Cresson, Pa. -- Mount Aloysius women's lacrosse defeated Waynesburg this Saturday, February 24th. 

Leaders:

- Katie Figinski (Abingdon, MD, Edgewood) led the Mounties with 6 goals, 3 assists, and 9 draw controls. 
- Goalkeeper Zoe Swank (Romeoville, IL, Romeoville) saved 7 shots.
- Amanda Price (Columbia, Pa., Hempfield) forced 3 turnovers in the contest. 

How It Happened: 

- For the second game in a row, the Mounties would come out with an early goal, leading 1-0 after just 50 seconds of action behind Clara Larios-Soto's (Laurel, MD, Laurel) opening shot. 
- Less than thirty seconds of game time would pass before the Mounties would score again, with Figinski putting in her first of six goals for the game. 
- Two more goals in quick succession would put the Mounties up four less than five minutes into the game.
- Slowing the pace, the Mounties would find it harder to push the ball into their opponent's side of the field, going 1-3 on clear attempts for the rest of the quarter. 
- The second quarter went the way of the Mounties, as the hosts would score five unanswered goals.
- In the closing minutes of the half, Waynesburg would finally put one in to get on the board, but the Mounties would immediately respond, taking a 10-1 lead into halftime. 
- Scoring three goals in the third, the Mounties would give up a free position shot which Waynesburg would convert, putting the score at 13-2 going into the final fifteen minutes. 
- Figinski would score the final goal of the game two minutes into the fourth, with the hosts defending successfully for the rest of the game to take the 14-2 win.

Into The Box Score: 

- Mount Aloysius would take 26 more shots than the visitors for the game. 
- Waynesburg would go 7-18 on clear attempts, while the Mounties would go 10-14

Up Next:

- Mount Aloysius women's lacrosse travels to Greenville, Pa. to take on Thiel this Saturday, March 2nd. Thiel enters the contest 1-0, coming off a 11-10 win over Calvin University.