2014 CMS Lacrosse News

Lauren Uhr hired as head coach of CMS Women's Lacrosse program
Lauren Uhr hired as head coach of CMS Women's Lacrosse program

August 11, 2014

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps' Director of Athletics Michael Sutton has announced that Lauren Uhr has been hired as CMS' new head women's lacrosse coach.

2013-14 CMS Athletics Highlight Video
2013-14 CMS Athletics Highlight Video

June 11, 2014

The 2013-14 school year saw 12 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps teams win SCIAC championships and 12 teams make NCAA postseason appearances in their respective sport. Watch a few highlights from the record-breaking year for CMS Athletics.

Heather Semelmacher to Leave CMS Lacrosse
Heather Semelmacher to Leave CMS Lacrosse

June 06, 2014

After a three-year tenure, Heather Semelmacher will no longer be at the helm of the CMS Women's Lacrosse Program.

Pinczower and Pritchard named to All-Region Team
Pinczower and Pritchard named to All-Region Team

May 13, 2014

The Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) named their Division III All-Region teams yesterday and two Athena players were included. Zoe Pinczower and Oona Pritchard were named Second Team All-West Region.

Women’s lacrosse puts four on All-SCIAC teams
Women’s lacrosse puts four on All-SCIAC teams

May 09, 2014

The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women’s lacrosse team landed four players on the All-SCIAC team, the conference announced May 8. The Athenas placed one on the first team and three players on the second team.

Photo by John Valenzuela
Lead doesn’t hold for CMS in SCIAC Quarterfinal loss to Chapman

April 24, 2014

Back-to-back goals by Chapman to close out the first half changed the complexion of the match as the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women’s lacrosse team fell 13-9 to Chapman in the quarterfinals of the SCIAC Women’s Lacrosse Championships on April 23 at Wilson Field.

CMS to face Chapman on the road in SCIAC Championships first round
CMS to face Chapman on the road in SCIAC Championships first round

April 21, 2014

Just four days after the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women’s lacrosse team and Chapman faced off in the regular season finale, the two squads are scheduled to play again in Orange on April 23, this time in the first round of the SCIAC Championships.

Second half surge by the Athenas not enough
Second half surge by the Athenas not enough

April 17, 2014

In a very close game, the Athenas rallied from behind from a four goal deficit to the Whittier College Poets to end up falling only one goal short of forcing the game into overtime. The Athenas sophomore Izzy Laterzo scored what seemed to be the game tying goal with under a minute left only to have it called back when the Poets challenge of her stick was successful.

Athenas lose a hard fought match to Sagehens
Athenas lose a hard fought match to Sagehens

April 05, 2014

The Athenas’ win streak came to an end on Saturday as they lost to the Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens. The Athenas fought hard throughout the game but in the second half could not overcome the deficit that had been created in the first half.

Christina Coffin
Athenas stay red hot as they beat Southwestern (TX) to increase their win streak to eight games.

March 29, 2014

The Athenas set the tone for their fast paced offense early on as junior Hilary Slauson and sophmore Izzy Laterzo both scored inside the first two minutes of game play. The Southwestern University Pirates (TX) fought back with a 2-1 run of their own as freshman Kaitlyn Campbell and sophmore Allison Scmitt both scored for the Pirates. However, their run quickly came to an end as the Athenas went on a 13-1 run to finish out the first half.

Anthea Weixel
Athenas extend win streak to seven with a double digit win over Depauw University

March 27, 2014

If there was any question about whether the Athenas were going to slow down after being on fire in their last game it was quickly answered. The Athenas jumped out to a quick 5-0 lead in the first twelve minutes of play to help propel them to an 18-6 victory over the Depauw University Tigers (IN).

2014 CMS Women's Lacrosse Team
Highlights: Women's Lacrosse 19, Pacific 9 (3/24/14)

March 27, 2014

Watch some highlights from the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's lacrosse team's 19-9 win over Pacific (Ore.) on Monday, March 24 at Zinda Field.

Izzy Laterzo
Athenas offense on fire as they defeat Pacific University

March 25, 2014

The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Athenas beat Pacific University (OR) to keep their now six game win streak alive and showed no signs of cooling off as they outscored their opponent 19-9 on Monday night.

Zoe Pinczower (Photo by John Valenzuela)
Win streak at five for CMS after Northwest sweep

March 21, 2014

In its Pacific Northwest spring break trip through Oregon and Washington from March 17-20, the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women’s lacrosse team went 3-0 with wins at Puget Sound (10-9), George Fox (17-6) and Linfield (19-3).

Christina Coffin (photo by John Valenzuela)
CMS wins sudden-victory overtime thriller over Stevens

March 09, 2014

The Athena lacrosse team rallied from two goals down with under a minute remaining in overtime and went on to beat the Ducks of Stevens Institute of Technology 11-10 in the sudden-victory second overtime.