WESTMINSTER, Md. – Erinn Hopkins (Monrovia, MD/Urbana) netted her first six goals of the season to lead McDaniel in a 17-4 victory over Guilford in non-conference women's lacrosse action on Sunday. Meagan Mattson (Mt. Airy, MD/South Carroll) added three goals and an assist for the Green Terror (2-0), who recorded its most lopsided victory since a 24-11 victory over Haverford in 2002. Carrie Ernst and Jordan Clodfelter led the Quakers (0-3) with two goals each.

Chelsea Ferruzzi (Jenkintown, PA/Jenkintown) converted McDaniel's first shot of the game, finishing a Mattson feed just 1:51 into the game. Nearly a minute and a half later, Connie Wuenschel (Sykesville, MD/South Carroll) hit a free-position attempt to give the Green Terror a 2-0 lead. Michelle Mullen (Pasadena, MD/Chesapeake) finished a Kerrie Wuenschel (Sykesville, MD/South Carroll) feed to make it a 3-0 game at the 4:12 mark.

Hopkins and Lindsey McDonald (Germantown, MD/Germantown) finished solo runs 24 seconds apart to stretch the lead to 5-0 with 6:26 elapsed. Ernst got Guilford on the board at the 9:15 mark, cutting the deficit to 5-1. Mattson hit an eight-meter shot midway through the first period before Hopkins tallied back-to-back markers to push the lead to 8-1.

Ferruzzi and Sarah Mintz (Medfield, MA/Medfield) made it 10-1 before Ernst and Clodfelter netted goals 48 seconds apart to trim the deficit to seven. Mattson scored on either side of the intermission to re-establish a nine-goal advantage before Clodfelter tallied to draw the Quakers within 12-4. Hopkins added three more goals in the final 19:06 of the game, part of a 5-0 Green Terror run over the last 24:11.

Hopkins paced McDaniel with four ground balls and two caused turnovers while adding two of the squad's 15 draw controls. Stephanie Sudbrook (Baltimore, MD/Loch Raven) added four draw controls. McDaniel returns to action at home against Messiah on Wednesday. Game time is 4:00 p.m.

2007-03-04