GENEVA, N.Y.—Senior Maddie Montgomery scored six goals as the sixth-ranked William Smith College lacrosse team knocked off 15th-ranked Bowdoin College 19-11 in a non-conference contest in the Poole Family Sports Dome. With the win, the Herons are now 4-0 on the season.
 
Montgomery added an assist to finish the contest with a game-high seven points. She also had five draw controls and two caused turnovers. Sophomore Katherine Murray and senior Molly Davis also had hat tricks in the victory. Sophomore Kate Colvin recorded a game-high three assists. First-year Natalie Daniels had a team-high six draw controls. Sophomore Maura Smeader played all 60 minutes in goal and made 10 saves. She also had five ground balls.
 
Sophia Sudano led the way for the Polar Bears (2-2). She had five points on three goals and two assists. Peyton Mulhern (4g) and Colleen McAloon (3g) also had multi-goal games for Bowdoin. Emelia Krakora won a game-high eight ground balls. Izzy Cisneros started in goal and made seven saves. Sophie Brett played the fourth quarter and Sophia Rutman played the final 15 minutes.
 
KEY STATS:

• The Herons finished the game with a 35-26 edge in shots.
• William Smith had a slight edge in ground balls (19-15) and draw controls (17-15).
• The Herons were 18-for-23 clearing the ball while the Polar Bears were 15-for-15 on their clear attempts.
• Today's victory was William Smith's first over the Polar Bears since 2005.

 
THE OPENING FRAME

• While William Smith scored the game's first goal, Bowdoin took a 4-3 lead after 15 minutes.
• Davis opened the scoring with her sixth goal of the season off a feed from Maddie Schleicher.
• Sudano and Mulhern gave Bowdoin the lead with goals 90 seconds apart. Both tallies were unassisted.
• Senior Kaitlin Pellechia made it 2-2 with her sixth goal of the year off an assist from Colvin.
• The Polar Bears answered with a pair of goals to take a 4-2 lead. McAloon and Fiona Bundy had the goals for Bowdoin.
• Following a timeout, William Smith rattled off seven of the game's next eight goals. Daniels started the run with her seventh goal of the year. It was an unassisted goal.

 
PULLING AWAY

• The Herons outscored the Polar Bears 10-3 in the second and third quarters to take control of the game.
• Murray and Payton McMahon started the scoring spree. Murray's fifth goal of the season was set up by McMahon. Three minutes later, McMahon scored her sixth goal of the year off a feed from Colvin.
• Montgomery made it 6-5 with an unassisted strike. Her 10th goal of the year came with 9:06 remaining in the half.
• Mulhern briefly stopped William Smith's momentum with her fifth goal of the year. Sophia Schaefer was awarded an assist on the tally.
• Murray, Pellechia and Montgomery scored in quick succession to give William Smith a 9-5 lead with two minutes remaining in the half.
• Sudano beat the buzzer to make it 9-6 going into the intermission. Her 12th goal of the season was unassisted.
• Montgomery completed her hat trick two minutes into the third quarter. It was her 12th goal of the season. Fifteen seconds later Davis extended the William Smith lead to 11-6 with her second goal of the game.
• Just over a minute later, Murray completed her hat trick with her seventh goal of the year.
• McAloon scored Bowdoin's lone goal in the frame off a feed from Sudano.
• With three minutes remaining in the third quarter, Davis completed her hat trick. Her eighth goal of the season was unassisted.

 
FINISHING TOUCHES

• The Herons secured the victory, outscoring Bowdoin 6-4 in the fourth quarter.
• Montgomery scored three of the six goals to extend her team-leading total to 15 goals. McMahon, Chloe McGlynn and Colvin also scored in the stanza.
• With an assist on Colvin's goal with one second remaining in regulation, junior Allie McGinty extended her point streak to 25 straight games.

 
COACH'S CORNER
"Bowdoin is always a well-coached and physically tough team," Head Coach Anne Phillips said. "We didn't come out as sharp as we wanted in the first quarter, but then we rallied in the second quarter. In the third quarter, we really started to play and that's when we mounted the lead. Bowdoin is a good team and I think we stepped up to the challenge. We have a big test on Saturday with Salisbury, and I think this was a great game to have before battling them on Saturday."
 
UP NEXT
The Herons will be back in action Saturday, March 18, when they battle Salisbury at USA Lacrosse Headquarters in Sparks, Maryland. The opening draw is scheduled for noon.