The No. 15 University of Scranton women's lacrosse team dominated Goucher College, 22-3, winning its first Landmark Conference game of the year on Saturday afternoon in Towson, Md.
The Basics
- Final Score No. 15 Scranton – 22; Goucher – 3
- Records: No. 15 Scranton (5-3); Goucher (3-5)
How it Happened
- Scranton struck first 16 seconds into the game when Alexandra Back scored to make it 1-0.
- Jillian Lopez scored her first goal of the game at the 8:57 mark, Eileen Hewitt added her first 15 seconds later, and Lopez scored again 18 seconds after that to make the score 4-0.
- Back and Jessica McCabe each scored less than a minute apart as Scranton took a 6-0 lead into the second quarter.
- Elianna Lagreca grabbed a feed from Lopez and scored her first career goal two minutes into the second quarter to push the lead to seven.
- Scranton added two more goals, one by Lopez and the other by Grace Hoeger, to extend the lead to 9-0 with 11:14 left in the half.
- Hewitt scored twice, Colleen Mullin found the back of the net once, and Sophia Feli scored her first career goal during the final 7:23 of the second as the Royals led 13-0 at halftime.
- Scranton scored the first four goals of the third quarter to extend the advantage to 17-0. Lylah Wilhelm scored twice, and Sadie Gilbert and Delanie Wozniak each scored once during the run.
- Goucher got on the board with 2:38 left in the third period, but Amelia Price answered with her first goal of the season with 23 seconds left in the quarter as Scranton took an 18-1 lead into the fourth.
- Riley Miller tallied her first career goal at the 11:44 mark, and Goucher scored its second goal of the game four minutes later to cut Scranton's lead to 19-2.
- Addison McKiernan scored her first goal of the season and the Royals' 20th goal of the game at the 6:05 mark. Madeline Kaplan and Lourdes Zacarese followed with their first goals of the year over the next two minutes to extend the lead to 22-2.
- With nine seconds left in the game, the Gophers scored again as Scranton earned the 22-3 victory,
Top Performers
- Lopez: 3 goals, 2 assists, 2 draw controls, 2 draw controls
- Wilhelm: 2 goals, 1 assist, 4 draw controls
- Hewitt: 3 goals, two ground balls
- Back: 2 goals
Inside the Box Score
- Scranton out shot Goucher 47-16.
- The Royals won 18 draw controls, while the Gophers won eight.
- Scranton had nine caused turnovers and Rowan had seven.
Up Next
- The Royals are back in action on Tuesday against No. 25 Williams College, with the opening draw set for 4 PM in Scranton.
