Box Score The top-ranked Middlebury women's lacrosse team downed Williams 15-5 to extend its winning streak to 40-consecutive victories. With the triumph, the Panthers cap the regular season with a perfect 15-0 record and earn the top seed of the NESCAC Tournament. Middlebury will host the eighth seed on Saturday on Kohn Field. 
 
The contest got off to a slow start, with only one goal coming in the opening stanza. The Ephs got on the scoreboard first with 10:28 elapsed when Isabel Arvelo spun around two defenders, before trickling her shot through traffic for the 1-0 edge.
 
The Panthers broke through with 8:54 left in the second frame. Hope Shue's initial free-position attempt was saved by Williams' goalie Caitlyn Joyce. Lily Riseberg raced to the end line and scooped up the ground ball before dishing it to Anna Spehr who connected to make it 1-1. The Ephs took a 2-1 lead less than a minute later when Arvelo bounced in a free-position marker. Middlebury responded with four-straight goals to close out the half. Shue's diving shot at the 5:49 mark sparked the run, before a cutting Kelcey Dion buried the ball in the upper-left corner for the Panthers' first lead of the contest (3-2). Jane Earley found the top-left 90, before Niki Mormile beat a defender and tucked the ball into the far side of the goal with 18 seconds left to make it 5-2 at the break. 
 
Middlebury carried its momentum into the third quarter, rattling off four-consecutive tallies. Grace Getman maneuvered around a defender and sent the ball into the back of the net with just 37 seconds expired. Susan Rowley lofted the ball over a defender's head, Dion converted a free-position marker from center hash and Maggie Coughlin scooped up a groundball and scored for the 9-2 cushion. Williams broke up the scoring frenzy with 6:46 left on the clock when Abby Godwin tallied a free-position goal. The Panthers responded with a 4-0 run to close out the quarter. Earley and Dion each completed their respective hat tricks, tallying two goals apiece in the final minutes for the 13-3 lead. 
 
Spehr closed out the scoring for Middlebury with a pair of tallies in the fourth quarter to complete her own hat trick. Williams' Shea van Den Broek scored twice in the waning minutes for the 15-5 final. 
 
Gina Driscoll earned the win with four saves in goal for the Panthers. Joyce finished with 11 stops for the Ephs, while Anja Raman had two saves.
 
Dion paced all players with six points (4G, 2A), while Earley and Spehr each tallied four points (3G, 1A). Erica Barr scooped up a game-high five ground balls and led all players with four caused turnovers. 
 
Arvelo scored twice for Williams, while collecting a team-best four rollers and causing a pair of turnovers. 
 
The victory marked the 22nd-straight win on the road for Middlebury, with the last regular-season loss coming back in 2018. The Panthers have scored in double digits in each of the last 34 contests.