April 23, 2003

Box Score

Washington, DC - Johns Hopkins senior attacker Meghan Burnett (Auburn, NY/Auburn) scored four goals and assisted on another to lead the No. 19 Blue Jay women's lacrosse team to a 15-10 comeback win over American Wednesday afternoon at Reeves Field.

Junior midfielder Kate Barcomb (Middlebury, VT/Middlebury) added three goals and an assist for Hopkins, which won its second straight game to improve to 8-4 this season. Katy Zaweski scored four goals for American, which fell to 9-6.

The Eagles jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first 10:13 of the game, but the Blue Jays responded with a 5-1 run to tie the game at 5-5 at the 9:49 mark. After a free position goal by Zaweski put American back on top with 8:31 remaining, Burnett scored an unassisted goal at the 3:06 mark by intercepting a pass from Eagles goalkeeper Kathleen Finnegan and beating her to tie the game at 6-6 at the half.

Hopkins dominated the second half, out-scoring the Eagles 9-4 in the period to defeat American for the fourth straight season. Barcomb gave the Blue Jays the lead for good with an unassisted goal just 31 seconds into the half, and 22 seconds later senior midfielder Erinn Dennis (Wilton, NY/Saratoga Springs) scored an unassisted goal to put Hopkins up 8-6.

Nadia Harmsen cut the lead to one with an unassisted goal at the 27:09 mark, but Barcomb answered with 23:27 to play.

Gina Riitano found Rebecca Copeland for a goal to make it a 9-8 game with 22:32 remaining, but JHU freshman attacker Sarah Walsh (Port Washington, NY/P.D. Schreiber) scored an unassisted goal with 21:44 left and Dennis scored off an assist from Barcomb 1:32 later to give the Blue Jays an 11-8 advantage.

After a Zaweski goal made it a two-goal game with 13:33 remaining, JHU junior midfielder Heidi Pearce (Chestertown, MD/St. Andrew's) scored an unassisted goal at the 12:36 mark, and Walsh found Burnett for a goal to make it a 13-9 game just 35 seconds later.

Riitano brought the Eagles within three with 9:30 to play, but Burnett and Barcomb answered with unassisted goals to close the scoring.

The Blue Jays, who tied their season high with 15 goals, out-shot American, 40-19, and held a 44-30 advantage in ground balls. Senior goalkeeper Jen McDonald (Garden City, NY/Garden City) made four saves in the first half while freshman Lauren Riddick (Charlottesville, VA/St. Anne's-Belfield) stopped one shot in the second half. Finnegan made 14 saves in goal for the Eagles.

After American took the early four-goal lead, Pearce found Dennis for a goal with 17:26 remaining, and just over two minutes later sophomore attacker Erin Riordan (Brightwaters, NY/Bay Shore) scored an unassisted goal to make it a 4-2 game.

Burnett then found senior attacker Liz Holland (Catonsville, MD/Mount de Sales) to cut the American lead to one before Harmsen scored a free position goal with 11:15 remaining in the half. But junior attacker Marlena Wittelsberger (Phoenix, MD/Dulaney) scored a free position goal 58 seconds later and Burnett scored an unassisted goal to tie the game at the 9:49 mark.

Hopkins hosts George Washington Friday at 7 p.m. at Homewood Field.

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