Ravens Find Second-Half Spark in Program Debut
March 2, 2019
Monmouth College topped the Anderson University women's lacrosse team during Anderson's program debut with an 18-8 victory at Macholtz Stadium on Saturday.
The Ravens (0-1) found an offensive spark in the second half, rattling off four goals in a five-minute stretch.
"We scored a bunch of goals for the short amount of time that we had on offense," said coach Colin McSharar said. "We had a pretty cool little run there in the second half to make this game very interesting very quickly. Partway through the second half, I stopped coaching there for a bit, just sat back as a fan and watched this team grow right in front of me. [Saturday] was one of the proudest days that I've had as a coach."
The Ravens progressively improved on defense as they began to slow down the tempo of Monmouth's offense.
"I know that it doesn't look like it on the scoreboard, but the defense played extremely well. We forced long possessions, and forced Monmouth to go into their third and fourth progressions."
CJ Pinyot (Indianapolis, Ind./Heritage Christian) notched four goals to lead the Ravens. Samantha Huber (St. Louis, Mo./Westminster Christian) provided two goals, collected eight draw controls and forced three turnovers. Mallory Housman (Evansville, Ind./Memorial) contributed a goal and an assist. She collected five ground balls and caused four turnovers. Kaitlyn Lawson (Newburgh, Ind./Castle) added a goal for Anderson. Nadia Bentley (Cincinnati, Ohio/McNicholas) picked up four ground balls.
Kara-Jade Gordon powered to 10 points for the Fighting Scots (2-0) off seven goals and three assists. She also notched 11 ground balls, earned five draw controls and created seven turnovers. Amanda Green netted four goals. Aspen Chadderdon produced four points off three goals and an assist while providing eight draw controls and four ground balls. Lanie Perez, Mel Fairand and Angham Jaradat each turned in one goal and one assist for two points. McKenzie DeVilder scored a goal and Grace Woerner dished out an assist. Jaradat also forced three turnovers.
Kiaha Nichols (Shipshewana, Ind./Westview) faced 32 shots for the Ravens and recorded 14 saves.
Kaitlin Korf served as the goalkeeper for the Fighting Scots in the first half. She saved four of the seven shots she faced. Olivia Matlock filled in for Korf in the second half. She faced eight shots and came up with three saves.
Monmouth outshot Anderson 48-19.
The Fighting Scots finished plus-10 on turnovers. Anderson turned the ball over 38 times while Monmouth committed 28 turnovers.
Monmouth converted on 5-of-13 (38.4 percent) clear attempts while Anderson succeeded on 5-of-24 (20.8 percent) clear attempts.
The Ravens clash with Heidelberg University (0-2) next Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Macholtz Stadium.
The Ravens (0-1) found an offensive spark in the second half, rattling off four goals in a five-minute stretch.
"We scored a bunch of goals for the short amount of time that we had on offense," said coach Colin McSharar said. "We had a pretty cool little run there in the second half to make this game very interesting very quickly. Partway through the second half, I stopped coaching there for a bit, just sat back as a fan and watched this team grow right in front of me. [Saturday] was one of the proudest days that I've had as a coach."
The Ravens progressively improved on defense as they began to slow down the tempo of Monmouth's offense.
"I know that it doesn't look like it on the scoreboard, but the defense played extremely well. We forced long possessions, and forced Monmouth to go into their third and fourth progressions."
CJ Pinyot (Indianapolis, Ind./Heritage Christian) notched four goals to lead the Ravens. Samantha Huber (St. Louis, Mo./Westminster Christian) provided two goals, collected eight draw controls and forced three turnovers. Mallory Housman (Evansville, Ind./Memorial) contributed a goal and an assist. She collected five ground balls and caused four turnovers. Kaitlyn Lawson (Newburgh, Ind./Castle) added a goal for Anderson. Nadia Bentley (Cincinnati, Ohio/McNicholas) picked up four ground balls.
Kara-Jade Gordon powered to 10 points for the Fighting Scots (2-0) off seven goals and three assists. She also notched 11 ground balls, earned five draw controls and created seven turnovers. Amanda Green netted four goals. Aspen Chadderdon produced four points off three goals and an assist while providing eight draw controls and four ground balls. Lanie Perez, Mel Fairand and Angham Jaradat each turned in one goal and one assist for two points. McKenzie DeVilder scored a goal and Grace Woerner dished out an assist. Jaradat also forced three turnovers.
Kiaha Nichols (Shipshewana, Ind./Westview) faced 32 shots for the Ravens and recorded 14 saves.
Kaitlin Korf served as the goalkeeper for the Fighting Scots in the first half. She saved four of the seven shots she faced. Olivia Matlock filled in for Korf in the second half. She faced eight shots and came up with three saves.
Monmouth outshot Anderson 48-19.
The Fighting Scots finished plus-10 on turnovers. Anderson turned the ball over 38 times while Monmouth committed 28 turnovers.
Monmouth converted on 5-of-13 (38.4 percent) clear attempts while Anderson succeeded on 5-of-24 (20.8 percent) clear attempts.
The Ravens clash with Heidelberg University (0-2) next Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Macholtz Stadium.
