Women's Lacrosse Defeats Longwood, 16-14

Sunday, February 26

Farmville, Va.

12 p.m.

Xavier University

2-2

Longwood

2-2

XAVIER

Longwood

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Xavier picks up its second road win of the season

By: Dianna Lewis, Xavier Athletic Communications

FARMVILLE, Va. - Xavier women's lacrosse picked up its second win of its inaugural season, 16-14, over Longwood on Sunday.

The Musketeers advance to 2-2 (0-0 BIG EAST), while the Lancers fall to 2-2 (0-0 Big South).

Xavier picked up two four-goal scoring runs. The first at the end of the first quarter to secure a 5-4 lead heading into the second quarter. The second at the end of the third quarter through early in the fourth to secure a 15-12 lead heading into the last eight minutes of play.

Two members of the Musketeers posted hat tricks - Lola Mancuso with six goals and Riley Halloran with three.

NOTABLES

• Lola Mancuso posted six goals in the contest, recording a new career high and the team high for the season. The freshman attacker went 6-for-7 on her shooting and picked up one groundball, one caused turnover and two assists.

• Graduate attacker Riley Halloran posted her second hat trick of the season with three goals against the Lancers.

• Freshman midfielder Erin Berls, freshman attacker Natalie Ellis and junior attack Dylan Halloran each posted one goal in the contest.

• Freshman goalkeeper Marina Piszczor put up 12 saves against the Lancers and picked up one groundball and one caused turnover.

• Three Musketeers earned their first career goal in the game - freshman midfielder Kiera Armitage, freshman attacker Molly Smith and sophomore midfielder Julie Cassidy.

• Graduate midfielder Jessica Harrison recorded two assists in the contest - a new season high for the Musketeers.

• Graduate defender Hannah McFeeters posted her first Xavier career goal against Longwood off of a free position shot.

• The Musketeers totaled 16 goals, six assists, 21 groundballs and five caused turnovers.

UP NEXT

• The Musketeers will travel to South Carolina to see Presbyterian on March 4 and Wofford on March 7.

QUOTING COACH DECKER

Our first game, we showed that we never quit. Our second game, we played our first close game and battled hard to the last minute. Friday, we won a close game that we hadn't been able to win the weekend before. Today, we laid the next brick in to place. Back to back wins on the road.

Playing back to back games isn't easy no matter who you are. Winning two on the road as a first year program only happens when the entire team shows up. Our game plan was very simple, do your job. Execute the game plan. We won because very single player did their job.

I'm really proud of this group. They deserve a good day of rest tomorrow. I'm very excited to watch as they continue to lay the bricks in our foundation this season.