Lady Warriors Overpower York
Wallenhorst Notches Career-High Tying Seven Goals

YORK, Pa. --- Lycoming women’s lacrosse sophomore Megan Wallenhorst (Rochester, N.Y./Irondequoit) spearheaded the Lady Warriors’ high-octane attack with a personal career-high tying seven goals in a 15-5 victory over York College on Saturday afternoon.  Lycoming improves to 2-1 in early season play while the Spartans fall to 1-4.

Lycoming’s second year attacker notched four of her goals in the first half to lead the Lady Warriors to a 7-3 halftime edge.  Wallenhorst and freshman Sarah Wingerden (Macedon, N.Y./Palmyra-Macedon) combined for five of the team’s eight second-stanza scores to secure the triumph.

Wallenhorst now boasts 17 goals through the first three games of the season, putting her on pace to far surpass last season’s mark of 41 goals.  Wingerden has made the most of her first three games in blue and gold, notching three more scores against York to give her 10 on the season.  Sophomore Heather Suit (Annapolis, Md./Broadneck) made plays throughout the attacking half of the field, dishing our four assists while scoring two goals of her own.  Freshmen Kelly Mack (New Egypt, N.J./New Egypt), Kelli Morsey (Baltimore, Md./Perry Hall), and Morgan Reale (Phelps, N.Y./DeSales Reg.) continued their strong performances with a goal apiece.  Mack added a pair of assists to her score line while Reale handed out one helper.

Sophomore Kristina Peacock (Webster, N.Y./Webster-Thomas) went the distance between the pipes for the Lady Warriors, coming away with six saves and a half-dozen groundballs in the effort.

Wallenhorst and Mack teamed up for the first goal of the game just 1:42 in for an early 1-0 lead.  A pair of Jaclyn Girsh goals in quick succession put the Spartans head 2-1 with 23:04 to play.  The Lady Warriors responded with five unanswered scores beginning with Mack’s goal in the eighth minute of play.  After assisting on Wingerden’s first score, Suit followed with the first of her tallies before Wallenhorst added two more for a 6-2 advantage.

York’s Megan Bell broke Lycoming’s streak with 16:57 on the clock, marking nine combined goals before the midway point of the half.  As if on cue, the scoring pace slowed to a crawl until Wallenhorst notched the final score of the opening frame with her fourth goal of the game in the 25^th minute.

Goals poured in quickly to open the second half beginning with a score apiece from Suit and Wallenhorst to move the Lady Warriors out to a 9-3 lead.  Lindsay Nixon cut Lycoming’s lead to five, but six successive goals from the blue and gold put the game out of reach for good.

Lycoming is next in action on Monday, March 13, as the Lady Warriors open their home schedule against Rosemont College.  Game time is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. at the Shangraw Athletic Complex.