No. 1 Franklin & Marshall rolls to 23-2 win at No. 19 McDaniel
WESTMINSTER, Md. – Shannon Summers recorded five goals and four assists to lead top-ranked Franklin & Marshall to a 23-2 victory over No. 19 McDaniel in the Centennial Conference (CC) women’s lacrosse opener for both teams on Saturday. The Diplomats (3-0, 1-0 CC) got no fewer than four points from six different players while holding the Green Terror (4-1, 0-1 CC) to a single goal in each half.
Chelsea Ferruzzi (Jenkintown, Pa./Jenkintown) and Stephanie Sudbrook (Baltimore, Md./Loch Raven) tallied McDaniel’s two markers.
Summers got the scoring going early, scoring twice in the game’s first 8:52 to stake the visitors to a 3-0 lead.
Blake Hargest, who tallied five points on three goals and two assists, assisted on the game’s first two markers.
A Sarah Meisenberg free-position goal at the 12:39 mark pushed the lead to 4-0 before Ferruzzi tallied unassisted in the 18th minute to get the Green Terror on the board.
Meisenberg tallied her second goal and final goal at the 19:25 mark before notching her first of four assists on one of four Jen Pritchard goals 1 minute, 2 seconds later to ignite a 13-0 run over a 30-minute, 13-second span to take a 17-1 lead.
Pritchard had three goals in the run while Meredith Lussier added her first two goals of the season.
Ashley Bevington, who finished with four goals, and Hargest each tallied twice in the span.
After Sudbrook knocked home a Brittany Lines (Pasadena, Md./Chesapeake) pass at the 51:10 mark, Hargest, Lussier and Bevington each finished Summers feeds over the next 3 minutes, 31 seconds to push the lead to 20-2.
Taryn Webb added her first collegiate goal before Bevington and Summers rounded out the scoring.
Franklin & Marshall finished with a 44-10 advantage in shots and won 17 of the 27 draw controls, led by six wins by Meisenberg and five by Pritchard.
McDaniel returns to action at Washington and Lee on Saturday. Game time is 1 p.m.
Score by Half 1 2 - F
No. 1 Franklin & Marshall (3-0, 1-0 CC) 9 14 - 23
No. 19 McDaniel (4-1, 0-1 CC) 1 1 - 2
Goals
Franklin & Marshall: Shannon Summers 5, Jen Pritchard 4, Ashley Bevington 4, Blake Hargest 3, Meredith Lussier 3, Sarah Meisenberg 2, Taryn Webb, Allison Solomon.
McDaniel: Chelsea Ferruzzi, Stephanie Sudbrook.
Assists
Franklin & Marshall: Meisenberg 4, Summers 4, Hargest 2, Pritchard 2, Lussier.
McDaniel: Brittany Lines.
Shots: F 44, M 10. Ground Balls: F 20, M 14. Goalies: F (Lidia Sanza 60:00 – 5 saves, 2 GA), M (Sarah White 30:00 – 5 saves, 9 GA; Leanne Hollinger 16:57 – 3 saves, 7 GA; Megan Millhausen 13:03 – 0 saves, 3 GA). Caused Turnovers: F 9, M 6. Turnovers: F 11, M 24. Draw Controls: F 17, M 10. Free Position: F 5 of 7. M 0 of 2.
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