IMMACULATA, Pa.- The Immaculata women's lacrosse team was back in action on Saturday as the hosted Alvernia at Draper Walsh Stadium, falling 13-9. Jacki Murray scored six goals, and Cara Strickland score two goals, and Alexa Marczak had one goal. Goalkeeper Abigail Guarneri had 11 saves for Immaculata, and Addison Yackel had game highs in ground balls with seven and caused turnovers with four.

With the loss Immaculata falls to 1-6 overall, and with the win Alvernia improves to 1-5 overall.

Scoring

-Jacki Murray scored six goals giving her 23 goals for the season. Cara Strickland scored two goals, her second and third of the season, and Alexa Marczak scored her third goal of the season.
-Ava Hoffman had an assist for Immaculata.
 
Defensive
 
-Addison Yackel had a game high seven ground balls, Abigail Guarneri had six ground balls, Alexa Marczak, and Jacki Murray each had four ground balls, Cara Strickland, and Carly Oberg each had three ground balls, Etoria Sellie, Ava Hoffman, Ashley Finkbiner, and Bailee Neitz each had one ground ball.
-Addison Yackel had a game high four caused turnovers, Carly Oberg, and Ashley Finkbiner each had two caused turnovers, and Jacki Murray, Cara Strickland, Etoria Sellie, and Ava Hoffman each had one caused turnover.
-Jacki Murray had six draw controls, Ava Hoffman had five draw controls, Kelsey Caldarelli had two draw controls, and Carly Oberg had one draw control.
-Abigail Guarneri made 11 saves, on 31 shots faced, and denied four free position shots.
 
How it Happened

• Jacki Murray opened the scoring at 14:13 of the first quarter with an unassisted goal. After Alvernia tied the game at 1-1 Jacki Murray scored on Immaculata's lone free position attempt to make the score 2-1 at 13:07 of the first quarter. The first quarter would end with Immaculata trailing 5-2.
•  Cara Strickland scored at 8:51 of the second quarter to cut the Alvernia lead to 6-3. Alexa Marczak scored at 1:37 of the second quarter to cut the lead to 7-4. Alvernia led at halftime 7-4.
• Alvernia opened the scoring in the second half, before Cara Strickland scored her second goal of the game at 7:57 to make the score 8-5. Jacki Murray scored her third goal of the game at 6:11 to cut the lead to 9-6.
• In the fourth quarter, Jacki Murray scored her fourth goal of the game at 12:50, her fifth goa of the game at 9:36, and her sixth goal of the game at 7:15.
• Alvernia would go on to close out the win 13-9.

 
Team Stats

• Alvernia outshot Immaculata 31-28, and 24-22 on shots on goal.
• Immaculata had 11 saves to Alvernia's 13.
• Immaculata had 20 turnovers to Alvernia's 18.
• Immaculata was 17-20 on clear attempts and Alvenia was 16-16.
• Immaculata had 33 ground balls to Alvernia's 38.
• Immaculata had 14 draw controls to Alvernia's 11.
• Immaculata was 1-1 in free position shots, and Alvernia was 4-8.

 
Mighty Mac Leaders

• Goals: Murray (6), Strickland (2), Marczak (1).
• Assists: Hoffman (1)
• Points: Murray (6), Strickland (2)
• Shots: Murray (16), Hoffman (3), Caldarelli (3), Stickland (3), Marczak (3).
• Ground Balls: Yackel (7), Guarneri (6), Murray and Marczak (4)
• Caused Turnovers: Yackel (4), Oberg (2), Finkbiner (2).
• Draw Controls: Murray (6), Hoffman (5), Caldarelli (2).
• Saves: Guarneri (11)

 
Up Next

• The Immaculata women's lacrosse team will be back in action on Wednesday, March 19^th when the host Swarthmore College at Draper Walsh Stadium at 6 p.m.