Box Score



Boxscore
 
ERIE, Pa. – The Kutztown University women's lacrosse team had four different goal scorers, but ran into one of the top teams in the conference in Mercyhurst University on Friday in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) action.  KU dropped the afternoon contest, 20-6.
 
The Golden Bears (3-5 overall, 0-3 PSAC) were led offensively by its senior attacker Leeann Pica (Levittown, PA/Neshaminy) (Levittown, Pa./Neshaminy).  Pica scored three goals against the Lakers (5-3, 3-0) to improve her team-leading season total to 14. 
 
Pica scored the first two goals for Kutztown.  Mercyhurst put in three goals in the opening 2:17, but the pair of Pica goals brought the game to 4-2 with 21:36 remaining in the first half.
 
The Lakers scored four unanswered in the next ten minutes of play until KU freshman Jillian Spencer (Sewell, NJ/Washington Township) (Sewell, NJ/Washington Township) broke the run with her sixth goal of the year.  Sophomore Rosa Buffolino (Monroe Twp., NJ/Monroe Twp) (Monroe Township, NJ/Monroe Township) ended the first half scoring with a goal at the 3:08 mark as KU trailed 11-4 at the half.
 
Pica scored the first goal of the second half just over a minute into play.  Unfortunately, the Lakers rattled off eight straight goals to put the game out of reach.  Sophomore Lauren Schlitt (Baldwin, NY/Oceanside) (Baldwin, NY/Oceanside) scored the final goal of the game and her third of the season with 5:03 to go off an assist from Krystine Beodeker (Dingmans Ferry, PA/Delaware Valley) (Dingmans Ferry, Pa./Delaware Valley).
 
Sophomore JoAnn McLaughlin (Cape May, NJ/Lower Cape) started in goal for KU and made 18 saves with a pair of caused turnovers.
 
Senior Megan Schwar (Alpha, NJ/Phillipsburg) (Alpha, NJ/Phillipsburg) had two opening half assists and leads KU with five this season.  She also had two draw controls.
 
Marisa Kalodner (Havertown, PA/Haverford) (Havertown, Pa./Haverford) and Schlitt each picked up three ground balls.

Ally Keirn, Rebecca Himes, and Alisha Catalino each scored four goals to lead the Lakers.  MU outshot Kutztown, 49-10, as Jenny Perkins picked up the win in net.
 
Kutztown returns to action out west on Saturday as it travels to Gannon (4-3, 2-0) for a PSAC contest.  Game time is set for 7 p.m. and live stats can be found by clicking here.