Unable to rally for a win after Dartmouth’s pair of early goals on Saturday, the women’s soccer team finished its season with a 2-0 loss.

Dartmouth improved its record to 11-7 overall, 5-2 Ivy with its win, while Cornell closed off its 2009 season 1-13-1, 0-7 Ivy.

“They were a good team, but I think we just came out a little bit too slow, so we just weren’t able to generate an efficient attack. It would have helped a lot if we had come out with more energy,” said sophomore defender Sidra Bonner.

Dartmouth was able to infiltrate the Red’s defense early in the match to score two first half goals. The Green first took the lead 24 minutes into play, when the ball bounced off of a Cornell defender and into the Red’s net after Dartmouth’s Kelsey Quick aimed the ball from the right side.All eyes on you: Senior forward Eva Dixon (27) ended her career in a Cornell uniform with a 2-0 loss to Dartmouth on Saturday. She played 41 minutes in the loss.

Cornell was anxious to erase its opponent’s lead, and made several close scoring attempts in this effort. Sophomore forward Brook Chang got close to Dartmouth’s net minutes after the Green’s first goal, but the Dartmouth net minder, Colleen Hogan, got to the ball sooner and prevented a Cornell goal.

The Green secured its lead with a second goal, scored shortly after its first.

After 33 minutes of the first half, Quick used another opportunity from the right side to assist the goal. Her teammate Becky Poskin picked up the assist to get the ball past Cornell’s goalkeeper.

The Green outshot the Red 11-0 in the first half, as Cornell struggled to defend its net from the tough Dartmouth forwards.

Outshooting the Red 15-4 overall during the game, Dartmouth brought a relentlessly aggressive offense to the field. In the first minutes of play, Green forward Aly O’Dea sent two into the box at Cornell’s end, and Dartmouth forced Cornell to put up a strong defense.

“Our keeper Meg Bartlett played amazingly well and pulled out a lot of saves,” said junior midfielder Katie Hayes.

The Red’s goalkeeper, Megan Bartlett, made six saves during the matchup and blocked some impressive efforts from the Green. Dartmouth’s goalie stopped a pair of shots in the contest.

The Red came back from the break ready to challenge Dartmouth and get some points of its own on the board. Cornell’s offense was persistent in its attempts to get past the Green defenders.

“Our second half was very good. We shut them out and generated more opportunities on goal,” Bonner said.

Despite the Red’s efforts, Dartmouth held on to its lead throughout the second period, even with a few close scoring attempts from the Red, including another good shot from Chang.

“We had some opportunities to score, but we just haven’t had a lot of luck lately, and they haven’t gone in. To be honest, I don’t know what we could have done differently to score those goals. We just needed to put them in the back of the net, and we didn’t, while meanwhile, they capitalized on their opportunities,” Hayes said.

The Red kept up its energy and enthusiasm until the end of the match.

“In the second half, we really fought to stay in the game and I think we picked up the intensity,” Hayes said

Though disappointed with the game’s final outcome, Cornell should feel satisfied in the effort the team displayed during the contest and throughout the season.