Box Score MEADVILLE, Pa. - Mount Union's women's lacrosse team continued their unbeaten season with a 17-10 win over Allegheny on Saturday in Meadville, Pa.
The Purple Raiders (8-0) were led by Taylor Pensyl (Kent/Kent Roosevelt), Katie Elder (Champlin, Minn./Champlin Park) and Emily Bergert (North Canton/Hoover) who all scored four goals.
Casey McHenry (Hudson/Hudson) started in goal for the Raiders and made five saves during the win.
Kelsey Rodgers led Allegheny (2-4) with three goals while Jackie Morrow added two goals in the loss.
The Raiders jumped out to an early 4-0 lead in the first five minutes of play. The Gators got on the board with 23:35 left in the half only to have Mount Union score three more times before the 20:00 mark.
Mount Union was held scoreless in the final 17 minutes of the second half while Allegheny score three times, the final in the last seconds of the half, to make the halftime score 8-5.
Allegheny scored the first goal of the second game to cut the lead to two but Marjie McNamara (Champlin, Minn./Champlin Park) and Elder scored back-to-back goals to go up four goals.
The Raiders put the game away with a 6-2 run, four goals from Pensyl, in the final 11:00 of the game.
The undefeated women's lacrosse team will stay on the road as they travel to Wittenberg for a 4:00 pm game on Tuesday, March 31.
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SCORING
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1 |
2 |
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FINAL |
| Mount Union (7-0) |
10
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7
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17
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| Allegheny (3-3) |
6
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5
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11
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ALL SCORING: GOALS: Kelsey Rodgers 3, Jackie Morrow 2, Li Milch 1, Alyssa Rapelje 1, Alexa Maloney 1, McKenzie Bell 1, Christine McGrath 1.
ASSISTS: Shelby Piper 2, Alyssa Rapelje 1, McKenzie Bell 1.
MTU SCORING: GOALS: Taylor Pensyl 4,
Emily Bergert 4,
Katie Elder 4,
Katherine Doraty 2,
Marjie McNamara 2,
Michelle Tegethoff 1.
ASSISTS:
Katherine Doraty 2,
Taylor Pensyl 2,
Emily Bergert 1,
Marjie McNamara 1,
Michelle Tegethoff 1,
Bethany Snider 1.
Shots: MTU 37, ALL 24
Turnovers : MTU 21, ALL 22
Draw Control: MTU 20, ALL 8
Saves: MTU 5, ALL 12
