Box Score

SWARTHMORE, Pa. – The Swarthmore College women's lacrosse team dropped a pivotal Centennial Conference match to Muhlenberg by a 20-15 score on Wednesday, Apr. 15 at Clothier Field.
 
Stephanie Umbach, the league's leading scorer, ended the game with a jaw-dropping 14 points on 12 goals and two assists and also won 10 draws to lead the way for the Mules. Casey Armstrong added six goals and three assists. Senior Sara Lentriccia paced the Garnet offense with four goals and an assist, while classmate Elyse Tierney recorded three goals and two helpers.
 
Muhlenberg (7-5, CC 3-3) scored the first four goals of the game in a quick span of 3:08 and led from wire-to-wire. Umbach won the opening draw and found the back of the net just 10 seconds into the game and capped the early run with another unassisted marker at 26:52.
 
After the slow start, Swarthmore got right back into the game by netting three unanswered just 4:18 apart. Seniors Elizabeth Bachman and Lentricchia as well as sophomore Briana Narzikul all scored during the stretch.
 
Umbach, however, took over the game herself from there and scored four times while assisting on another tally to put Muhlenberg back ahead by a comfortable 10-4 margin with 10 minutes remaining in the opening half. She then added two more tallies in the final minute to make it 13-7 at the break.
 
Muhlenberg got off to a fast start in the second half as well, netting four of the first six goals in the frame to take a 17-9 lead with 17:07 left. Lentriccia responded with two straight markers and was going for another when she was awarded a free position attempt from the far right corner, but the Muhlenberg defense surrounded her and the senior was unable to get a shot off. Umbach then finished a pass from Kelsey Nagle at the other end to put the game away.
 
Kiersten Mulvey picked up the victory in net for Muhlenberg by making four saves in the first half. Swarthmore's Connie Bowen suffered the loss after making 12 stops. Muhlenberg outshot the hosts 43-29 and had a 20-13 advantage in ground balls, while the Garnet won 23 of the 37 draw controls. Junior Elizabeth Upton and freshman Taylor Chiang had career evenings by winning five draws apiece.
 
Swarthmore (7-6, CC 2-4) will look to stay in playoff contention when it hosts Dickinson on Saturday, Apr. 18 at 1 p.m.