TOWSON, Md. -- The Bridgewater College women's lacrosse team earned its third straight victory after defeating Goucher 18-4 on Saturday afternoon.

THE BASICS
Final Score: Bridgewater 18, Goucher 4
Records: Bridgewater 4-2; Goucher 1-6

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Madeline Magill and Aunnie Hacker connected for the first goal of the contest at the 10:03 mark of the first quarter before the Eagles tallied two more goals in less than two minutes with a strike from Lauren Roberts and a second Hacker-to-Magill connection, 3-0. Kaity Petersheim added a fourth goal before Jenna Entsminger made it 5-0 to end the opening 15 minutes.
• Kena Gresham got a pass from Faith Bartos to start off the second quarter and then Bartos found the back of the net less than a minute later to put the Eagles up 7-0.Petersheim scored off the draw just 20 seconds later to push the lead to 8-0 to start off the contest. Goucher got on the board as Katherine Luetgens tallied a score off a pass from Amaya Locke to make it 8-1, but Roberts responded with another goal minutes later before Ashley Venit put the team up 10-1 going into the break.
• Starting off the second half, Kelli Mullen recorded her first collegiate goal as the senior got a feed from Hacker for the score. Petersheim completed her hat trick for the day with a third goal of the afternon at the 11:33 mark of the period, while Roberts notched her 12th goal in the last three days with just under nine and a half minutes left in the third quarter. Kate Kebrich cut the lead down to 13-2, but Entsminger scored to maintain a 12-goal advantage. Annika Benson found the back of the net with five minutes to go in the third as Entsminger picked up a hat-trick goal at 1:25 in a man-up situation following a yellow card. 
• the Gophers got another one back in the fourth but goals from Grace Pietro and Miranda Coleman kept the BC advantage and led to an 18-4 victory.

GAME STATS

• Petersheim, Roberts and Entsminger all recorded hat tricks in the win, while Petersheim added an assist for a four-point day.
• Magill scored twice and had an assist and Hacker had three assists in the win.
• Bartos, Venit, Pietro, Benson, Mullen, Gresham and Coleman also recorded points in the victory.
• Bartos snagged five draw controls, while Roberts, Magill and Caris Cianelli grabbed three each.
• Roberts moves into second place in program history with 156 career draw controls.
• Roberts, Magill, Livy Daniels and Olivia Lawrence all caused a pair of turnovers, while Bartos, Venit, Mullen, Petersheim, Coleman, Aubrey Beale and Julia Mohler recorded one CT.
• Tavin Krick led the way with two ground balls. 
• Rachael Robinson made four saves in all 60 minutes between the pipes.
• Bridgewater outshot the Gophers 33-12 and held a 11-10 edge in ground balls. 
• This is Bridgewater's third straight win and fourth on the year. Ironically, the Eagles have scored 18 goals in every victory this season.

UP NEXT
Bridgewater returns home to face Juniata on Wednesday, March 15 at 4 pm.