The LU women’s lacrosse team picked up their first win of 2014 in a big way on Sunday, beating Delaware State 23-3 in Farmville. The win came after their scheduled Friday game at Elon was postponed due to the snow and ice that swept through the South last week.
It was dominance from start to finish for the Lancers (1-1) against the Hornets, as LU scored 13 goals in the first half alone. Katie McHugh scored her first goal of the day at 28:46 before Delaware State tied it 25 seconds later. It wouldn’t be tied for long, however, as McHugh scored off of a Kacey Norwood assist less than a minute later.
After that, the floodgates opened as Longwood scored seven goals over roughly ten minutes of play. Seven Lancers scored in the first half as they took a 13-1 lead into halftime. It didn’t get any tougher in the second half, as five goals in the first eight minutes only increased the Lancer advantage.
Cris Glenn and Emily Etkins both scored in the second half for DSU – Etkins’ goal in the second half was her second of the day – but it was virtually for naught and a total of ten Longwood players found the net.
Head Coach Elaine Jones said, “I’m really pleased with the overall effort today. I think it was a great team effort. Anytime you have ten different goal scorers and six different assisters, it shows a very balanced team effort. I thought we did a good job defensively, as well. Shiloh McKenzie hustled, especially in the midfield, and was instrumental in causing turnovers and getting to ground balls.”
Longwood also led in assists 16-0, shots 42-12, ground balls 25-12 and draw controls 15-13. Christian Acker made three saves in the winning effort. McHugh had six goals followed by Norwood with four and Rachel DiGiulian and Sarah Butler with three. Lauren Prasnicki led the team with seven assists.
Thanks to their numbers, the Lancers swept the Big South Conference weekly awards this week with Norwood getting Offensive Player of the Week, McKenzie Defensive Player of the Week and DiGiulian being named Freshman of the Week.
Up next for the team is a home game against Virginia Tech out of the ACC, and it is currently scheduled to be the team’s only game between now and spring break.
