Northwestern
Notre Dame
Wildcats Fall to No. 18 Notre Dame, 13-9
4/26/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
April 26, 2003
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Despite three goals from junior Angela McMahon and two from sophomore Erin Flynn, the Northwestern women's lacrosse team fell to 18th-ranked Notre Dame, 13-9, at Moose Krause Stadium in South Bend.
The loss dropped the Wildcats to .500 on the season (7-7) with two games left to play next week, Notre Dame improved to 6-7 with the victory.
Notre Dame jumped out to a 3-0 lead in a low-scoring first half, before Northwestern broke through to cut the lead to 3-2 on goals by Flynn and Donna McCann. Mary McGrath gave the Irish a 4-2 lead with her first goal of the day with 2:27 left in the half, only to see Courtney Koester score with 1:01 left for the final goal of the half and a 4-3 Irish lead.
The Irish were able to get their offense untracked in the second half scoring nine times. Meredith Simon got her second of the game just 17 seconds in, and then Anne Riley got both of her goals off Danielle Shearer setups to make it 7-3 with 5:54 gone in the second half.
Northwestern held Shearer without a goal in the game, making the Wildcats the only team to stop Notre Dame's top scorer this season.
Flynn got her second goal of the game at 23:13, but that was quickly followed by goals from Notre Dame's Crysti Foote and Mary McGrath as the Irish built their lead to 9-4.
The teams traded three free-position goals over the next three minutes as NU's Lindsey Munday and Laura Glassanos sandwiched goals around one by Foote. Glassanos' goal made it 10-6 before the Irish put the game away with the next three goals as Kassen Delano, Eleanor Weille and Lauren Fischer each scored to give the Notre Dame a 13-6 lead.
McMahon closed out the scoring for the Wildcats as she scored three times in the final 34 seconds for the final score of 13-9.
Notre Dame outshot Northwestern on the afternoon by a 29-20 margin. Sophomore Ashley Gersuk made 10 stops in goal for the Wildcats, while Jen White had eight saves for the Irish.
Northwestern closes out the regular season with two games next week in New York State. The Wildcats will be at Colgate Thursday afternoon (5 p.m. ET) and then Syracuse on Saturday (1 p.m. ET).
GAME SUMMARY
Score by Half
Northwestern (7-7) 3 6 -- 9
Notre Dame (6-7) 4 9 -- 13
Goals
Northwestern: McMahon 3, E. Flynn 2, McCann, C. Koester, Munday, Glassanos.
Notre Dame: Foote 3, Simon 2, Riley 2, McGrath 2, Fischer, Owen, Weille, Delano.
Goalie Saves
Northwestern: C. Koester, Munday.
Notre Dame: Shearer 2, Foote 2, Fischer, Simon, Weille, McGrath.
Goalie Saves
Northwestern: Gersuk 10.
Notre Dame: White 8.
Shots on Goal: Notre Dame 29, NU 20.
Free Position Shots: Notre Dame 3/6, NU 2/4
Ground Balls: Notre Dame 33, NU 20.
Draw Controls: Notre Dame 14, NU 8.
