Women's Lacrosse

Colorado College Falls To Williams In NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Sweet 16

**Colorado College Sports Information contributed to this recap

MEDFORD, Mass.--Colorado College has its season come to a close following a 16-5 loss to Williams College (Mass.) in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Division III Women’s Lacrosse Championship on May 16.
 
Colorado College had its 12-game winning streak snapped and finished the 2026 campaign with a 16-4 record. The Tigers won the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference regular season and tournament titles.
 
Against Williams (12-7), Sydney Puntus scored just 39 seconds into the contest as Williams led from start to finish. The Ephs held a 5-0 lead at the end of the first quarter, thanks to a pair of goals from Reece Willison.
 
After Ainsley Abel made it 6-0 in the first minute of the second quarter, Greene put the Tigers on the board 1:48 into the frame with her 37th goal of the season. However, Williams scored the next five to take an 11-1 halftime lead.
 
Greene scored her second of the game midway through the third quarter and her third tally came with 11:27 left in the fourth quarter, the first of three straight Tigers goals, to make it 15-3. Grace Weber then connected on a free-position goal with nine minutes remaining and Charlotte Iler posted her 100th point of the season by scoring her 65th goal of the campaign with 3:29 to play.
 
Iler, the WIAC Offensive Player of the Year, became just the fourth player in program history to notch 100 points in a season.
 
Puntus tied Greene with three goals, while Williams' Franny Donohue led all players with six points on two goals and four assists.
 
Cassidy Schnaufer finished with eight saves and became the second goalie in program history to record at least 100 saves in three different seasons.
 
Williams held a 24-11 advantage in shots on goal and had 22 ground balls, compared to 17 for the Tigers. Charlotte Cote made six saves for the Ephs.
 
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