WASHINGTON- The #13 Catholic University's women's lacrosse team earned their fourth consecutive win on Wednesday afternoon, defeating #16 St. Mary's College (Md.) 16-11 at Cardinal Stadium. With the win, CUA improves to 5-2 on the year, while St. Mary's drops to 6-2.

Leading the offensive attack were Katie Miller (Walkersville, Md./Walkersville High) and Laura Haring (Mt. Sinai, N.Y./Mt. Sinai ), each recording three goals in the victory. Junior Kate Robinson (Emmitsburg, Md./Catoctin ) also had a stellar night for the Cards, tallying two goals, four assists, and four groundballs. Katie Buonpastore (Lansdale, Pa./Lansdale Catholic) and Mary Swarthout (Rockville, Md./Our Lady of Good Counsel) each chipped in two goals and one assist apiece.

Swarthout also scooped up 9 groundballs. Lindsay Bitonti (North Potomac, Md./Our Lady of Good Counsel) was a tough defensive force with three caused turnovers, while goaltender Melissa Brashear (Pittsburgh, Pa./Oakland Catholic ) garnered ten saves.

St. Mary's opened up the scoring with a Nora Fallon-Oben goal just 40 seconds into the game. CUA's Robinson responded by converting off of a pass from Kelly Ryan (Levittown, N.Y./MacArthur), immediately followed by Haring's goal at the 20 minute mark. The lead shifted between both teams for the next twenty minutes, but a Buonpastore goal gave the Cards a 7-6 advantage by the end of the half.

CUA kept the offensive fire going, scoring three goals to open up the second half. St. Mary's answered with two goals of their own, but the Cards offensive prowess proved too much for the Sea Hawks to handle. Swarthout ended the night by blasting a shot past St. Mary's goalie Colleen Simpson, giving CUA the 16-11 advantage as the game came to an end.

The squad looks to continue their winning ways when they travel to Stevenson on Saturday, March 21st. Game time is set for 4:00 p.m.

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Washington, D.C. – The 13th-ranked Catholic University women's lacrosse team extended its win streak to five games in a row as the Cardinals notched a 16-11 victory over No. 16 St. Mary's College of Maryland Wednesday afternoon in non-conference action.

Junior attacker Laura Haring (Mt. Sinai, N.Y./Mt. Sinai) and freshman Katie Miller (Walkersville, Md./Walkersville) paced the Cardinal offense with three goals apiece, while junior midfielder Kate Robinson (Emmitsburg, Md./Catoctin) tallied a game-high six points on two goals and four assists.

St. Mary's (6-2) struck first at 24:19 as junior attacker Nora Fallon-Oben (Silver Spring, Md./St. John's College [D.C.]) converted a feed from senior midfielder Allie Zerhusen (Cockeysville, Md./Park). The Cardinals then responded with a pair to claim a short-lived 2-1 advantage at 20:32. The Seahawks notched three in a row to regain the lead before Catholic answered with two to knot the game at 4-all at 11:57. A pair of St. Mary's goals sandwiched a Miller goal for the visitors' last lead at 7:53 (6-5).

Robinson initiated a 5-0 run that carried into the second half as the Cardinals (5-2) posted a 7-6 halftime advantage. The home team staked a 10-6 lead with 25:07 left in the game as sophomore attacker Katie Buonpastore (Lansdale, Pa./Lansdale Catholic) scored twice in the 5-0 run.

The Seahawks came within 10-8 at 23:38 following goals by senior attacker Emily Norris (Timonium, Md./Dulaney) and sophomore midfielder Aubrey Mirkin (Ashton, Md./Sherwood) but St. Mary's would get no closer as Catholic closed out the game on a 6-3 run.

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