IMMACULTA, Pa.- The Immaculata women's lacrosse team fell to Gwynedd Mercy 17-8 on Wednesday evening at Draper Walsh Stadium. Jacki Murray had four goals and one assist, and Ava Hoffman scored three goals for the Mighty Macs. With her draw control late in the first quarter of play, Jacki Murray recorded her 310^th career draw control which sets a new IU program record for career draw controls. The previous record of 309 was held by Danielle Lopez. Immaculata falls to 2-12 overall, and 0-2 in Atlantic East Conference play.
 
Scoring
-Jacki Murray led Immaculata with four goals increasing her season total to 43, Ava Hoffman scored three goals to increase her season total to 18, and Alexa Marczak scored her ninth goal of the season.
 
-Jacki Murray and Kelsey Caldarelli had assists during the game.
 
Defensive
-Addison Yackel had six ground balls, Abigail Guarneri had five ground balls, Kelsey Caldarelli and Ava Hoffman had four ground balls, Cara Strickland, Carly Oberg, and Jacki Murray had three ground balls, Etoria Sellie, and Megan Kelly had two ground balls, and Alexa Marczak and Bailee Neitz had one ground ball each.
 
-Kelsey Caldarelli had six caused turnovers, Addison Yackel and Jacki Murray had two caused turnovers each, and Ava Hoffman and Bailee Neitz each had one caused turnover.
 
-Jacki Murray had four draw controls, Addison Yackel had three draw controls, Kelsey Caldarelli, Ava Hoffman, and Carly Oberg each had one draw control.
 
-Abigail Guarneri made 11 saves on 39 shots faced with five ground balls.
 
How it Happened

• Gwynedd Mercy opened the scoring with a goal at 8:54 of the first quarter.
• Ava Hoffman scored her 16^th goal of the season on the woman up assisted by Jacki Murray to tie the score at 1-1 3:55.
• Jacki Murray would give Immaculata a 2-1 lead with her 40^th goal of the season at 0:48 of the first quarter.
• Gwynedd Mercy scored all four goals in the second quarter to lead 5-2 at halftime.
• Immaculata opened the third quarter scoring with Jacki Muray scoring her 41^st goal of the season at 13:54.
• Gwynedd scored back-to-back goals to lead 7-3.
• Jacki Murray scored her 42^nd goal at 12:03, and her 43rd goal at 10:49 to cut the lead to 7-5.
• Ava Hoffman scored her 17th goal of the season to make the score 7-6 and force a timeout by Gwynedd Mercy.
• The Griffins scored three consecutive goals out of the timeout to lead 10-6.
• Ava Hoffman her 18^th goal of the season at 0:48 to cut the lead to 10-7 after three quarters.
• Gwynedd Mercy scored five consecutive goals to take control of the game leading 15-7.
• Alexa Marczak scored her ninth goal of the season assisted by Kelsey Caldarelli at 0:48 to make the score 15-8.
• Gwynedd Mercy scored two goals late to earn the 17-8 win.

 
Team Stats

• Gwynedd Mercy outshot Immaculata 39-24 and 23-17 in shots on goal.
• Each team had 11 saves.
• Immaculata had 24 turnovers to Gwynedd Mercy's 23
• Immaculata was 18-26 on clear attempts and Gwynedd Mercy was 14-18.
• Immaculata had 34 ground balls and Gwynedd Mercy 39.
• Immaculata had 10 draw controls and Gwynedd Mercy had 16.
• Immaculata was 1-2 on free position shots and Gwynedd Mercy was 3-7.

 
Mighty Mac Leaders

• Goals: Murray (4), Hoffman (3), Marczak (1)
• Assists: Caldarelli (1), Murray (1)
• Points: Murray (5), Hoffman (3), Caldarelli (1), Marczak (1)
• Shots: Murray (12), Hoffman (7), Caldarelli (3), Oberg (1)
• Ground Balls: Yackel (6), Guarneri (5), Caldarelli (4), Hoffman (4)
• Caused Turnovers: Caldarelli (6), Yackel (2), Murray (2)
• Draw Controls: Murray (4), Yackel (3)
• Saves: Guarneri (11)

 
Up Next

• The Immaculata women's lacrosse team will be back in action on Friday, April 11^th when they travel to Marywood for an AEC game at 5:00 p.m.