Elizabethtown College’s women’s lacrosse team lost to Eastern University 7-14 on Monday, April 21. Sophomore Dana Robidoux accomplished her career’s third hat trick and reached 20 goals for the season.

Robidoux scored all three of her goals in the first eight minutes of the game. At half-time, Eastern led 9-6. Sophomore Mary Nell Donahue and first-year Megan DeMichele also scored for the Jays, but no more Blue Jay goals were scored in the final 30 minutes.

First-year Krissy Pennell had five caused turnovers and four ground balls. “There were certain moments in the game where we could have fought harder to get the ground balls or to defend the girl trying to score,” Donahue said. “We did try hard, but we could have definitely walked out of that game with a win if we had fixed all of our little mistakes.”

The team faced Landmark Conference opponent Catholic University on April 24 in a defeat of 1-18, with first-year Addie Stang making the only goal for the Jays off an assist from first-year Becky Graessle. The goal was scored with 15:55 left in the game.

First-year Beata Palosz made six  saves from 28 Catholic shots. Pennell forced six turnovers and had three ground balls for the day. Robidoux won a pair of draws, and Stang contributed a team-high five shots on offense.

The Blue Jays ended their season with a 5-18 loss to the Widener Pride on Saturday, April 26. First-year Jessica Binnig scored two goals and Pennell added six caused turnovers to her career total. Pennell leads the conference with 33 total turnovers.

Robidoux assisted DeMichele for a goal less than seven minutes into the game, her fifth of the season. Sophomore Adriana Bertolino and Stang each contributed a goal for the Jays as well. Palosz made seven saves in goal on Saturday, finishing with 77 saves for the season.

“I am very impressed and extremely proud with how far we have all come,” Donahue said. “We worked hard as a team all season, and there are so many little accomplishments that we achieved that we are all proud of.” The Blue Jays finished the season with a record of 1-14.