HANOVER, N.H. – The nationally ranked University of Pennsylvania women's lacrosse team opened Ivy League play on Saturday afternoon, topping Dartmouth 14-10 on the road.
 
Goalkeeper Orly Sedransk stood tall in the cage, stopping a career-high 17 shots to help lead #25 Penn to its first conference win of 2026.
 
Quaker Notemeal
*Catherine Berkery led the Quaker offense, tallying five points led by her fourth consecutive hat trick of the season. Patricia Columbia-Walsh trailed Berkery with her first hat trick of the year.
 
*Millie Bartlett, Regan O'Brien, and Eden Welch all scored two goals, while Emma Hrzich and Mae Zaremba netted one a piece to even out the goal scorers in the victory.
 
*Freshman Bartlett's goals were the first of her career, while sophomore Zaremba's was her first of the season.
 
*Midfielder Bartlett was all over the field, docking four draw controls, a caused turnover, and a ground ball to pair with her goals.
 
*Both teams were nearly perfect on clear attempts with the Quakers going 17-for-18 and the Big Green 13-for-14.
 
 
How It Happened
Fouls impacted the score early in the game with the Big Green's Madeline Eagen and juniors Berkery and O'Brien for Penn striking off free position shots within the first six minutes to put the game at 2-1 with 9:15 left of the first. Two minutes later, Dartmouth's offense was able to find a rally off back-to-back goals from Katie Barr and Samantha Bennett to lead by a tally. The conference clash continued to be back-and-forth as senior Columbia-Walsh evened things at three to end the offense in the first.
 
A foul on Dartmouth allowed attacker Columbia-Walsh to score off a free position and give the Quakers a 4-3 lead three minutes into the second quarter. Another penalty on the Big Green a few minutes later allowed freshman Hrizch to set up attacker Berkery's second of the day with 7:37 left of the first half. Keeper Sedransk did her part to keep Dartmouth off the board in the period, making six saves to end the quarter. Sophomore Zaremba rubbed salt into the wound to end the half, netting her first of the year with eight seconds left to push the lead to 6-3 heading into the break.
 
The Quakers continued to dominate to open the third, as junior Welch accepted a feed from Berkery four minutes into to extend the lead to four goals. Dartmouth finally slashed Penn's run off a score from Fiona O'Keeffe to push the game to 7-4 with 8:43 on the clock. O'Brien was able to negate the Big Green's goal not even two minutes later, netting her second of the outing to make the cushion four again. Dartmouth closed out the third scoring three unanswered goals, with one coming from a player-up advantage, to put the deficit at 8-7 heading into the final 15 of regulation.
 
Penn locked to open the fourth, scoring five unanswered goals stretching 13 minutes into the quarter to create a 12-7 lead with time running off the clock. Columbia-Walsh, Welch, Hrzich, and Bartlett account for the Red and Blue's goals in the run. The Big Green finally got on the board with 4:12 left of the period, followed by both teams exchanging goals, not even two minutes later. The conference clash was tight to the final buzzer as freshman Bartlett scored another with 17 seconds remaining, followed by Dartmouth's Lauren Riley scoring with two seconds on the clock, but it was too late for a Big Green comeback as time expired with the score at 14-10 in Penn's favor.
 
Up Next
The Quakers (2-3, 1-0 Ivy League) stay on the road, heading to nationally ranked Florida on Wednesday, March 11, for a noon matchup in the Sunshine State.