NORFOLK, Va. – Eight goals from Belle Martire carried visiting William & Mary (1-1) past Old Dominion (0-2), 19-11 at the L.R. Hill Sports Complex on Wednesday afternoon.
"William & Mary played a great game today, and our team needs to take care of the ball better and finish our plays," head coach Heather Holt said. "We played a lot of defense today and that showed. We hustled really well today, and there was a lot of effort all over the field."
A high-octane first half saw a combined 17 goals, four ties and three lead changes. Martire started the scoring with an unassisted marker at the 28:57 mark, but two unanswered from Claire Porter and Lilly Siskind put the Monarchs on top, 2-1, after six minutes of action.
Siskind, Porter and Maddie Mullenbach provided the lion's share of the goals for ODU on Wednesday. A Preseason All-American Athletic Conference honoree, Siskind put home four goals to set a new personal best and chipped in an assist for a team-high five points. Porter scored twice and added an assist. Mullenbach had her finest game as a Monarch with two goals – her first collegiate markers – and a career-high two assists.
Martire quickly tied the score before Sabrina Schrader gave W&M the lead once more at 3-2 with 20:48 left in the half. Those two scores were part of a 4-0 run which gave the Tribe a 5-2 edge near the midway point of the half, but ODU responded in kind with three-straight goals to knot the score again.
Corrinne Stratton notched her third goal of the season at the 11:35 mark to start the Monarchs' run. Katie McGrain followed suit just over two minutes later with her first goal of the campaign, assisted by Siskind, to cut the deficit to one.
With 7:50 to go in the half, Lindsay Baer set up Mullenbach to make the score 5-5.
Mullenbach scored a woman-up goal at the 4:40 mark, and Baer scored on an assist from Porter less than a minute later to make the score 7-7. However, three-straight goals from Martire gave W&M a 10-7 lead at the break.
The Tribe opened the second half with a goal to push their lead to 11-7, and the two sides traded the next four goals. Siskind scored at the 27:10 mark of the second before finishing off a pass from Moira Olexa six minutes later to complete her hattrick and make the score 12-9.
Siskind struck again with 15:33 on the clock to pull ODU to within four at 14-10, but William & Mary scored five unanswered to ice away the game. Porter scored on an assist from Haley O'Connor inside the final 30 seconds of the game to produce the final tally.
Maria Rekus shared the game high and set a personal best with four grounds balls on the day. The freshman from Eldersburg, Md. also caused a pair of turnovers. Paige Angelus caused a career-high three turnovers to lead all players. Lauren Carey created a pair of turnovers as well and added three draw controls.
Caroline Shaefer paced the Monarchs with five draw controls. For the game, W&M had an edge in draw controls, 19-13.
Elsa Rall made 13 saves in a winning effort for the Tribe. Sabrina Leatherwood drew the starting assignment in goal for ODU and made eight saves in 49:15 of action.
The Monarchs return to the L.R. Hill Sports Complex on Saturday for a noon tilt with Longwood.
William & Mary Pulls Past Women’s Lacrosse, 19-11
