LEWISTON, Maine -- Although it was the Bates women's lacrosse team's first home game in over 13 months, the Bobcats looked right at home back on Garcelon Field in a classic Senior Day 14-3 victory over Connecticut College Sunday afternoon.

Fourth-year players led Bates (2-2, 1-2 NESCAC) in a big way. Senior captain Summer Dias had four goals -- her most ever in a NESCAC game -- along with two assists and four draw controls. Classmate and fellow captain Kathryn Grennon tallied a career high five points with four goals and an assist, and fellow senior captain Margaret Smith added three goals and an assist. Senior goalkeeper Rachael Deptula earned the victory, making eight saves behind a veteran defense that held the Camels (0-5, 0-3) to three goals on 21 shot attempts.

Emily Yorns led the Camels with a goal, five ground balls and three draw controls. Minnie Stavis and Alyssa Pietz both scored free-position goals for the visitors.

Dias scored the game's first goal and assisted Grennon on the next two, giving Bates a 3-0 lead 12 minutes in. Grennon fed Smith for a 4-0 Bates lead halfway through the period, and senior defender Avery Prince finished off a drive in from midfield for her first goal since 2019, and a 6-0 lead. Smith finished off the scoring for the first half, and the Bobcats made it eight straight goals with Dias's second goal, the first free-position score of the game.

The Camels won the ensuing draw and had a shot blocked and a free-position shot saved by Deptula before Stavis scored on a follow-up free-position attempt, making it 8-1 with 28:23 left in the game.

Bates senior Lila Hutchins scored her second goal to return the eight-goal advantage to Bates at 23:32. Dias won the ensuing draw and with 21:23 remaining she scored the game's most impressive goal, weaving through three Camel defenders before finishing for the hat trick.

Bates junior Jordyn Tveter, who made a big impact at both ends of the field, scored a free-position goal with 20 minutes remaining in the game, initiating the running clock for a 10-goal lead. Tveter tallied two caused turnovers, two ground balls and five draw controls in the game.

Yorns stopped the running clock at 15:53 with a takeaway and a quick goal in front of the Bates cage. Smith's hat trick made it 12-2 halfway through the second half, but Pietz stopped the running clock again with a free-position shot for the Camels. Grennon and Dias capped the scoring with two final goals for the hosts.

Violette Nidds allowed 11 goals and made seven saves for Connecticut College over 40 minutes of play. Jordan Barbagallo made two saves and allowed three goals in the final 20 minutes.