CHESTER, Pa. – Senior Clark Trowbridge shines in double digit win over Eastern with a new season high and Widener Women's Lacrosse career draw control record.
 
The 20-3 win moves the Pride back to .500 with an 8-8 overall record and 4-2 in the MAC Commonwealth.
 
OF NOTE

• Clark Trowbridge sets new Widener record in career draw controls at 8:00 minute mark in the fourth quarter with 241, passing Amber Bretz's record set in 2022.

BY THE NUMBERS

• Jordyn Edwards, Jessica Mantz, Chloe Mingioni, and Claire Lynch each score a hat-trick.
• Trowbridge sets a new season high in draw controls with 15.
• Edwards and Lynch lead with three caused turnovers a piece.
• Regan Polacek made a save in the cage.
• The Pride took 43 shots (24 on target), went 7-of-8 in clears, won 20 draw controls, and went 4-of-5 in free-position shots.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Pride struck first with a Trowbridge draw control and a Lynch goal. Alyssa Ruggiero snuck in a caused turnover allowing Makayla Cox to snag a ground ball sending the offense on a stretch of shots. Cox saw her first caused turnover at 10:49 allowing Trowbridge to find net on a man-down goal at 9:10. The Pride offense kept rolling with a Chloe Mingioni goal at 7:56 as Lynch fed the ball in. Edwards, Jessica Mantz, and Lynch all saw back-to-back caused turnovers on Eagles' possessions before a good Pride clear and a Ruggiero from Alex Krohn goal. Less than a minute later, Mingioni scored an unassisted goal for her 30^th of the season. Cox forced another turnover at 2:04 before Mantz picked up her first of the game to make it 6-0. Jarliah Ferko's free-position shot found the back of the cage and Edwards and Mingioni closed out the first to head to the second up 9-0.
• Ferko opened the second with a draw control to give the Pride possession. Mantz saw a goal to continue the scoring. Trowbridge would win back-to-back draw controls to inch closer to the Widener record as Ava Leporati and Mantz scored. The Pride defense stood up and forced a clock violation giving Lynch an attacking piece and a goal from Mingioni at 7:34. At 5:37, Polacek saw the only save of the game for the Blue and Gold. Edwards scored a man-down free-position goal at 2:43 to head into half with a Lucia Visalli caused turnover. The Pride were up 14-0.
• The Eagles opened with an attacking position but Lynch snuck in to force a turnover. Edwards scored another man-down goal at 12:03. A scoop and score from Trowbridge made the score 16-0. Back-to-back cards for the Eagles gave Reagan Vidrine her second goal of the season to start a quick string of goals from Lynch and Rylie Christy. The Eagles punched their first goal in with 0:08 left in the third.
• A quiet start to the final 15 of play would open with a Mingioni wide shot and a Trowbridge forced turnover. The Pride defense blocked a free-position shot at 11:56 before Edwards gave possession back to the Blue and Gold with a caused turnover. At the 8:00 minute mark, Trowbridge won her 15^thdraw control of the game to set a new Widener record. Sarah Davidson saw a shot at 5:25 that would be saved. A final goal at 0:28 from Ruggiero would give the Pride a 20-3 win.

UP NEXT
Widener hits the road one last time in the regular season as they head to the 10-6 (4-2 MAC Commonwealth) Stevenson Mustangs. First draw is scheduled for 1 p.m.