Four Musketeers Record Hat Tricks in Record-Setting Win Over Detroit Mercy

Wednesday, March 4

Cincinnati, Ohio

6 p.m.

Xavier University

2-4

Detroit Mercy

0-4

Detroit Mercy

Xavier

Four Musketeers Record Hat Tricks in Record-Setting Win Over Detroit Mercy

03.04.26 | Women's Lacrosse

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Xavier defeated Detroit Mercy, 16-2, for the largest win in program history.

By: Abbey Curtis, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - The Xavier lacrosse team took down Detroit Mercy, 16-2, for the program's largest win in its four seasons. The Musketeers shut out the Titans in the second half, out scoring them 6-0.

Four different Musketeers recorded hat tricks in the win including Genevieve Hathaway and Cameron Yard who reached the feat for the first time in their careers.

Along with the four hat tricks, seven Musketeers in total found the back of the net.

Xavier improves to 2-4 with their first home win of the season while Detroit Mercy falls to 0-4 on the year.

how it happened

The Titans scored the first goal of the game at the 12:22 mark in the first quarter, but would go scoreless for the rest of the quarter.

Cameron Yard broke open the scoring for the Musketeers in her career night just under six minutes into the game. Megan Droney and Genevieve Hathaway scored back-to-back goals a minute later, giving the Musketeers a 3-1 lead at the 8:07 mark.

Yard scored her second of the night two minutes and Samantha Balara followed up with her first goal of the night to take a 5-1 lead at the end of the first quarter.

Detroit Mercy scored the first goal of the second quarter as well, but the Musketeers went on another 5-0 run.

Maya Graham tallied her first of the night at the ten minute mark and Droney added her second two minutes later.

Greer Simonton continued the momentum as she found the back of the net with seven minutes to go in the half, but both teams went scoreless until the final minute.

Balara scored her second of the night with 30 seconds left in the second quarter and Maya Graham scored with one second left for a 10-2 lead at the half.

Yard notched her first career hat trick at the ten minute mark in the third quarter on a man-up opportunity.

Haley Reeck scored her second goal as a Musketeer three minutes later to extend the Musketeer lead to 12-2 before the final quarter.

Hathaway registered her second of the night to kick off the fourth quarter scoring output.

Balara, Hathaway and Graham each scored their third goals of the night one after another to secure a program record 16-2 win.

notables

Maya Graham recorded a career-high six points on three goals and three assists for her second career hat trick.
Cameron Yard notched her first career hat trick and totaled four points on the night.
Samantha Balara scored three goals for her third career hat trick and second this season. The redshirt junior also had three ground balls, a caused turnover and a draw control.
Genevieve Hathaway also recorded her first career hat trick and has had three multi-goal games this season.
Megan Droney contributed two goals and an assist, continuing to lead the team with 15 points.
Lily Hayes had a game-high four ground balls and two draw controls.
Colby Wasson tallied two ground balls, two caused turnovers and two draw controls.
The Musketeers had a perfect clearing percentage on 20 attempts.
Xavier forced 25 turnovers from the Titans, including 12 caused.
Jada Brandon and Riley Ohrel combined for a program-record .750 save percentage in the cage.

up next

Xavier heads to Virginia for two games in the team's spring break road trip. The Musketeers will face William & Mary on Sunday before a quick turnaround at Old Dominion next Tuesday.

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