University of Massachusets Athletics
Saturday, February 15
Amherst, Mass.
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Photo by: Thom Kendall - UMass Athletics
Massachusetts Drops Season Opener To Dartmouth, 12-10
February 15, 2025 | Women's Lacrosse
AMHERST, Mass. -- Massachusetts (0-1) dropped a tight 12-10 matchup to Dartmouth (1-0) on Saturday at Garber Field.
The Minutewomen pulled within one goal midway through the fourth quarter thanks to a stretch of five unanswered goals across five minutes of play. The comeback bid however, would fall just short as Dartmouth's Catherine Erb netted a dagger with just over three minutes left in regulation.
Attacker Delaney Rodriguez-Shaw recorded a team-high five points, scoring four goals and adding an assist. The performance marks the second time she has scored 4-plus goals in a Minutewomen uniform.
Midfielder Lauren Tolve scored a career-high three goals, including two consecutive tallies in the first three minutes of the fourth quarter. Attacker Kassidy Morris added a goal and two assists on a game-high 10 shots.
The Big Green were led by Erb and Boo DeWitt who each recorded three goals on the afternoon.
Breaking Down The Action
Notable Numbers
Series History
Up Next
The Minutewomen pulled within one goal midway through the fourth quarter thanks to a stretch of five unanswered goals across five minutes of play. The comeback bid however, would fall just short as Dartmouth's Catherine Erb netted a dagger with just over three minutes left in regulation.
Attacker Delaney Rodriguez-Shaw recorded a team-high five points, scoring four goals and adding an assist. The performance marks the second time she has scored 4-plus goals in a Minutewomen uniform.
Midfielder Lauren Tolve scored a career-high three goals, including two consecutive tallies in the first three minutes of the fourth quarter. Attacker Kassidy Morris added a goal and two assists on a game-high 10 shots.
The Big Green were led by Erb and Boo DeWitt who each recorded three goals on the afternoon.
Breaking Down The Action
- Boo DeWitt capped a stretch of three unanswered goals for Dartmouth to begin the game, claiming a 3-0 lead with 9:00 minutes to go in the first quarter.
- Delaney Rodriguez-Shaw got the Minutewomen on the board, making the score 3-1 with 6:56 left in the opening quarter.
- Lauren Tolve responded to a goal from Dartmouth's Catherine Erb with her first tally of the season, ending the first quarter with the score 4-2 Big Green.
- Dartmouth tallied the first two goals of the second quarter, Erb scoring her second to create a 6-2 Big Green advantage.
- Tessa Shields cut into the deficit, netting an unassisted goal for Massachusetts' third of the day.
- Fiona O'Keefe extended the Dartmouth lead, making it 8-3 at the half.
- Rodriguez-Shaw got the Minutewomen back on the board midway through the third, the score 9-4 in favor of the Big Green.
- Kassidy Morris and Rodriguez-Shaw ended the third quarter with a pair of goals, cutting into the deficit to 11-7 with 15 minutes to play.
- Lauren Tolve and Rodriguez-Shaw made it five unanswered for the Minutewomen, cutting the Dartmouth led to one goal, 11-10 with 11:48 to play.
- Dartmouth iced the game with a goal from Erb, securing a 12-10 win.
Notable Numbers
- 2: Morris dished out a team-high two assists.
- 3: Tolve scored a career-high three goals.
- 4: Rodriguez-Shaw tallied four goal on the day.
- 5: Five different Minutewomen scored in the afternoon matchup.
- 5: Morris, Tolve and Rodriguez-Shaw each recorded five shots on goal.
- 10: Morris recorded a game-high 10 shots.
- 30: The Minutewomen recorded 30 shots on the afternoon.
Series History
- With the result, Massachusetts now holds a hold a 12-24 record all-time in the series.
- The two opponents faced each other last season with Dartmouth claiming a 15-9 victory in Hanover, New Hampshire.
Up Next
- UMass travel east to face regional foe Boston University on Friday, Sept. 13 at 4 p.m. The game can be followed live on umassathletics.com or UMassLacrosse on Twitter.
Team Stats
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Turnovers
15
19
Caused Turnovers
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11
Draw Controls
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14
Free-Position Shots
3
3
Ground Balls
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19
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