Lady Warriors' Streak Hits Three
Strong First Half Leads to League Opening Win
Box Score

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. --- Lycoming women’s lacrosse extended its winning streak to three games with a Middle Atlantic Conference schedule opening 15-12 victory over King’s College on Tuesday afternoon.  The Lady Warriors improve to 4-1 overall, 1-0 in MAC play, while Monarchs fall to 0-2, 0-2.

Lycoming’s scoring prowess continued with eight first half goals on the way to an 8-3 halftime edge.  King’s stepped up its intensity in the second half and outscored the Lady Warriors in the second half, but Lycoming’s early advantage proved too much to overcome by the final whistle.

Freshmen Sarah Wingerden (Macedon, Pa./Palmyra-Macedon) and Kelly Mack (New Egypt, N.J./New Egypt) spurred the Lady Warriors’ attack with four goals apiece.  Wingerden, also with an assist for five total points, notched three of her tallies in the second half while Mack split hers evenly between the frames. 

The sophomore duo Megan Wallenhorst (Rochester, N.Y./Irondequoit) and Heather Suit (Annapolis, Md./Broadneck) continued their assault on opposing net-minders.  Wallenhorst dropped in three more goals to give her 29 on the season while Suit scored twice and assisted on two others to give her 20 helpers on the season.  Freshman Crystal Cody (Rochester, N.Y./Irondequoit) came way with a goal and an assist, and senior Erin Robinson (West Hartford, Conn./Kingswood-Oxford) notched her first goal of the year.

Sophomore keeper Kristina Peacock (Webster, N.Y./Webster-Thomas) had her most productive game of the season coming away with 14 saves.  She stopped nine shots in the first half, helping the Lady Warriors on their way to a five-goal edge.

Wallenhorst got the show started with a pair of goals within the first 1:13 of the game.  King’s tied the score quickly with tallies from Erica Kovats and Lindsay Sabo.

Lycoming broke the game open over the next 16-plus minutes with six unanswered goals.  Suit started the process with her first goal at the 23:55 mark, followed by two quick scores from Mack.  Wallenhorst followed with her third goal and Wingerden with her first before Robinson put the finishing touches on the Lady Warriors’ outburst with 3:47 left to play in the first half.

The Monarch’s Grace King cooled the Lady Warriors’ crosses with her first score just 1:28 prior to the intermission.

King, Sara Alesso, and Michelle O’Brien quickly closed Lycoming’s edge to 8-6 with three goals in the first 4:07 of the second half.  Lycoming, seemingly stunned for a moment, regrouped for its second long scoring run with another six-goal scoring streak.  Mack notched picked up her third goal of the game with 19:54 on the clock to begin the Lady Warriors’ run.  Suit, Wingerden, and Mack followed with three more Lycoming goals covering a span of 1:20 leading for a 12-6 lead.  Cody and Wingerden capped off the effort with two more goals and a 14-6 advantage with 11:51 left to play.

The Monarch’s closed the game in a fury, scoring six times in the final 11 minutes of play, three of which were scored by King.  Wingerden followed a four-goal King’s run with her fourth goal of the game to slow the Monarch’s attack and reaffirm a five-goal edge for Lycoming at 15-10.  King’s added two more before the final whistle.

Lycoming is next in action on Saturday, March 25, as the Lady Warriors travel to FDU-Florham for a MAC showdown.  Game time is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. in Madison, N.J.