FOREST GROVE, Ore.—Four players scored four or more goals, to help Lewis & Clark College women's lacrosse score a program-record 20 goals in their 20-6 road win over Pacific University.Â
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THE BASICS
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Lewis & Clark 20, Pacific 6
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HOW IT HAPPENED
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The Pioneers scored four or more goals in every quarter and jumped out to a 12-2 halftime lead over the hosts Boxers. With the win, Lewis & Clark improved to 4-0 against Northwest Conference teams this season. All of the contests this year have been non-conference matchups.Â
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First year
Mack Searle led the Pioneers with five goals on six shots. She added three draw controls and one ground ball.Â
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Sophomore
Sage Swegle added a team-high six points. Swegle notched four goals and a team-high two assists. The midfielder tacked on two controls.Â
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Junior
Kate Meinhard and sophomore
Finley Allen each added four goals. Meinhard pitched in an assist, a career-high 11 draw controls and three ground balls. Allen registered a career-high four goals on four shots on target, to go along with two draw controls.Â
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Sophomores
Aviana Gonzales (two goals) and
Evelyn Burnett (one goal) combined for the final three goals. Sophomore
Ally Vargas-Buell added on an assist.Â
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First year goalie
Kaitlin McRae made two saves to move to 4-1 on the season.Â
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Lewis & Clark jumped all over the Boxers from the opening draw control. The Pioneers scored four goals in the opening 4:05 and six goals in the first quarter. Swegle (13:54) and Allen (13:37) made it 2-0 within 90 seconds. Gonzales and Burnett added goals 61-seconds apart to make it 4-0 just 4:05 into the game.Â
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Swegle completed her hat trick late in the first quarter. She scored goals at 4:10 and 3:35 to make it 6-1.Â
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Searle opened the scoring in the second quarter, before Pacific's Jasmyn Zimmerman cut the deficit to 7-2. Lewis & Clark would score five answered goals before halftime. Meinhard posted back-to-back goals to start the run. Allen and Searle scored 2:04 apart and Meinhard added her third goal of the quarter with 1:43 to go before halftime.Â
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After outscoring the Boxers 6-1 in each of the first two quarters, Lewis & Clark doubled up Pacific (4-2) in each of the final two quarters.Â
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Searle posted three of her five goals in the second half, with Allen tacking on two of her own.Â
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BY THE NUMBERS
- Lewis & Clark's 20 goals are a new program-record for a single-game. The Pioneers scored 19 goals against Pacific Lutheran University in a 19-2 win on March 1.Â
- The Pioneers also registered a program-record 18 caused turnovers in the win.Â
- Meinhard's 11 draw controls are the second-most in program history. Sophomore Lauren Elliott won 14 draw controls last season against Mount Union.Â
- Lewis & Clark outshot Pacific 31-10 and won 20 of the 28 draw controls.Â
- Swegle has score four or more goals in five of the team's first six games and leads Lewis & Clark with 23 goals in six contests (3.833 per game).Â
- Vargas-Buell posted her first assist/point of the season and her third collegiate assist. Â
WHO'S NEXTÂ
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Lewis & Clark will host University of Wisconsin-River Falls on Thursday night at 7 p.m.Â