La PLUME, Pa. – Keystone women's lacrosse hosted Notre Dame of Maryland for its Colonial States Athletic Conference home opener, but the Gators got the best of the Giants, 18-8, Saturday afternoon at the Turf Field Athletic Complex.
The Gators sprawled out to a 7-0 lead through the end of the first period before Krista Strausser (Danville, Pa./Danville) scored off an assist from Maria Tomada (Buenos Aires, Argentina/San Vicente de Paul) to break the scoring drought at the top of the second quarter.
Meaghan Drennan (Drums, Pa./Hazleton Area) and Riley Hayes (Alexandria, Va./Edison) added goals —first of Drennan's career — to stay within striking distance at 8-3, but NDMU netted three more to close out the half before putting the game out of reach with four more scores in the third period.
Keystone fell to 0-2 in CSAC play (0-8 overall) while Notre Dame of Maryland improved to 2-1 CSAC, 4-4 overall.
Inside The Box Score
- Strausser led the Giants with six goals and now ranks in the CSAC top five of goals per game with 5.00. The senior also won four draw controls, collected four ground balls and had two caused turnovers.
- Tomada assisted on two scores and won 10 draw controls with four caused turnovers and two ground balls.
- Sara Morales led Notre Dame MD by doing a little bit of everything: six goals scored, four assists, five draw controls won, two caused turnovers and three ground balls.
- Brooke Siebert followed with five scores, a pair of assists, four draw control wins, six caused turnovers and four ground balls.
- Sarah Generoso had four scores and Jade Stewart had four assists with each winning a pair of draw controls for the Gators.
- NDMU had 26 shots on goal while Keystone took 17.
- Both teams came up empty with three free-position attempts, but the Gators also scored on four additional attempts.
What's Next
- Keystone will be back home Tuesday, April 12 to host Centenary (0-2 CSAC, 1-3 overall) at 4 p.m.
- Notre Dame of Maryland will play at Cedar Crest (0-1 CSAC, 1-4 overall) on April 12.
