FREDERICK Md. - The Hood College Women's lacrosse team dropped a nonconference match against hosting Marymount University 22-5.
Inside the Box Score
- Abby Burnette (Bethlehem, Pa./Freedom) led the Blazers in goals, netting two on the day.
- Julia Gregory (Sussex, N.J./Vernon Twp.) and Avery Stanley (Culpeper, Va./Eastern View) both finished with one goal and one assist.
- Menna Salem (Germantown, Md./Seneca Valley) had one goal in the contest.
- Piper Wright (Pylesville Md./North Harford) caused a single turnover in the game.
How it Happened
- The Saints opened the scoring for the match with a four-goal run in the opening seven minutes. Hood fired back with back-to-back goals courtesy of Salem and Burnette. Just a minute following the Blazers push to cut the lead to two, Marymount tacked on two more goals. Proceeding into the second quarter the score was 6-2.
- Hood looked to turn things around in the beginning of the quarter as Gregory scored the opening goal three minutes in to make it 6-3. The Saints would not give in though as the team added another four-goal run to the stat sheet. The Blazers responded with one more goal after taking advantage of a shot clock violation delt by Marymount. Stanley found the back of the net after catching a pass from Gregory. Before the first half concluded the Saints added on a five-goal flurry to make it 15-4.
- In the first three minutes of the first half Marymount poured on two more but Burnette would put a stop to the nonsense scoring her second goal of the day. The Saints were now annoyed and added one more goal to total the goal count to 18-5 at the end of the third period.
- The fourth and final quarter of play showed itself to be all Marymount as the Saints third four-goal run topped out scoring in the game. At the final buzzer the scoreboard read 22-5 in favor of Marymount.
Analysis
- The Saints outshot the Blazers 35-15
- Marymount won the groundball battle 16-9.
- The Saints led in draw controls 20-10.
For the Opponent
- Jillian Blair and Tess Valentino scored five goals each.
- Abby Dunn led Marymount defensively, picking up four groundballs and causing four turnovers.
- Hannah Smith made 7 saves after 60 minutes in the cage.
Up Next
The Blazers return to Frederick, Md. to take on Arcadia University for their "All Hood, All Blue" game on Saturday, March 22 at 3:30 p.m.
