ST. DAVID'S, Pa.- The Mighty Mac women's lacrosse team (3-4) used a run to take control of the game midway through and then put Eastern away on Wednesday afternoon in a 17-7 road victory.
 
Junior Layne Kennedy had a huge game with eight goals and sophomore Maura Murray had eight points on five goals and three assists.  The eight goals for Kennedy tie a school record that has been accomplished eight other times.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
-Murray got the scoring started and the Eagles tied it less than a minute later before Murray, junior Kayla Cadden, and senior Bailey Krewson scored in succession to put the Macs in front 4-1 just over 10 minutes into the contest
-The teams each scored two goals apiece over the next 12 minutes, Krewson and Murray providing the IU tallies, to put the Mighty Mac lead at 6-3
-Murray and Kennedy scored to close out the first half and the Macs led 8-3 going to the second period
-Murray and Kennedy duplicated their feat to start the second half to extend the advantage to 10-3, but Eastern would score four of the next six goals to cut the IU lead to 12-7 with 14:51 remaining
-From there, the Macs kept Eastern off the scoreboard and scored five straight, powered by Kennedy's effort to close out the game at 17-7.
 
TEAM COMPARISON
-The Macs held a 36-19 edge in shots and forced 28 turnovers to 22 of their own
-IU was efficient clearing the ball at 21-for-25 and Eastern struggled at 12-for-22
-The Macs had 26 groundballs to 16 for Eastern
 
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
-Goals: Kennedy 8, Murray 5, Cadden 2, Krewson 2
-Assists: Cadden 4, Murray 3
-Caused Turnovers: DiDonato 4, Murray 2, Huang 2
-Groundballs: Gallagher 7, DiDonato 6, Schumann 4, Kennedy 3
-Junior Emily Schumann made six saves
 
UP NEXT
The Mighty Macs will host Marywood for their first ever Atlantic East Conference game on Saturday.