Box Score

Rosemont, Pa.  --  Notre Dame of Maryland University rattled off six goals to start the game on their way to defeating Rosemont College 13-8 in the lacrosse team's third straight Colonial States Athletic Conference victory of the season. 

Senior Sawyer Butto (Wyomissing, Pa.) notched seven goals in the contest while senior Brittany Peddicord (Timonium, Md./Dulaney) and freshman Hannah Frederick (Baltimore, Md./Dundalk) each added two goals, with Peddicord also chipping in an assist.  Sophomores Carrie Naylor (Elkridge, Md./Mount de Sales) and Kit Talbott (Baltimore, Md./Sparrows Point) both scored a goal as well.  Sophomore Katelynn Olson (Kingsville, Md./Perry Hall) contributed an assist to the effort.  

Peddicord paced the Gators with seven draw controls with senior Abby Jacobson (Easton, Md./Colonel Richardson) having a team-high five groundballs.  Sophomore goalkeeper De'ja Martin (Salisbury, Md./Wicomico) finished the day with three saves in her fourth win of the season. 

Frederick started the Gators early-game run by scoring less than three minutes into the game.  Ten minutes later, Butto would start a 5-0 Notre Dame rally that would span just three minutes, starting at the 19:23 mark.  15 seconds later, Talbott would score from Peddicord and Butto would add a free position goal in 40 more seconds giving the Gators a 4-0 lead.  

At 17:35 left in the first half, Peddicord would find the net, and Butto would score her second of the game a minute later to provide Notre Dame a 6-0 advantage less than 14 minutes into the conference tilt.  

The two teams would then go scoreless until Rosemont scored to get the Ravens on the scoreboard.  The Raven goal would give Notre Dame a spark as the visitors would add two more goals in the next minutes to move the Gators lead to 8-1 with 4:29 remaining in the opening frame.  

Rosemont would seemingly find their way as they would notch three goals over the half's last two minutes to reduce the Gators lead to 8-4 entering intermission.  Butto would open the final frame by giving Notre Dame a 9-4 lead just 74 seconds into the period, but the Ravens would respond by going on a three-goal rally to move within 9-7 with 22:25 remaining in the game.

However, this would be the closest the hosts would come to Notre Dame as Butto would score back-to-back goals and Naylor would also score to improve the lead to 12-7.  After Rosemont scored again, Peddicord would find the net off a pass from K. Olson to give Notre Dame the 13-8 victory.

With the win, the Gators improved to 4-2 on the year, and 3-2 in the CSAC.  The squad will return to action on Tuesday as they will host crosstown rival Goucher College on Alumnae Field.