Moravian Women's Lacrosse Rolls Past Alvernia

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Greyhounds won their final home match of the season and assured the program its first-ever winning season with a 25-10 non-conference victory over Alvernia College on the HUB Quad. Moravian is now 9-6 on the year with one contest remaining. In the first five years of the program, the Greyhounds had never won more than three matches, and the 25 goals against Alvernia mark a single match record. Moravian also had a record 12 different players score a goal in the match.

Moravian jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead on goals by senior attack Jessica Bodine and sophomore midfielder Lynda Kauffman. However, the Crusaders answered right back to tie the contest at 2-2. The Greyhounds would net the next six goals to build an 8-2 lead before Alvernia scored three straight to cut the Moravian advantage to 8-5. The Greyhounds netted the next four goals to lead 12-5 at halftime. The Crusaders put the first goal in of the second half but would not get any closer. Moravian had a 59-27 advantage in shots, a 37-22 edge in ground balls and a 21-15 edge in draw controls.

Senior midfielder Erica Spatz led the Greyhounds with five goals and two assists for 17 points. Her fifth and final goal was the 100th of her career, the third player in school history to reach 100 career goals. She also tied the school mark with 20 career assists. Bodine and sophomore attack Jillian Pagliei each had three goals and an assist for Moravian while Kauffman netted three goals to reach the 50-goal plateau for her career. Sophomore midfielder Paige Warbrick had two goals and an assist while senior midfielder Casey Simpson and junior attack Georgia Castellano each had two goals.

Sophomore defender Brittany Deiling and freshman midfielder Maureen Helfers each had a goal and an assist for the Greyhounds while senior defender Robyn Klem, freshman midfielder Sarah Carman and sophomore defender Katie Wise each found the back of the net once for Moravian. Spatz led Moravian with five ground balls and four draw controls while Wise had four ground balls and five draw controls. Carman contributed four draw controls and three ground balls while Deiling had three draw controls. Klem and Simpson each had four ground balls in their final home match while senior defender Marissa Moore added three ground balls. Sophomore goalie Courtney Rosenberg made ten saves for the Greyhounds.

Felicia Sippel and McKenna Shafer each scored four goals for Alvernia while Katie O'Brien had two goals while Brittany Veith added an assist for the Crusaders. O'Brien had seven ground balls while Sippel had six draw controls and four ground balls. Veith added five draw controls. Amanda Odenwalt started in goal for Alvernia and had two saves while Janelle Fulmer made 14 saves in 47 minutes of action.