Posted: Apr 09, 2016
CHICAGO, Ill. - The Illinois Institute of Technology women's lacrosse team continued its strong play on Saturday afternoon with a dominating performance. Tech won its third straight match and four Midwest Women's Lacrosse Conference contest of the season with an 18-0 defeat of Cornell College.
Records
- Tech 8-3, 4-1
- Cornell 0-10, 0-5
How it Happened
- Cassandra Reineke began the scoring with her first goal of the season, scoring just 23 seconds into the match.
- The Scarlet Hawks would tally five more times prior to the 20:00 mark. Three of those goals came from Isabel Fitzpatrick-Meyers.
- Five goals from five different Scarlet Hawks rounded out the first-half scoring, as Tech went into halftime up 11-0. The 11 goals are the most the Scarlet Hawks have scored in a half this season.
- The second half began like the first, as Sarah Colby scored just over three minutes in.
- Tech would score six more times in the second half courtsey of five different players.
Scarlet Hawk Standouts
- Fitzpatrick-Meyers tallied six times to go along with an assist and three groundballs.
- Colby (three goals) and Madison Meredith (two goals) also found the back of the next multiple times to go along with an assist a piece. Meredith led the team with five draw controls.
- Isabella Rubin, Sarah Maciorowski, Mimi Hoeller, Reineke, Heather Bennett, Briana Villagrana, and Jennifery Young all scored once. Hoeller, Reineke, Villagrana, and Young all scored for the first time this season.
- Abbie Reynolds moved to 5-2 on the season in net.
Stats to Know
- Tech outshot the Rams 29-2.
- The Scarlet Hawks were a perfect 11-of-11 on clears. Cornell was 5-of-13.
- Tech won the battle in turnovers (11-22), draw controls (13-4), and ground balls (21-12).
Game Quote
- "It's a team effort," said Fitzpatrick-Meyers on the victory. "We had a lot of assists today. We working on a ot of plays today that focused more on setting up assists and less on drives."
Up Next
- The Scarlet Hawks will host Hamline tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. in a nonconference match at Stuart Field. Live audio, video, and stats will be available. The live audio will be provided by Illinois Media School.