Bennett Notches Career-Highs in Assists, Points and Draws; Team Ties Mark for Most Free Position Goals in a Game

ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Lead host Muhlenberg 10-8 in the second half, visiting Washington College took control of the contest with a 7-0 run to register a 19-12 road win on Saturday afternoon at Scotty Wood Stadium in Centennial Conference women's lacrosse action.  The Shorewomen improve to 4-3 overall and 3-2 in the conference, while the Mules are 1-4 in overall and Centennial play.

Washington College 19 Muhlenberg 12

How It Happened
- Muhlenberg took its last lead of the afternoon, 6-5, with 14:23 left in the first half on an unassisted goal by Taliah Carson.
- Sydney Allender would answer 51 seconds later to tie it at 6-6 from Olivia Miller and Miller would put the Shorewomen ahead for good at 7-6 with 11:39 to go in the opening half on a pass from Anna Bennett in an up situation.
- Morgan Sutherland made it 8-6 with 7:34 left in the half and Bennett capped the first half scoring with 4:15 left to make it 9-6 at halftime.  Both goals on the free position.
- Colleen Keefe scored Washington's fifth straight goal to open the second half scoring 3:05 in to make it 10-6 and that was also a free position tally.
- The Mules netted two goals in 25 seconds to trim the lead to 10-8 with 25:11 remaining on an Emily Gaffney goal from Carson.  Samantha Eynon cashed in on a free position 25 ticks earlier to end the WC run.
- Abby Laubach began the decisive 7-0 run for the Shorewomen with 22:18 left on a free position and then scored the next goal with 18:53 to go on a pass from Bennett to make it 12-8 for the guests.  Bennett, who had three helpers during the run, found Miller with 12:29 to go in the contest to cap the run and give WC a 17-8 cushion.
- Muhlenberg scored four of the final six goals of the contest to provide the final margin.

For The Shorewomen (4-3, 3-2 CC)
- Scoring: Bennett (career-highs of five assists and eight points; three goals), Miller (three goals and one assist), Allender (career-topping three goals; one assist), Keefe (three goals), Ellie Morrall and Laubach (two goals and assist), Sutherland (two goals), Ashley Devlin (two assists)
- In Goal: Sydney Wingate (60:00, four saves, 12 goals)
- Bennett (career-topping 10 draw controls), Laubach (six ground balls to set personal-high)  
- The Shorewomen outshot the hosts 42-22, won 21 of the game's 33 draw controls and had eight caused turnovers.
- WC went 13-for-13 in clears, went 7-for-11 in free position shots and picked up 20 ground balls.

For Muhlenberg (1-4, 1-4 CC)
- Scoring: Eynon (three goals and one assist), Ariella Lerner (three goals), Carson (two goals and one assist), Lauren Sammarro (one goal and two assists), Madeline Dill (two goals), Gaffney (goal and assist)
- In Goal: Lexi Siegel (60:00, 13 saves, 19 goals, four ground balls)
- Eynon (four draw controls)
- The Mules went 13-for-20 in clears and had three more turnovers than WC, 20-17.
- Muhlenberg went 3-for-4 in free position chances, totaled 12 ground balls and recorded eight caused turnovers.

Notes
- The team's seven free position goals tied the program record as the Shorewomen also scored seven against St. Mary's (Md.) on March 20, 2017.
- Bennett is the second WC player to win 10 or more draws in a single game this season as Laubach won 11 at Ursinus on April 3. 
- With her 10 draws, Bennett moved up to third all-time in program history with 154 career draw controls. She passed Katherine Vincent '17 (148) and Janet Studdiford '04 (153) this afternoon.
- In three conference road games this season where they went 3-0, the Shorewomen outscored their opponents, 54-15.

Up Next
5/1 v. Dickinson – 3:00 p.m. (Centennial Conference Game)
- Senior Day
- Home and season finale.