PITTSBURGH - Chatham Women's Lacrosse (4-4, 0-1) fell to the Marymount Saints (5-5, 0-0) by the score 19-7 on Saturday at UPMC Graham Field.
Junior
Sam Beall-Dennell had a hat trick with five draw controls, four ground balls and two caused turnovers. Graduate student
Bailey Donofrio tallied two goals and an assist with two ground balls and a caused turnover. Senior
Felicia Hutter scored twice and caused a turnover. Freshman
Sarah Holt collected five ground balls and caused two turnovers.
The Saints scored first at 14:05 and never looked back, scoring eight unanswered in the first quarter to take command. Marymount scored the first two of the second period before the Cougars finally got on the board with a goal from Donofrio. Chatham's offense put up three goals in a 3:20 span to make it a 12-4 contest, but couldn't pull closer as Marymount scored two straight and maintained a double-digit lead for the rest of the game. Both teams scored just one goal each in the third quarter before the Saints outscored the Cougars 4-2 in the fourth.
Shot totals were 29-21 in favor of the visitors. Marymount won the draws 19-10 and were 12-13 on clears, while holding Chatham to just 8-18. Each team scored three free-position goals.
Women's Lacrosse travels to Waynesburg on Wednesday to take on the Yellow Jackets.