Ellin scores hat trick in Raptors' loss to RIT

Recap, photo courtesy of Bard College

ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. - The Bard College women's lacrosse team hung in there with the highest-powered offense in the Liberty League, but Rochester Institute of Technology eventually shook loose and defeated the Raptors, 20-8, on Saturday afternoon.

RIT scored in the first minute, but back-to-back goals by Bard junior Nicole Ellin gave the Raptors a 2-1 lead five minutes into the game. Even after RIT scored four in a row, Casey Witte cashed in on a nice feed from Caleigh DeCaprio, and it was 5-3 with 21 minutes left in the first half.

The Tigers responded with a vengeance this time, scoring nine straight goals, to make it 14-3 at halftime.

Freshman Sophie Niles scored to open the second half, and Melissa Rosenthal followed with one of her own, but 14-5 was as close as Bard could get the rest of the way. RIT outscored Bard, 6-5, in the second half.

Freshman Kendall Jones (Palmyra, NY) led RIT with five goals. The Tigers are 6-6 overall and 4-3 in Liberty League play.

Ellin had a hat trick for Bard with three goals. Marion Adams had a goal and an assist, and single goals came from Witte, Niles, Rosenthal and Dylan McDonald. McDonald added three draw controls, Rosenthal had three ground balls and Kaylynn Tran finished with eight saves.

Bard (2-6, 0-5) will play its final non-league game of the season at Southern Vermont on Tuesday.