March 25, 2004
Box Score
BETHLEHEM, Pa. (www.lafayette.edu) -Sophomore Samantha Ziegler recorded her first career hat trick to lead the Lafayette women's lacrosse team to a 6-8 win over archrival Lehigh in Patriot League action on Thursday evening.
Lehigh scored first, on a Maredith Carso goal at 26:07 of the first half. Lafayette responded 16 seconds later as Ziegler found the back of the net for the first time.
The teams then exchanged pairs of goals, with Lehigh's Emily Studdiford scoring at 21:15 and Amy Chamberlain tallying an unassisted goal at 11:09. Lafayette's Cristin McGuinn added an unassisted shot of her own at 9:23 before senior Erin Gallagher tied the game at three at 8:47.
Chamberlain recorded her second goal of the game at 7:02 to give the Mountain Hawks a 4-3 lead at halftime.
Lehigh's Sarah Starsoneck scored the first goal of the second half to put the Mountain Hawks up by two at 22:28.
Less than a minute later, Gallagher connected a pass to Fallon Cunningham to get the Leopards back within one. At 20:21, Gallagher added another assist, this time to Jill Marvin, tying the game once again at five.
Lehigh's Ella Studdiford slipped the ball past Lafayette goalie Jaclyn Kushner at 14:09 to put the Mountain Hawks up by one, but the Leopards responded with three unanswered goals to close the half.
Ziegler scored her second goal of the day with 13:27 left to play. Lauren Ricca added an unassisted tally at 12:54 to put the Leopards up by one before Ziegler capped of the Leopards win with an unassisted goal at 4:09.
Kushner finished with 11 saves for the Leopards while the Mountain Hawks Amanda Segal had nine stops in the net for Lehigh (2-4, 0-2).
Lafayette (2-5, 1-1) will be back in action on Saturday, March 27 as they travel to American to take on the Eagles at 1 p.m.
