Erin Mobley and
Talia Berardo scored five goals each to lead the Wesleyan women's lacrosse team to a 21-7 victory over visiting Emory and Henry College, Saturday.
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Berardo got the Bobcats on the board first with a pair of unassisted goals in the game's first three minutes. But first quarter goals by the Bobcats'
Makenzi Lewellyn (assist to Berardo), Mobly (unassisted), and
Molly Knackstedt (assist to Lewellyn), were countered by four goals from the Wasps' who fielded just 11 players to start the game. Brooklyn Halter scored 2 goals in the first quarter and Mina Hicks and Justyce Jones each scored one. Emory and Henry was down by just a goal going into the second quarter.
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But the Bobcats began to dominate play shortly into the quarter with another fast goal by Berardo with just 28 ticks off the clock. Wesleyan scored another six goals to the Wasps' lone effort to enter the half up 12-5.
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Aiding in the Bobcat win was
Noelle Fuller who added three goals and two assists while Lewellyn, Knackstedt and
Raveena Navalgund each scored twice.
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Wesleyan keeper
Ella Gomez took the win with 5 saves in 60 minutes of net time.
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The Bobcats take off for its first road game on Saturday, Mar. 9 to play Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. The game is scheduled to begin at noon.
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