Spring Break
Women's lacrosse fails to complete comeback
Mike Mazzeo
Issue date: 2/29/08 Section: Sports
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The Dragons trailed 6-5 with 6:47 remaining and needed just one goal to tie the game.
Unfortunately, Drexel would take two costly penalties down the stretch and was unable to knot the score a man down.
The Quakers (1-0) were able to kill the clock and came away with a fortunate 6-5 win over the Dragons (2-1) Feb. 24 at Vidas Field.
"I think our defense had a fantastic day and our goalie played outstanding," Drexel head coach Anna Marie Vesco said. "We didn't really fall apart. I thought it was a great game against a very high level of competition."
"It's a great game to build on. I told my group to just keep their heads up. We're excited. Even though we didn't win I thought we played very well."
Melissa Lehman had two goals and one assist while Rachel Manson added a goal and two assists for Penn, which improved to 3-1 all-time against Drexel.
Johnson and Becca Drylie-Perkins each had a pair of goals for the Dragons, who gave the 2007 Ivy League Champions all they could handle.
Lehman broke a 4-4 second half tie with a free position goal at 13:32 and Bethany Warren gave Penn a 6-4 lead when she cut and finished a behind the net feed from Becca Edwards with 7:56 to go.
Johnson cut the deficit to just one when she bounced in a free position shot from the left side.
Just two seconds later, off the draw, Johnson was issued a yellow card and sent off for three minutes leaving Drexel to play 11 on 10.
With 2:19 left Sam Berger also was given a yellow card as the Dragons ended the game down a man, and were unable to get the equalizer.
"The penalties were OK. It does break up the momentum a bit," Vesco said. "But it was really just that we needed - someone to step up in that attacking role."
Drexel's attack took a hit this year due to the losses of Kerry Kelly and Emily Hoesch, the No. 1 and No. 2 all-time leading point getters in the program's history.
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