By Alex Kurtz Sports Editor
The Susquehanna women’s lacrosse team cruised to a 15-4 victory on the road over DeSales on March 22.
Susquehanna jumped out to an 6-1 lead in the first ten minutes of the game, before taking an 8-1 lead into the halftime break.
The River Hawks dominated DeSales on the offensive end, as they outshot the Bulldogs 36-20.
Junior attacker Caroline Rabiecki led the offensive push for the River Hawks with five goals on the afternoon.
Freshman goalkeeper Libby Dex made 10 saves on the 14 shots she faced and took home her fourth win of the season.
Defensively, Susquehanna was also strong as DeSales was limited to seven shots in the second half. They also forced 24 turnovers and picked up 29 ground balls.
DeSales also had a tough time on clear attempts, only managing to clear four out of 12 attempts, whereas Susquehanna effeciently converted 15-27 clear attempts.
Junior midfielder Brooke Burnett led the River Hawks with three turnovers on the afternoon.
Scoring was kicked off just three minutes into the contest with Rabiecki’s first goal of the game, but DeSales answered almost immediately to tied the score at 1-1.
Susquehanna scored their first goal in an eventual seven-goal run just a minute later. Rabiecki scored her second in the run, and freshman midfielder Mel Barracato and senior attacker Liv Cohn scored two goals as well.
DeSales stopped the bleeding for a moment with two scores on free-postion shots in three minutes, but the River Hawks responded with another run, this time scoring five goals.
Cohn and Barracato each added another goal to give them each a hat trick, and freshman attackers Christine Hoerman and Stephanie Dowling added a goal of their own in the late run.
With the win, the River Hawks improve to 4-3 on the season while DeSales falls to 2-5.
Susquehanna will open up Landmark Conference play Saturday, March 25 at home against Elizabthtown. The game starts at 1 p.m. Last year the River Hawks earned a 4-2 record in the conference.
