SCRANTON, Pa. - The Haverford College women's lacrosse team (2-1) was edged by No. 25 Scranton (4-0) on Saturday in a non-conference contest at Weiss Field on the Scranton campus. Rina Rosnow had four goals to pace the Haverford attack, matching a career-best with six points as she also tallied a pair of assists and won four draw controls on the afternoon. Allie Gibbons added a hat-trick for the second time in three games. Amelia Slade made a career-best 14 saves between the pipes while Olivia DiRienz came up big defensively, notching three caused turnovers for the Fords.
Rosnow found Hailey Morris for the first goal of the contest at 23:49, but Scranton unleashed a 3-0 run to take a two-goal cushion. Julia Manetta then found Gibbons for a goal to cut the lead to just one at 3-2, but Scranton ultimately pulled to a four-goal cushion at 7-3 with 7:55 left in the first half. Morris scored to trim that advantage back to three, and Rosnow later tallied in the final minute of the half as Haverford trailed by just two at 8-6 heading into the intermission.
In the second half, Scranton and the Fords traded goals in the early goings, before Rosnow converted a free-position strike and Manetta took a feed from Rosnow, with Haverford adding a short-handed goal to tie the score at 9-9 with 19:39 to go.
Scranton briefly regained a 10-9 lead, but Rosnow tallied Haverford's second consecutive man-down goal off an assist from Morris to knot the score at 10-10. A 2-0 scoring run for the Royals gave the hosts a 12-10 advantage, but Haverford again had a 2-0 run to tie the score at 12-12, as Gibbons tallied with 9:01 to play in regulation.
Scranton pulled ahead with a goal from Christine Olert with 6:23 to play, and Haverford was forced to chase an equalizer in the final moments of the contest. Scranton was awarded a free-position with 5:11 to play, looking for an insurance goal, but Slade made the save to keep Haverford firmly in the contest. Scranton shot wide with just 3:27 to play, and Haverford called for timeout, looking to draw up a play to find the tying goal.
With 1:16 to play, Scranton's Kate Calabro caused a turnover and scooped a ground ball. With the shot clock off, Haverford was forced to swarm Scranton in order to force a Royals mistake. The hosts were able to keep Haverford for regaining possession, escaping with a one-goal win to improve to 4-0 on the season.
Emily Krupnick had four ground balls to lead the Fords while Maeve Gaffney added three draw controls. Manetta had a well-rounded day, adding two goals and two assists to three ground balls. Manetta now has 82 career assists, just two shy of tying Haverford's all-time program record of 84, a mark which is currently held by Alexa Pesce '12.
Isabel Canning was a force on the defensive end, with three ground balls and a caused turnover to her credit. Slade caused two turnovers and scooped two ground balls.
Scranton was paced by Shannon Warburto and Olert, as the pair each added three goals. Jill Henson joined Calabro with two assists each. Four Royals had four ground balls, while Halle Conklin and Becca Russo each had four caused turnovers. Erin Putman made seven saves in her 60 minutes of work in goal.
Haverford now faces another quick turnaround, matching up with Arcadia on Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. on Swan Field.