Women's Lacrosse Routs Howard for first NEC Win of the Season

Washington, D.C.-- The Merrimack College women's lacrosse eased to a win over the Howard University Bison by a score of 18-4 on Saturday morning to notch their first Northeast Conference win of the season.
 

The Basics
Score: 
Howard 4, Merrimack 18
Records: Merrimack (2-7, 1-0 NEC) Howard (0-8, 0-1 NEC)

How It Happened
Merrimack exploded out of the gates as Grace Boneu scored the opening goal for the Warriors less than two minutes into the game, and it seemed with the opening tally the offensive floodgates opened as the Warriors scored six straight after that with Samantha Spieler and Olivia Valdes scoring twice, Boneu scoring her second and Sophie Scearbo adding one too, the Warriors carried a 7-1 lead at the end of the first quarter.
 
In the second half, the pace remained the same as Georgia Parker scored the games next three goals notching the natural hat trick pushing the lead to nine. After Howard scored their second of the afternoon, Spieler and Parker pushed the lead to double digits as the lead was 13-2 at halftime.
 
In the third, the Warriors continued to tack on as Parker, Spieler and Mollie Flanagan put the Warriors up 13 with the final quarter remaining.
 
In the final quarter, Scearbo notched her second of the game and Georgia Parker scored the double hat trick, her sixth of the game to close out the rout.
 
Notes and Numbers

• Georgia Parker scored six goals, a career single game high for her.
• Samantha Spieler scored five goals a career single game high as well.
• Sophie Scearbo, Grace Boneu, and Olivia Valdes all scored two each.
• Mollie Flanagan scored her first goal as a Warrior in the win.

 

Up Next
Merrimack return home on March 22^nd to host Harvard University in the NOSOLO Game. Game time is set for 5 PM.

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