IMMACULATA, Pa.- The Mighty Mac women's lacrosse team (7-3) won their third consecutive game on Friday night at Draper Walsh stadium and leveled their Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) record at 2-2 with a convincing 17-1 victory over Cedar Crest (0-6, 0-4 CSAC).
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Senior
Hannah Verrecchia became the fourth Mighty Mac in team history to reach 200 points with her first half goal, and she finished with four total. Sophomore
Layne Kennedy and freshman Maura Murray each scored three goals, and 10 Mighty Macs total scored goals. Senior
Rosemarie Reitman had five assists and senior
Nicole Dominick had four.
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HOW IT HAPPENED
-The Mighty Macs wasted no time deciding the outcome of this game as they scored 10 goals in the first 9:29 of the game
-Six different goal scorers put one in the net to start the game as Whaley, Reitman, Carter, Murray, Verrecchia, and Kennedy all scored with Verrecchia's being the 200
th point of her career
-Verrecchia and Murray, along with two from Kennedy extended the lead to 10-0 quickly
-Verrecchia, DiDonato, and Murray all scored in the closing 20 minutes to make it 13-0 to close the first half
-Verrecchia scored her fourth of the game four minutes in before Cedar Crest got on the board two minutes later
-Dominick, Huang, and Wood closed out the scoring for the Mighty Macs
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TEAM COMPARISON
-IU dominated with 32 shots to just two for Cedar Crest
-The Macs forced 15 turnovers on 18 Falcon clear attempts while the Macs were 5-for-5 on their efforts
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INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
-Goals: Verrecchia 4, Kennedy/Murray 3, Seven Others With 1
-Assists: Reitman 5, Dominick 4, Whaley 2, Four Others With 1
-Points: Reitman 6, Dominick 5, Verrecchia/Murray 4, Kennedy/Whaley 3
-Sophomore Anna DiDonato forced four turnovers and had four groundballs
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UP NEXT
The Macs will go back out of CSAC play to travel to Rutgers-Camden at 7 p.m.
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