next draw for Hamilton, they again looked to stall but turned the ball over when moving it back into their defensive half. Bowser caused the turnover and picked up the ground ball. Moments later, her pass led to Ross' goal at 1:06 for a 13-12 margin. Freshman Hedy Veith controlled the draw for Tufts and with under a minute remaining Bowser's shot sailed just wide. Tufts turned the ball over after that and Hamilton ran out out the clock.
Along with Philbrick's four goals, Kara Cooley had three for Hamilton to go with three caused turnovers, two draw controls, and two groundballs. Caroline McCarthy assisted three goals in addition to scoring one. File's four draw controls led the visitors, as did four groundballs by Maddie Fitzpatrick. Hamilton split halves in goal, with starter Hannah Burrall making six saves. Hannah Rubin did not make a save, but earned the win in the second half.
Bowser and Nowak both scored three times and added assists for the Jumbos. Ross finished with two goals and an assist, while freshman Megan Toner added two strikes and Meek totaled a goal and two assists. Junior Jenn Duffy caused three turnovers for the Jumbos while Bowser grabbed six groundballs to go with four draw controls. Freshman Audrey Evers stopped five shots in the Tufts net.
Like on the scoreboard, the game was extremely tight statistically. Shots were 21-18 Tufts while groundballs went 15-14 in Hamilton's favor. Tufts earned a slim 14-13 advantage in draw controls while turnovers finished 13 for Hamilton and 12 for Tufts.
The Continentals host Williams in NESCAC action on Tuesday at 5 pm. Tufts plays again next Saturday at Amherst starting at noon.
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