KUTZTOWN, Pa. – Sam Graf (Wayne, N.J./Wayne Hills) set a new program record for goals in a season and Jenna Blesson (Sparta, N.J./Lenape Valley Regional) finished with 11 saves in net as No. 10 Kutztown women's lacrosse kept its win streak going and took down Millersville 18-8 in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Eastern Division game at Keystone Field on senior day Saturday.
 
The Golden Bears (13-2 overall, 9-1 PSAC) won for the sixth time in-a-row and clinched at least the second seed in the East in the PSAC Tournament, with the opportunity to earn the top seed still in play.
 
Prior to the game, head coach Kristen Nicholsen and the KU athletic department recognized five seniors, including Madeline Anemone (West Caldwell, N.J./James Caldwell), Kelly Askins (Galloway, N.J./Absegami), Emma Meakim (Hatboro, Pa./Upper Moreland), Shannon Lake (Medford, N.Y./Patchogue-Medford) and Robin Spector (Northfield, N.J./Mainland Regional).
 
Graf netted a game-high six goals and added an assist for a seven-point game. She now has 61 goals this season which breaks the KU record for goals in a season, which was 60 by Mary Ann Botto in 1982.
 
Lake also had a big day on senior day, finishing with five goals and an assist.
 
Kutztown was never really threatened in this one, scoring three first quarter goals and holding the Marauders (4-10, 2-8) scoreless for the first 21:10 of the game and held a 5-0 lead by that point. KU went up by as many as seven (8-1) and took an 8-3 lead into halftime.
 
The Maroon and Gold kept their lead at either seven or eight throughout the third quarter until they finally broke through into a double figure lead in the fourth quarter and were able to enact a running clock the rest of the way.
 
Lailah ElBouazzaoui (Bridgewater, N.J./Bridgewater-Raritan) recorded a hat trick with three goals and added an assist. Meakim tallied a goal and two assists and Olivia Eilbacher (Cherry Hill, N.J./Camden Catholic), Katie Yocum (Hanover, Pa./South Western) and Madison Wenner (Marmora, N.J./Ocean City) rounded out the scoring with a goal each. Cyrose Conteh (Elizabethtown, Pa./Elizabethtown) won a team-best six draw controls.
 
Kutztown has its final home regular season game on Wednesday, May 1, when it hosts fellow nationally-ranked West Chester at 3 p.m., from Keystone Field. The Golden Rams gave the Golden Bears their only conference loss of the season to date, a 16-9 defeat back on April 3.

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