March 16, 2003

Box Score

Athens, OH - Johns Hopkins junior attacker Heidi Pearce (Chestertown, MD/St. Andrew's) recorded three goals and an assist while freshman midfielder Meagan Voight (Sykesville, MD/Liberty) added three goals to lead the No. 15 Blue Jays to a 12-11 win over Ohio University in women's lacrosse action Sunday afternoon at Pruitt Stadium.

The Blue Jays improve to 3-2 overall and 1-1 in the American Lacrosse Conference with the win, while the Bobcats fall to 2-3 overall and 0-2 in league play.

After the teams battled to a 5-5 tie through the first half, Hopkins appeared to take control by scoring the first three goals of the second period. Senior attacker Meghan Burnett (Auburn, NY/Auburn), who finished with two goals and two assists, scored off a pass from sophomore midfielder Anne Crisafulli (Garden City, NY/Garden City) to give the Blue Jays the lead at the 27:39 mark, and Voight scored off a feed from sophomore midfielder Julia Kleene (Brighton, NY/Brighton) with 23:51 remaining to make it a 7-5 game.

Pearce scored her first goal just 48 seconds later on a free position goal, but the Bobcats responded with three consecutive goals to tie the game. Lynz Keys opened the run by scoring off a pass from Alyssa Trocher at the 19:06 mark, and Becky Oxman scored back-to-back goals to even the score at 8-8 with 13:24 to play.

However, the Blue Jays then scored the next four goals of the game to go up 12-8 with 5:16 left. Pearce put Hopkins ahead for good with an unassisted goal at the 12:03 mark, and a minute and a half later freshman midfielder Kelley Putnam (Moorestown, NJ/Moorestown) scored a free position goal to put JHU ahead by two.

Pearce then scored off an assist from Burnett with 7:10 to play, and Putman ended the run by scoring off a feed from sophomore attacker Erin Riordan (Brightwaters, NY/Bay Shore) with 5:16 remaining. Ohio scored three late goals, the final tally coming with nine seconds remaining, but could not get a final shot off.

Hopkins senior goalkeeper Jen McDonald (Garden City, NY/Garden City) made nine saves for the Blue Jays, while Jennifer Cassidy stopped eight shots for the Bobcats.

Ohio took an early 2-0 lead just 3:02 into the contest on goals by Melissa Menna and Lindsey Hart, but JHU tied the game at the 18:37 mark on goals by senior midfielder Erinn Dennis (Wilton, NY/Saratoga Springs) and freshman attacker Sarah Walsh (Port Washington, NY/P.D. Schreiber).

After the Bobcats regained the lead, Burnett and Voight scored to put Hopkins ahead 4-3. Ohio tied the game on a goal by Hart, and after Voight scored off an assist from junior midfielder Kate Barcomb (Middlebury, VT/Middlebury), Oxman scored with 52 seconds left to send the game tied at the break.

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