SCRANTON, PA – The University of Scranton women's lacrosse team earned a convincing 20-7 win over Lycoming College on Wednesday evening at Weiss Field in Scranton.
The Basics
- Final Score: Scranton – 20, Lycoming – 7
- Records: Scranton (6-5, 3-0 Landmark), Lycoming (6-4, 1-2 Landmark)
How it Happened
- Graduate student Devyn Tanajewski opened the scoring with back-to-back goals during a two-minute period to fire the Royals in front, 2-0.
- Sophomore Jillian Lopez added two goals of her own in a span of 2:25 to extend the lead to 4-0.
- With 5:32 left in the first quarter, freshman Grace DiDominica scored a free position goal and then sophomore Eileen Hewitt followed suit with a free position goal of her own two minutes later to make it 6-0.
- Lopez scored her third of the game at the 1:51 mark, and Hewitt took a pass from graduate student Erin Reich and scored 19 seconds later to extend the lead to 8-0.
- Lycoming's Riley Block got the Warriors on the board 1:04 into the second quarter, but Scranton answered just 12 seconds later when Lopez took a feed from senior Shannon DiDominica and scored her fourth of the game to push the Royals' lead back to eight goals.
- Shannon DiDominica and Lopez connected again at the 11:58 mark – this time it was Lopez who found Shannon DiDominica who then scored her first goal of the day. Just 29 seconds later, Shannon DiDominica gave to senior Molly McCarren who scored and put the Royals ahead 11-1.
- Lycoming scored its second goal of the contest at the 8:56 mark in the second quarter.
- After Grace DiDominica scored a goal assisted by her sister Shannon DiDominica, Lycoming scored three straight goals in a span of 1:28 to make it a 12-5 game.
- Scranton responded with four goals to end the first half as Tanajewski and Hewitt scored goals 25 seconds apart, and then senior Catherine McGlynn scored her first of the game and Hewitt followed one minute later with her fourth of the day.
- Junior Jessica McCabe scored the Royals 17th goal of the game, assisted by Shannon DiDominica, with 4:43 left in the third quarter, but Lycoming got that goal back with 1:18 left in the quarter.
- McCabe struck again with 12:15 to go in the fourth, sophomore Becca Paterson scored on a free position shot at the 9:30 mark, and freshman Lourdes Zacarese found the back of the net with 6:47 left in the quarter to extend the lead to 20-6.
- Lycoming scored its sixth goal of the game with just 59 seconds to go in the game.
Top Performers
- Shannon DiDominica scored a career-high six assists while also scoring a goal.
- Hewitt tallied six points on four goals and two assists.
- Lopez recorded four goals and one assist.
Inside the Box Score
- Scranton outshot Lycoming 39 to 14.
- The Royals won 16 draw controls while the Warriors won 15.
- Scranton tallied 14 caused turnovers and Lycoming had three.
Up Next
- The Royals are back in action with a Landmark Conference matchup on Saturday against Catholic University with action set to begin at Noon at Weiss Field in Scranton.
