April 28, 2008

Box Score

Slippery Rock, Pa. - The No.7 Mercyhurst women's lacrosse team broke the single-season program record with a 21-1 win over Slippery Rock. The Lakers are now 12-2 this season with its only losses coming to No. 1 C.W. Post and No. 3 Adelphi. Breanna Haggerty led Mercyhurst with eight points on five goals and three assists. Eleven different players scored in the victory.

The Laker defense held Slippery Rock scoreless in the first half and tacked on sixteen goals to led 16-0 going into the final 30 minutes of play. Haggerty tallied all of her points in the first half and multiple Mercyhurst players stepped offensively to supply the remaining goals. The Lakers outshot Slippery Rock 23-2 in the first half and goalkeeper Maeve McGoff tallied one save.

Mercyhurst ran through multiple offensive sets and it showed as every Laker line attacker scored a goal. Slippery Rock's lone goal came at the 25:26 mark when a Mercyhurst defender went down off the draw and the Rock capitalized off of a one on none with goalkeeper Jessica Raniero. Raniero recorded three saves in the final thirty minutes.

Following Haggerty for the Lakers with two goals was Kimberly Masterton, Courtney Olevnik, Page Christensen, Kristen Toomey, Katy Miller and Alicia Guzzo. Ashley Dulaney, Jessie Horeth, Maria Rosettie, and Jackie McCarthy all recorded one goal on the day. Dulaney, Horeth, Masterton, Miller, Olevnik and Celeste Shefferly each dished out one assist.

Freshman Maggie Yackel led the defensive unit with four groundballs and four caused turnovers, while Beth O'Neil contributed four groundballs and two caused turnovers.

Mercyhurst will conclude its 2008 regular season in a top ten showdown at cross-town rival Gannon Friday. Game time is set for 7 p.m.