Box Score GWYNEDD VALLEY, Pa. – Senior
Jenna Crothers (Patchogue, N.Y.) scored three goals and assisted on three others to lead the Arcadia University women's lacrosse team to an 18-4 non-conference victory at Gwynedd Mercy University Monday night. The Knights won for the sixth time in as many games, while the Griffins fell to 2-4.
Senior
Sara Volk-Perez (Mays Landing, N.J.) and junior
Haylee Molloy (Holtsville, N.Y.) added three goals each for Arcadia, while both sophomore
Jessica Santoli (Elmont, N.Y.) and freshman
Erin Misner (Westhampton, N.J.) scored two goals with one assist.
Sophomore
Jordyn Dunacusky (Conshohocken, Pa.) stopped all three shots on goal she faced in the first half to improve to 6-0 in net for the Knights, while freshman
Brittany Hodson (Hughesville, Md.) allowed four goals with three saves in the second half.
Junior Kelsey Yori (Folsom, Pa.) scored a pair of goals for Gwynedd Mercy, while senior Theanna Longo (Cinnaminson, N.J.) and junior Sarah Lombardi (Phoenixville, Pa.) had one goal each. Senior Megan Rose (Perkasie, Pa.) went the distance in goal for the Griffins, making three saves as she fell to 2-4.
Molloy scored the first two goals of the game in a span of 2:25 as the Knights scored all 14 goals in the first half and opened a 17-0 lead following Volk-Perez's second goal of the game 7:19 into the second half.
Yori finally got Gwynedd Mercy on the board with 13:47 to go in the game and found the back of the net again 1:23 later. Lombardi and Longo followed to complete the four-goal run for the Griffins, and freshman
Samantha Diaz (Scotch Plains, N.J.) capped the scoring for the Knights with 2:21 on the clock for the 18-4 final.
Arcadia outshot Gwynedd Mercy 24-14, while the Griffins had a 14-10 advantage in ground balls. Both teams had 12 draw controls in the game.
The Knights will next travel to Rutgers-Camden Wednesday for a 4 p.m. non-conference contest.