Women's Lacrosse Extends Win Streak to Three

Saturday, March 4

Clinton, S.C.

12 p.m.

Xavier University

3-2

Presbyterian

1-3

XAVIER

Presbyterian

03.04.23 | Women's Lacrosse

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Xavier defeats Presbyterian, 14-11, on Saturday

By: Dianna Lewis, Xavier Athletic Communications

CLINTON, S.C. - Xavier women's lacrosse picked up its third win of its inaugural season, 14-11, over Presbyterian on Saturday.

The Musketeers advance to 3-2 (0-0 BIG EAST), while the Blue Hose fall to 1-3 (0-0 Big South).

From the second quarter into the third, the Musketeers went on a six-goal scoring run to extend the lead by five heading into the fourth quarter where an additional three goals secured the win.

NOTABLES

• Riley Halloran picked up four goals during the game to earn her third hat trick of the season along with a new career high. The graduate attacker led the Musketeers offensively and went 4-for-5 on her shooting.

• Lola Mancuso posted two goals in the contest along with one assist. The freshman attacker contributed one draw control, one groundball, one caused turnover,and went 1-for-1 on free-position goals.

• Kiera Armitage posted an outstanding stat line with two goals, four draw controls, one ground ball and two caused turnovers. The freshman midfielder went two-for-two on free position goals.

• Claire Slade earned her first career goal, first career assist and first career free-position goal in the victory. The freshman attacker also contributed three groundballs to the victory.

• Freshman goalkeeper Marina Piszczor put up 14 saves against the Blue Hose and picked up one ground ball.

• Freshman midfielder Erin Berls, junior attacker Dylan Halloran, freshman attacker Natalie Ellis and freshman midfielder Molly Janssen each recorded one goal against the Blue Hose.

• Dylan Halloran, Mancuso, Slade, Janssen, sophomore midfielder Julie Cassidy, freshman midfielder Emma Cecile, freshman midfielder Soph Coan and freshman attacker Molly Smith each tossed an assist on the board in the contest.

• Graduate defender Hannah McFeeters posted eight draw control for the Musketeers, the new season high.

• The Musketeers totaled 14 goals, eight assists, 17 draw controls, 14 groundballs and 11 caused turnovers.

UP NEXT

• The Musketeers will continue on to Spartanburg, S.C. on Tuesday to face Wofford at 12 p.m.

QUOTING COACH DECKER

Our win today gave us the first winning record in program history and extended our streak to three, all on the road. This is a huge moment for us as a new program.

Marina stepped up in a really big way for us today in the cage. I was impressed with our 6 goal run that spanned the half, making it our largest run yet. Hannah coming up with eight draw controls was huge. Our entire attacking unit stepped it up and finished their shots and did the work on the redefend. And lastly, our defense played a tireless 60 minutes, holding down their 1v1's the entire game. I'm proud of this group.

We are doing all the hard work but we are beating ourselves on unforced turnovers. We are fortunate to have had Marina in net and to have executed our expected shooting percentage. We have the talent, we have the game plan. We need to improve on our decision making across the board and that is the biggest challenge ahead for our young team. I'm looking forward to that focus going into our game against Wofford on Tuesday.