CHESTER, Pa. – Heavy rain doesn't hold Widener Women's Lacrosse back in a high goal scoring win over Misericordia.
The 17-6 win moves the Pride to 4-5 in the regular season with the first MAC Commonwealth game set for the first weekend in April against Alvernia.
BY THE NUMBERS
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Right out of the first whistle Scott picked up a quick Pride goal from Krohn. Less than a minute later DeHaven would win a draw control to give Trowbridge a goal with 13:50 on the board. A series of turnovers would run four minutes off the clock as the rain would cause problems for both sides. The Krohn to Scott combination worked once more as Scott broke the scoring drought with 9:38 left. DeHaven added the final goal for the Pride after two Pride shots.
- Trowbridge opened the second quarter with a draw control. Another string of turnovers was ended with a Jessica Mantz goal on a free position shot. Trowbridge picked up another draw control win to allow Chloe Mingioni to drive and score her first of the game to make the score 6-2 Pride. Maddie Phillips earned a caused turnover to lead into a good Widener clear and a string of Ruggiero shots. To head into halftime, DeHaven picked up her hat-trick with 12 seconds remaining, the sore was 7-2.
- As the rain began to let up, Scott saw her goal for her hat-trick with 10:57 left on another Krohn-Scott combination. Scott's goal would start a 5-0 run to pick up a running clock. DeHaven caused a turnover to lead into Minigoni's second goal. Ruggiero picked up back-to-back goals within 15 seconds of each other right off the draw control. The score was 11-2. DeHaven ended the run with a goal assisted by Krohn. With a second left, Trowbridge won a draw control and took the ball downfield to score. At the end of three, the Pride led 13-4.
- Reeser entered the field for the fourth in the cage for the Blue and Gold. Scott finished off her day with a goal at 12:25. Reeser's first save came a minute later on a free position shot from the Cougars to lead the transition to DeHaven's final goal of the game. A pile up in front of the cage would earn Reeser five saves within 30 seconds. Ava Leporati took a shot that found net from Lucy Breithaupt for her first of the game. With 4:26 left, Ruggiero saw her hat-trick on a women-up play as Gianna Scaliti sent a pass in. The Pride would end the game with a 17-6 win.
UP NEXT
Widener will hit the road to Collegeville, Pa. to take on the 4-3 (0-0 CENTENNIAL) Ursinus College Bears in a 7 p.m. game.
