Meagan Howell is Ithaca's 26th 100-point scorer

West Palm Beach, Fla. -- The women's lacrosse team opened its season with a 14-12 loss to Vassar Tuesday.

Two Bombers reached milestones in the game: Meagan Howell (Newark/Newark) became the program's 26th 100-point scorer and Kim Medla (Brewster/Brewster) became the 13th Bomber to collect 100 career goals.

Medla matched a career-high with five goals and raised her career total to 128 points, tying Tara Szigethy for 14th on the program's all-time list. She scored three goals in a span of 1:13 to help Ithaca cut Vassar's 12-7 lead to one goal midway through the second period. After the Brewers extended their lead to two Ithaca rallied one more time, closing to 13-12 on a goal by freshman Catherine Hurley (Honeoye Falls-Lima/Honeoye Falls) -- her third of the game.

Sophomore Kylie McClure (Upper Arlington/Columbus, Ohio) matched career-highs with two goals and three points and junior Becky Bedard (East Longmeadow/East Longmeadow, Mass.) added three assists. Bedard's 37 career assists leave her one short of a spot in Ithaca's top 10. Freshmen Ali DeCirce (Binghamton/Binghamton) and Emily Finn (Bishop-Brady/Concord, N.H.) both recorded their first career point.

Senior Emily Brooks (Ward Melville/Setauket) made a career-best 14 saves.

Ithaca continues its spring trip, facing Rensselaer Friday at 9 a.m.

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