The Dickinson College women’s lacrosse team finished a busy week with a 1-2 record, bringing their overall record to 4-2 in the young regular season. The #18 Red Devils lost to #6 ranked Trinity on Tuesday 14-7.

Trinity jumped out to an early two goal lead before senior attacker Carly O’Brien assisted junior Jenn Morrissey on one of her two goals to tie the game. Trinity answered with a three goal run before Morrissey and sophomore Maddy Siebold helped claw the Red Devils within striking distance at 6-4. Trinity’s offense remained impressive and sparked another three goal spurt pushing the lead to 9-4 at halftime. O’Brien assisted classmate Kelly Haglund immediately out of the break before Siebold scored her second goal to pull the Red Devils within three. Trinity responded and quelled the Dickinson run. O’Brien facilitated the offense once again but this time found junior Caroline Clancy in front of the net to keep the deficit at three. Dickinson was unable to muster any final attacks while Trinity finished the game on a four goal run. Dickinson suffered their first loss of the season but showed valiant efforts on both ends of the field, proving this team has the ability to draw national attention.

Dickinson College traveled a short distance to #16 York College on Thursday in another top twenty showdown. The Red Devils fell by a score of 16-7 despite three assists by Siebold and seven saves by sophomore goalie Tara Cuddihy. The Spartans jumped all over Dickinson by scoring two goals in the first 3 minutes before O’Brien and sophomore Sophie Waine each tallied a goal for Dickinson. York responded by going on a four goal run to push their lead to four goals. Waine scored on a free possession just before halftime to keep the Red Devils in the game at 7-3. Allison Carey and Siebold scored in the first minutes of the second half to pull the Red Devils within two goals. The Spartans, again, went on their own run, this time of three goals. The Red Devils responded with a pair of goals from O’Brien and sophomore Talene Bush. Haglund scored in the final seconds on an assist from Siebold. However, York had already put together another potent offensive attack to push the lead to the final score of 16-7. Moira Mahoney controlled four ground balls while JoJo Auerbach stopped five shots and Tara Cuddihly rejected seven.

The Red Devils opened Centennial Conference play by dominating Bryn Mawr,17-1. Dickinson scored ten straight with contributions from Sydney Stern, O’Brien and Morrissey. Stern had a team high three assists, while first-year Katie Barton and first-year Emily Byrne each tallied three goals to lead the Red Devils in scoring. Dickinson tallied 31 shots as opposed to the four mustered by Bryn Mawr. First year Elizabeth Sitko, Clancy, Bush and first-year Megan McCulloh all contributed goals or assists to the offensive explosion at Biddle Field. Dickinson College currently sits at 4-2 overall and 1-0 in the Centennial Conference, comfortably sitting at third place. The Red Devils play Saturday, March 28 at Ursinus College for another Centennial Conference showdown.