CHESTERTOWN, Md. – Visiting Muhlenberg scored five unanswered goals during the first and second quarters and would not trail the rest of the game in an 11-8 win over host Washington College in a Centennial Conference women's lacrosse game on Saturday afternoon at Kibler Field at Roy Kirby Jr., Stadium.  The Mules improve to 9-2 overall and 2-2 in the Centennial, while the Shorewomen drop to 7-5 and 1-3 respectively. 

Muhlenberg 11 Washington College 8

How It Happened
- Washington would take a 3-2 lead with 5:06 to go in the first quarter on a free position goal from Abby Laubach.
- The Mules would respond with the game-decisive 5-0 run to take the lead for good at 7-3 with 7:15 to go in the second quarter.  The first two goals were scored in the first as Emily Vaughan tied it with 1:48 to go on a pass from Lily Seifert and Ava Milia put the visitors in front for the rest of the game, 4-3, with 18 ticks to go.
- Muhlenberg would score the first three of the second to lead 7-3 with 7:15 left before halftime on a Nicole Steiner goal from Jillian Kubikowski.
- WC would get two of the last three goals of the second to cut the lead to 8-5 at halftime with Piper Evans scoring a down goal with 25.9 ticks left.
- In the third quarter, Washington scored the only two goals to trim the deficit to a single goal, 8-7, after three with Anna Wilson scoring Elisabeth Braswell with 1:33 to go.
- WC would open the fourth with four shots to try to tie it in the first 39 seconds of the quarter, but could not tie it.
- On Muhlenberg's next possession, Kubikowski would earn a free position and scored to make it 9-7 with 12:44 to go and would score again with 10:35 left to give the road side a three-goal edge.
- Wilson scored from Laubach with 7:11 left to get it back to two at 10-8, but Milia would answer unassisted with 3:14 remaining to make it 11-8 and provide the final margin.

For The Shorewomen (7-5, 1-3 CC)
- Scoring: Laubach (game-best three assists and five points to tie for contest-high; two goals), Tobin Chambers (game-high three goals), Wilson (two goals)
- In Goal: McKenna Seashole (60:00, 14 saves, 11 goals allowed)
- Chambers, MaryCate Anson and Alexis Tackney (three ground balls), Laubach and Tackney (two caused turnovers)
- WC was 22-for-24 in clears, went 3-for-4 in free position shots and had 20 ground balls.
- The Shorewomen had 19 turnovers while tallying 10 caused turnovers.

For Muhlenberg (9-2, 2-2 CC)
- Scoring: Kubikowski (game-high four goals and five points to tie for tops), Steiner (three goals), Milia (two goals and assist), Seifert (two assists), Vaughan (goal and helper)
- In Goal: Ellison Ervin (45:00, nine saves, seven goals allowed), Meaghan Haughney (15:00, two saves, one goal allowed)
- Melissa Pierpont (game-best seven ground balls), Vaughan (four draw controls and three ground balls)
- Muhlenberg outshot Washington 34-28, won 11 of the game's 21 draws and had 19 ground balls.
- The Mules were 22-for-24 in clears, went 3-for-8 in free position chances and 19 turnovers, causing 11 turnovers.

Notes
- Laubach was named the Goose Nation TV Shorewomen Player of the Game on the broadcast.
- Muhlenberg's Celia Braswell is the older sister of Washington's Elisabeth Braswell.
- Washington has scored 509 all-time goals versus Muhlenberg, the most by the Shorewomen against any opponent.

Up Next
4/13 @ #5 Franklin & Marshall – 12:00 p.m. (Centennial Conference game)