Madison Carey

In its season-opening road trip to Colorado Springs, Co., The College of Wooster women's lacrosse team endured a 19-8 setback Friday to Swarthmore College, and a more closely-contested 13-7 loss to host Colorado College on Sunday, despite Madison Carey's excellent start to the year.

Against Swarthmore (2-1), Carey scored just 58 seconds into the action to put Wooster ahead 1-0, but then the Garnets went on an impressive 10-0 scoring run to build a commanding 10-1 cushion. The Scots eventually got back on the scoreboard, when Eileen Barrer and Nina Dine scored back-to-back goals during a 23-second spurt midway through the first half. Carey and Dine each added another goal during the final minute of the half, but Wooster went into the break trailing 15-5.

The Scots got three more goals from Carey, and were outscored just 4-3 in the second half, but Swarthmore's first half run had all but sealed the outcome. For Carey, it marked her third career five-goal game, with the first of her career coming in last year's season-opener. Also noteworthy, Barrer, who studied abroad last spring, scored her first goal in almost two years.

In Saturday's contest, Wooster went goal-for-goal with Colorado (3-0) in the early goings, with a Dine goal in the final minute of the first half knotting the score at 5-5. The second stanza didn't go as well, as Colorado outscored the Scots 8-2 en route to its 13-7 victory.

Trailing 1-0, Megan Piemonte scored just her fourth career goal to tie the game 1-1, and then the two teams went back and forth, with Carey (twice), Katie Smart, and Dine adding to Wooster's first half total. Colorado scored four unanswered goals to kick off the second half before Clare Nelson-Johnson ended the onslaught and pulled Wooster within 9-6. Dine scored not too long after on a feed from Carey to make it 9-7, but the Tigers held the Scots scoreless over the game's final 12:54.

Carey wrapped up the weekend with seven goals and an assist, while Dine scored four times and chipped in two assists. Goalkeeper Shawna Ferris recorded 21 saves in all, with a career-high 15 coming against Colorado.

Next up, Wooster will visit Waynesburg University (0-1) on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.