Franklin Springs, GA – The Emmanuel Women's Lacrosse team hosted the Mars Hill Lions today in non-conference action. The Lions jumped out to an early lead and controlled the pace of the game behind an 8-goal effort from Paige Murphy. The Lions earned a 18-5 victory to improve to 3-1 on the early season. 

Paige Murphy got the scoring started for the Lions with a goal at the 10:44 mark to give the Lions a 1-0 lead. At 9:03, Murphy found the net again, this time assisted by Kristie Fisher to make it 2-0 Lions. With 2:23 to play in the first, Demi Czynski scored to give the Lions a 3-0 advantage. Avery Jennings got in on the action with 1:41 to go in the first, assisted by Meghan Jennings to make it 4-0. With 33 seconds to play in the 1^st, Murphy grabbed her third goal, assisted by Paetyn Hoffman to give the Lions a 5-0 lead. Avery Jennings closed out the first with a goal at the 12 second mark to make it 6-0, Lions.

The Lions started the 2^nd quarter off with another goal from Avery Jennings, assisted by Lexie Lee to give Emmanuel a 7-0 lead. The Mars Hill Lions got on the board next with two consecutive goals to cut Emmanuel's lead to 7-2. Czynski grabbed her second goal of the day with 8:13 to play until the half to go up 8-2. With 6:16 to play in the 2^nd, Avery Jennings scored her fourth goal to make it 9-2 Emmanuel. The Mars Hill Lions scored to cut the lead to 9-3, but Paige Murphy responded to close out the quarter with a goal at the 9 second mark to make it 10-3, Emmanuel. 

In the third quarter, the Emmanuel Lions got back to work with Murphy finding the net to make it 11-3 with 14:02 to play in the 3^rd. Murphy scored again with 13:27 to play in the quarter to make it 12-3. Kristie Fisher scored with 8:24 to play in the 3^rd, assisted by Hoffman to make it 13-3.  With 7:00 to play in the 3^rd, Czynski grabbed a goal to make it 14-3 and found the net a minute later, assisted by Avery Jennings to help the Lions go up 15-3.  With 4:54 to play in the 3^rd, Murphy grabbed her 7^th goal of the day assisted by Meghan Jennings to give the Lions a 16-3 lead. Murphy tacked on another goal to the Lions lead with 2:34 to play in the 3^rd to make it 17-3.

Kristie Fisher started off the fourth quarter with a goal at the 14:10 mark, assisted by Czynski to make it 18-3, Emmanuel. The Mars Hill Lions scored the final two goals of the game to make the final score, 18-5. 

Paige Murphy led Emmanuel with 8 goals. Avery Jennings and Demi Czynski each had 4 goals, while Meghan Jennings led the team with 3 assists. 

Next up, the Lions will travel to Anderson, SC to take on the Anderson University Trojans on March 5^th at 7PM. For more information on Emmanuel University athletics, visit goeulions.com.