Mercer Cruises Past George Washington in 19-7 Win

Tuesday, March 7

Washington, D.C

1 PM

Mercer University

3-1, 0-0

George Washington

0-5, 0-0

Mercer

George Washington

Mercer Cruises Past George Washington in 19-7 Win

3/7/2023 3:55:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

Urey’s six goals; 10 different goal scorers power offense

Washington, D.C. – The Mercer women's lacrosse team scored a season-high 19 goals, led by Shannon Urey's six goals to power past George Washington 19-7 Tuesday afternoon.

The Bears outshot George Washington 36-17, and had 11 different goal scorers.

Mercer took advantage of its man-up opportunities scoring seven goals with an extra attacker.

Mercer also won the draw controls 22-8. Erin Degnan had a season-high 11 draw controls and two ground balls to go with three goals.

Shannon Urey's six goals were a game-high as she now has scored at least three goals in all four games to begin the season.

Maddi Koury was also one of three Mercer players to score a hat trick in the game and she also had one assist to go with her three-goal afternoon.

Mercer goalie Kate Vanderlinde made seven saves with a .500 save percentage.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Mercer got out to a fast start scoring four goals in the opening six minutes of the game to take a 4-1 lead. Gabby DiVirgilio's first goal of the season made it 6-1 Mercer after the first quarter.

Goals from Maddi Koury and Kayla Soltys (man-up) 18 seconds apart gave Mercer a 10-4 lead going into halftime.

Mercer continued its strong play in the second half, outscoring George Washington 9-3 over the final two quarters.

Degnan got things started offensively for the Bears scoring Mercer's first two goals of the second half to extend Mercer's lead to 12-5.

With Mercer leading 13-6 late in the third quarter, Katie Giglio's first goal of the season started a 6-1 scoring run to end the game for Mercer.

NOTABLES

Shannon Urey's six goals are a career-high for her in a game surpassing last year's season opener against Oregon when she scored five goals.
George Washington had just 17 shots, the fewest the Bears have allowed so far this season.
Sophomore Krissy Rael scored her first career collegiate goal in the fourth quarter.
Mercer had 31-of-36 shots on goal for an .861 shots on goal percentage.

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