Women’s Lacrosse: Raiders Get Win #1 On The Road at Thiel, 17-9

00:00 -	1	2	T
Mount Union (1-1,)	13	4	17
Thiel (Pa.) (1-5,)	5	4	9

Mount Union	Thiel (Pa.)
G: Emily Bergert - 4	G: Cassy Mahdi - 4
A: 2 Players (#18, #22 - 2)	A: Emily Harrigan - 1
Sv: Casey McHenry - 5	Sv: Abby Spriggs - 4
GB: Kolbie Haines - 6	GB: 3 Players (#6, #7, #15 - 5)

Team Statistics	Mount Union	Thiel (Pa.)
Shots	22	14
Ground Balls	35	30
Saves	5	4
Clears	4-4	4-4
Turnovers	18	25
Draw Controls	15	13
Free Position Shots	3-6	1-3

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The Tomcats (1-5) were led by sophomore Cassy Mahdi who tallied four points with four goals on five shots. 

Mount Union controlled the entire game as they went up 3-0 as freshman Taylor Pensyl (Kent/Kent Roosevelt) scored first followed by Stone and freshman Anna Lano (Chaska, Minn./Chanhassen) with 20 minutes left to play in the opening half.

Thiel's Mahdi would net her first at the 19:59 mark cutting the lead to two goals before freshman Shawney Hamilton (Kent/Kent Roosevelt) scored to take the lead back to three with 17:49 remaining.

The Raiders would score nine more goals in the opening half with only allowing the Tomcats to score four more goals. The Raiders would ride the eight point cushion into the break, 13-5.

Mount Union would score the first two goals in the second half taking the 13-5 advantage before Mahdi put her fourth and final goal in the net for the Tomcats with 26:15 remaining.  The Raiders would put the game away with the final goal from Hamilton at the 9:08 mark taking the 17-9 victory.

Mount Union hosts Franciscan Saturday, March 9th at noon at Mount Union Stadium.