(SYLVANIA, Ohio.) - The women's lacrosse team at Thomas More defeated Lourdes on Monday night (April, 3rd) by a score of 15 to 8. The Saints improve to an overall record of 5-7 on the season. This marks the 4th straight victory for Thomas More. Seven different Saints scored in the contest.
- Junior Mckenzie Mobley (Harrison, Ohio / Harrison) got the Saints started with a goal off an assist from first year Meg Pierani (Bright, Ind. / Mercy McAuley). (1-0)
- Lourdes would respond with a goal to tie it up. (1-1)
- Junior Madi Carle (Cincinnati, Ohio / Mercy McAuley) scored her 20th goal of the season to put the Saints back out in front. (2-1)
- Lourdes answered with 2 goals to take the lead. (2-3)
- First year Sarah Metz (Middletown, Ohio / Little Miami) scored off a pass from sophomore Gracey Robinson (Lebanon, Ohio / Lebanon) to tie the game at 3. (3-3)
- Madi Carle would score her second goal of the game to retake the lead for Thomas More. (4-3)
- Junior Kendra Yurt (Louisville, Ky. / Mercy) scored an unassisted goal to extend the TMU lead. (5-3)
- Sarah Metz again scores off a Gracey Robinson assist to make it a 3 goal game. (6-3)
- Lourdes scored with 10 minutes to go in the half to make it a 2 goal game. (6-4)
- Meg Pierani would score her first goal of the evening to put it back to a 3 goal game. (7-4)
- Gracey Robinson found both Mckenzie Mobley and first year Rachel Blevins (Cincinnati, Ohio / Oak Hills) for goals to extend the lead. (9-4)
- Gracey Robinson then followed with a goal of her own to push the lead to 6. (10-4)
- Meg Pierani ended the half with a goal off another Gracey Robinson assist. (11-4)
- Mckenzie Mobley got the second half started with a goal for Thomas More. (12-4)
- Gracey Robinson collects two more assists as Kendra Yurt and Meg Pierani both score goals. (14-4)
- Lourdes would score 2 goals to open the 4th quarter. (14-6)
- Sarah Metz scores her third goal of the game for Thomas More. (15-6)
- Lourdes scored two more goals before time expires. (15-8)
- Gracey Robinson led the Saints with 8 total points. Which included a goal and 7 assists. Her 7 assists breaks the program's single game assist record.
- Madi Carle recorded 2 goals to go along with a team high 4 caused turnovers, and a team high 8 ground balls.
- Kendra Yurt scored 2 goals and had 5 draw controls for the Saints.
- Sarah Metz recorded 3 goals for Thomas More.
- Meg Pierani tallied 3 goals, and an assist in the contest.
- Mckenzie Mobley scored 3 goals to go with 3 draw controls in the game.
Women's lacrosse return to action on Thursday (April, 6th) when they travel to Hanover, Indiana to take Hanover. That game is set to begin at 4:00 PM ET.
