SEWANEE, Tenn. –
Sofia Bean and
Sally Herrington each scored three goals and
Marlin Price added two goals and a team-best four assists, helping Sewanee score 13 times in the first half en route to a 19-9 victory over Lake Forest College in women's lacrosse action here Tuesday at Puett Field.
The Tigers (6-0) outshot Lake Forest, 31-20, including 22-12 on goal, and caused 22 turnovers by the visitors. Sewanee also picked up 17 ground balls and scored on 4-of-5 free position shots.
The Tigers started quickly, with
Sally Whitehead finding the back of the net just over a minute into the match on an assist from
Ellen Lewis and Bean netted her first goal just over a minute later, this one from
Erika Bolcar.
Whitehead posted her second goal on an assist from Price five minutes into the contest and Price scored unassisted at the eight-minute mark.
Elizabeth Muller's free position goal at the seven-minute mark and another Price score, also from a free position, with five minutes to go, gave the Tigers a 6-0 advantage.
Avery Srnka and Emma Sharp collected scores for the Foresters, but Sewanee answered with goals from
Ellen Lewis (assist to Price) and Bolcar on an assist from Lewis in the last two minutes of the period for an 8-2 lead after 15 minutes.
The Tigers found the back of the net five more times in the second quarter for a 13-2 advantage at the half.
Alex Kelly scored twice in the first three minutes on assists from Muller and
Katherine Clark, and Bean converted a free position shot at the 10-minute mark. Herrington recorded her first goal with eight minutes left in the period, this one also from Clark, and Muller netted a free position shot in the final two minutes.
Herrington collected her other two goals in the third period, one unassisted and a man-up and the other from Price. Bean registered her third goal to start the fourth quarter, assisted by Kelly.
Emma Steffensen made six saves and allowed two goals in the first half to pick up the win in net for the Tigers.
Sewanee hosts Wittenberg University on Wednesday at 11 a.m., the second of three straight home games for the Tigers, who face Rowan University next Tuesday.
