Prentice, Mancuso Back-to-Back Leading Scorers in 15-11 Win over Presbyterian

Sunday, February 25

Cincinnati, Ohio

12 p.m. ET

Xavier University

2-2

Presbyterian

0-3

Presbyterian

Xavier

Prentice, Mancuso Back-to-Back Leading Scorers in 15-11 Win over Presbyterian

02.25.24 | Women's Lacrosse

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Xavier moves to 2-0 at home

By: Dianna Lewis, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Women's lacrosse moved to a 2-0 home record after a 15-11 victory over Presbyterian on Sunday afternoon. Xavier is now 2-0 against Presbyterian in the series history.

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

NOTABLES

• Katherine Prentice, the freshman midfielder, led the Musketeer's scoring efforts with her second career hat trick, boasting a new career-high of four goals. The freshman midfielder also notched two assists, three draw controls, and one ground ball against the Blue Hose. One of Prentice's two assists came from a man-down goal late in the fourth quarter that secured a two goal advantage for Xavier.

• Sophomore attacker Lola Mancuso collected her ninth career hat trick, tacking on three assists and three ground balls, tying her career-highs in the respective categories. Each of Mancuso's assists led to a goal by Prentice, two of those happening in the fourth quarter to give Xavier the advantage.

• Also contributing to the scoring efforts were redshirt sophomore midfielder Sawyer Walker and junior midfielder Julie Cassidy with two each, and redshirt senior Jordan Miller, redshirt junior Dylan Halloran, and freshmen midfielders Megan Droney and Kirra Crowley with one apiece. Dylan Halloran also picked up her second assist of the season, bringing the squad's total to six.

• Freshman defender Colby Wasson posted the team-high in caused turnovers with two, reaching a three-game streak as the program's most effective defender.

• Mancuso's team high of three ground balls was followed by four Musketeers with two each - Wasson, freshmen midfielders Lily Hayes and Caroline Smith, and sophomore goalkeeper Jada Brandon.

• Kiera Armitage, the sophomore midfielder, led efforts on the draw with four controls, with Prentice reaching three and freshmen midfielders Greer Simonton and Machaela Henry collecting two each.

• The Musketeers collected two man-down goals back-to-back late in the fourth quarter to secure a three goal lead heading into the final minutes. These two goals were the first man-down of the season for Xavier and tied the total number of man-down goals posted by the squad in the 2023 season.

• Xavier out-performed Presbyterian in shots, ground balls, clears, free position shots, goals, and turnovers.

• The Musketeers totaled 15 goals, 21 points, 15 draw controls, 17 ground balls, seven caused turnovers, six assists, and four saves.

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COACH'S THOUGHTS

"We started off very strong and we ended the same way. Today was a game of emotional turns and instead of letting that decide the fate of the game, our players took back control and came from behind to win the game with decision. As always, I'm proud of the heart we play with, we never give up. And it took every player on our team pushing for a strong finish for us to end the way we did. Looking forward to next week and preparing for another battle at home."
- Meg Decker