CHESTER, Pa. – Kelly Lynch tied her own school record for assists in a game as the Widener University women's lacrosse team opened the season with a 19-8 win against the Neumann Knights on Wednesday night.
 
HIGHLIGHTS

• Lynch recorded six helpers in the contest, matching the total she had at Eastern on Mar. 25, 2017. The total tied the school record that she jointly holds with Rachel Porter (Apr. 14, 2012 vs. Lycoming) and Meghan Garvey (Apr. 2, 2016 at Hood). She also scored five times in the game, three on free position shots. Her 11 total points were one shy of the school best, which was most recently matched in 2009.
• Melanie Burt led the Pride with six goals in the contest as well as scooping three ground balls.
• Widener held a 19-10 advantage in draw controls in the contest, seven from Lexi Colella and six from Kristi Rohrer.
• Kaylee Horchak and Megan Racioppi led the Blue and Gold with four ground balls each.
• In total seven different players found the back of the net for the Pride. In addition to Bert and Lynch, Meg Steffney had three, Caroline Kelley tallied two and Emma DiGilio, Horchak, and Rohrer each scored one.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Pride jumped on the board early, scoring the first four goals of the contest in a span of 7:45.
• Neumann battled back after a timeout and sliced the lead in half by the midway mark of the period.
• Undaunted, Widener rallied to net the final seven goals of the opening 30 minutes to take an 11-2 lead into intermission.
• The Knights got back into the game, outscoring the Pride 3-1 in the opening five minutes of the second half to chop the lead to 12-5.
• Widener reestablished control of the game, netting three goals in an 86 second span, sending the game into running time at the 22:28 mark of the second stanza.

 
UP NEXT
The Pride travels to Arlington, Va. on Saturday, Feb. 24 to take on the Marymount Saints. Opening draw is scheduled for 2:00 p.m.