Wolverines Roar Past Women's Lax

Kaitlin Sommer

DOVER, Del. - Host Wesley College sent Shenandoah University down to its fourth straight women's lacrosse defeat with a 21-8 non-league victory over the Hornets Saturday afternoon at Scott Miller Stadium.

Wesley (6-5) won its fourth straight contest as it jumped all over the Hornets (1-5) for 15 first-half goals.

The Wolverines scored their initial tally at 28:37 and scored five more times in the next 6:39 to take a 6-0 lead by the 21:58 mark.

Freshman Kierra Nicholson broke up this string for the hosts with her tally off of a Sara Mucciaro assist, but SU would get no closer than four goals the rest of the way.

Shenandoah cut it to that four-goal margin when Nicholson and Mucciaro scored 32 seconds apart in the game's 13th minute; WC erased any thoughts of an SU comeback by answering this run by scoring eight straight times.

Mucciaro led the visitors with three goals and one assist for four points and also chipped in three draw controls.

The Wolverines outshot SU 33-21 for the game and also won the groundball battle 32-27.

SU won 16 of the game's 30 draws, including 12 of 20 in the first half. Danielle Lawson made seven saves in the losing effort.

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Shenandoah is back in action on Thursday in a non-league game at Bridgewater.