ALLIANCE, Ohio—The Mount Union women's lacrosse team defeated Otterbein 26-2 Saturday afternoon in Ohio Athletic Conference play at Kehres Stadium.
Mount Union honored its six graduating senior before the game in
Mackenzie Kolstad (Victor, N.Y. / Victor),
Ella Sinopoli (Honeoye Falls, N.Y. / Honeoye Falls-Lima),
Abby Lindkvist (Long Island, N.Y. / Haborfields),
Emily Funk (Strongsville),
Ashley Ray (Poland / Poland Seminary) and
Kate Kueter (Iowa City, Iowa).
The Purple Raiders (8-4, 3-1) were powered by Kolstad with six goals and two assists.
Eden Kesler (Chagrin Falls / Kenston) picked up four goals and four assists with
Ella Nejad (Rocky River) scoring four goals.
Reese Fuenfstueck (Fairport, N.Y. / Fairport) picked up three goals, Funk along with
Katie Clark (Hudson / Walsh Jesuit) picked up two goals while Liz Scumacher (Columbus / Upper Arlington),
Mae Pawlikowski (Orchard Park, N.Y. / Orchard Park),
Emma Labbe (Uniontown / Lake),
Anna Weinel (Dayton / Chaminade-Julienne) and
Ruby Robatin (Brecksville / Brecksville-Broadview Heights) each scored a goal.
Kolstad, Kesler and
Sophie Graves () caused three turnovers, Nejad picked up six ground balls and Lindkvist was in goal making one save.
Otterbein (1-11, 0-3 OAC) was led by Emily Williams and Ava Robey with one goal each while Maggie Nance made 11 saves in goal.
Mount Union used a 6-0 first quarter and a 7-0 second quarter to take a 13-0 lead into the halftime break. Mount Union then outscored Otterbein 5-1 and 8-1 to take home the OAC victory.
Mount Union returns to play next Wednesday heading to Marietta with a 7 PM start time.
