IMMACULATA, Pa.- The Immaculata University women's lacrosse team battled the elements and Elizabethtown College on Saturday afternoon at Draper Walsh Stadium. Immaculata won their third-consecutive game defeating Elizabethtown 22-15.
Immaculata was led by
Tessa Liberatoscioli with six goals and three assists and 11 draw controls.
Jacki Murray with seven goals, and nine draw controls.
Liza Laxton with four goals and three assists, and six draw controls.
Kaitlyn Klitchko had three goals and one assist,
Carly Oberg had one goal and two assists, and
Ava Hoffman added one goal.
With her second goal of the game with 10:31 remaining in the second quarter,
Tessa Liberatoscioli surpassed the 100-point mark for her career at Immaculata.
Immaculata goalkeeper
Abigail Guarneri earned her third win of the week, making six saves, and collecting two groundballs.
In the first quarter, Elizabethtown scored a pair of goals in the first minute of play to take an early 2-0 lead. Immaculata responded with quick goals from
Liza Laxton,
Jacki Murray, and Kaitlin Klitchko to take a 3-2 lead with 10:41 remaining in the first quarter. Immaculata would score six more goals in the quarter to lead 9-2 after one quarter.
Immaculata would get goals in the second quarter from
Carly Oberg, three from
Jacki Murray,
Tessa Liberatoscioli, and
Kaitlyn Klitchko. The Mighty Macs would take a 15-4 lead into the halftime break.
In the third quarter, Elizabethtown scored four quick unanswered goals to cut the Immaculata lead to 15-8 with 9:20 remaining. Immaculata Head Coach
Brittney Conzentino took a time-out, and Immaculata responded with a pair of goals from
Tessa Liberatoscioli sandwiched around a goal from
Liza Laxton to increase the Immaculata lead to 18-8. Elizabethtown scored a pair of goals later in the quarter as Immaculata led 18-10 after three quarters.
Immaculata would go on to close out the win 22-15.
Up Next
The Immaculata University women's lacrosse team (3-1, 0-0 Atlantic East) will be back in action on Wednesday, March 6
th when they close out their four game homestand taking on Bryn Mawr College at Draper Walsh Stadium at 4:00 PM.
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