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Women's Lacrosse

Women's Lacrosse: Second Half Surge Pushes Purple Raiders to OAC Victory

Box Score

BEREA, Ohio-- Mount Union's women's lacrosse team defeated Baldwin Wallace 14-10 Wednesday night in the 2020 Ohio Athletic Conference season opener at George Finnie Stadium.

Mount Union (1-0, 1-0) outscored Baldwin Wallace 8-4 in the second half to take the victory.

Senior Sydney Bumbarger (Newbury Park, Calif.) had five goals and three assists while junior Mackenzie Lewis (Hudson / Walsh Jesuit) had five goals and two assists.

Senior Kaitlyn Murphy (Lexington, Va. / Rockbridge County) scored two goals while sophomore Sam Karr (Newark Charter, Del. / Newark Charter) and freshman Ashley Carr (Livonia, N.Y. / Livonia) scored one goal to lead the Purple Raiders.

Baldwin Wallace (0-1, 0-1) got three goals from Maddie Ray in taking its first loss of the season.

Mount Union started the year scoring the first goal from Bumbarger 1:27 into the contest. Baldwin Wallace came back and scored the next goal to tie the game at 1.

Bumbarger gave Mount Union the lead and then Karr scored with an assist from Bumbarger giving the Raiders a 3-1 lead five minutes into the first half.

Baldwin Wallace came back with the next two goals to bring the game to a tie at 3.

A Lewis goal off an assist from Bumbarger gave Mount Union the lead 4-3.

Baldwin Wallace scored three straight goals to take a 6-4 lead.

Finishing out the half was two goals from Lewis one assisted from freshman Eden Kesler (Kenston) to go into halftime tied at 6.

A back-and-forth battle started the second half with Bumbarger getting a goal to start the second half with a goal 1:59 seconds into the half.

Baldwin Wallace tied the game up but with 19 minutes left Bumbarger scored once again assisted by Lewis to take an 8-7 lead.

Two Baldwin Wallace goals gave them the lead with 14:51 left in the second half.

Six straight goals for the Raiders to end the game started with a free position goal from Bumbarger, then a goal from Lewis, Murphy scored with an assist by Lewis gave them a 11-9 lead.

Carr scored her first career goal with 4:38 remaining in the game while Lewis assisted by Karr and Murphy assisted by freshman Tara Santoro (Canfield) finished the game for the Raiders while Baldwin Wallace grabbed a goal right at the end of the game to finish the game 14-10.

Senior goalkeeper Molly McGinnis (Brunswick) had six saves on the night and only allowed four goals in the second half for Mount Union.

Mount Union is back in action Saturday, Feb. 27 at 1 p.m. playing in its home opener against Heidelberg.

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Players Mentioned

Sydney Bumbarger

#10 Sydney Bumbarger

A
5' 4"
Senior
Ashley Carr

#28 Ashley Carr

M
5' 4"
Freshman
Sam Karr

#27 Sam Karr

M
6' 0"
Sophomore
Eden Kesler

#30 Eden Kesler

D
5' 6"
Freshman
Mackenzie Lewis

#0 Mackenzie Lewis

A
5' 7"
Junior
Molly McGinnis

#11 Molly McGinnis

G
5' 4"
Senior
Kaitlyn Murphy

#1 Kaitlyn Murphy

A
5' 5"
Senior
Tara Santoro

#17 Tara Santoro

M
5' 8"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Sydney Bumbarger

#10 Sydney Bumbarger

5' 4"
Senior
A
Ashley Carr

#28 Ashley Carr

5' 4"
Freshman
M
Sam Karr

#27 Sam Karr

6' 0"
Sophomore
M
Eden Kesler

#30 Eden Kesler

5' 6"
Freshman
D
Mackenzie Lewis

#0 Mackenzie Lewis

5' 7"
Junior
A
Molly McGinnis

#11 Molly McGinnis

5' 4"
Senior
G
Kaitlyn Murphy

#1 Kaitlyn Murphy

5' 5"
Senior
A
Tara Santoro

#17 Tara Santoro

5' 8"
Freshman
M