Franklin Springs, GA – The Emmanuel Women's Lacrosse team hosted the Lake Erie College Storm this afternoon in non-conference play. The Lions jumped out to a 10-1 lead in the first quarter and controlled the pace of the game the rest of the way to earn a 20-5 victory. With the win, the Lions move to 4-3 on the season.
Paige Murphy got things started for the Lions with a goal at the 14:23 mark to put the Lions up 1-0.
Meghan Jennings found the net next with 13:46 to play in the first to make it 2-0. Less than a minute later, Paetyn Hoffman scored, assisted by
Demi Czynski to extend the Lions lead to 3-0. Czynski got in on the action with 12:46 to go, assisted by Murphy to make it 4-0. Less than a minute later,
Lexie Lee found the net, with an assist from Paetyn Hoffman to give the Lions a 5-0 lead. Murphy scored her second of the day with 8:48 on the clock, assisted by Czynski to make it 6-0, and Czynski turned around and scored her second of the day with 4:49 in the quarter, assisted by
Kristie Fisher to make it 7-0. With 3:51 to play in the first, Fisher got in on the action, assisted by Murphy to push the Lions lead to 8-0. The Storm got on the board to cut the lead to 8-1, but the Lions responded with a goal from
Taylor Schubert with 2:23 to play, assisted by Fisher to make it 9-1. Czynski closed out the quarter with a goal, assisted by Murphy to make the score 10-1 after the first.
Czynski found the net again to start off the 2
nd quarter to give the Lions an 11-1 lead. Jennings was next to score at the 8:05 mark to make it 12-1, Lions. The Storm scored the next three to cut the Lions lead to 12-4, but Murphy grabbed two goals in the last minute of the 2
nd quarter to give the Lions a 14-4 lead heading to the break.
The third quarter started the same way the 2
nd ended, with a goal by Murphy, assisted by Jennings at the 12:49 mark to make it 15-4, Lions. With 7:03 to play in the 3
rd, Murpyh scored again to make it 16-4, Lions. Jennings found the net with 5:12 to play in the quarter, assisted by Murphy to make it 17-4. Fisher closed out the quarter by scoring her second goal of the day with 19 seconds to play in the quarter, assisted by Jennings to put the Lions up 18-4.
Schubert scored her second goal of the day, assisted by Czynski to kick off the fourth quarter, to push the Lions lead to 19-4. Fisher scored again with 9:56 to play, assisted by Czynski to make it 20-4. The Storm would respond with a goal to end the game with a final score of 20-5.
Paige Murphy led the Lions with 6 goals and 4 assists, while
Demi Czynski contributed 4 goals and 4 assists.
Meghan Jennings and
Kristie Fisher added 3 goals apiece.
Emily Dawson ended the day with 4 saves in goal, and
Avery Atkins added 2 saves.
The Lions will be back in action on March 19 at 5PM as they travel to Belmont, NC to take on Belmont Abbey College in conference play.
For more information on Emmanuel University athletics, visit goeulions.com.
