VERONA, Wis. – For the first time in program history, the Edgewood College women's lacrosse team opened a season with a victory. The Eagles took down Saint Mary's College 16-11 on Saturday afternoon at Edgewood College Field at Reddan Park. Emma Raupp led the Eagles to victory with a whopping 10 goals.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Edgewood College (1-0) and Saint Mary's College (0-1) went toe-to-toe in the opening quarters. The Eagles narrowly edged the Belles in the first quarter, leading 5-4 after the opening 15 minutes of action. The Eagles tacked on six more goals in the second quarter, including three-straight under eight minutes to take a 11-7 lead. Saint Mary's added the final goal before halftime with 1:45 on the clock as the Eagles led 11-8 into the break.
- Raupp scored six of the Eagles 11 goals in the first two quarters, with Rachel Unitan netting the first Eagles goal of 2024. Lily Drinkwine and Natalie Skaife also scored in the second quarter.
- Edgewood College took a commanding 15-10 lead after the third quarter. The Eagles shut down the Belles attack coming out of the break, only allowing two goals. Raupp and Unitan combined for four goals.
- Both the Eagles and Belles only found the back of the net once in the final quarter.
- The Eagles caused 14 turnovers on the afternoon and picked up 35 ground balls.
- Saint Mary's dominated the draw control, collecting 20 compared to 11 for the Eagles.
TOP PERFORMERS
- Raupp led the Eagles with 10 goals, taking 19 shots, 17 on goal. She added one assist, three draw controls, and two caused turnovers.
- Alexis Vogt collected 14 saves on the afternoon, eight coming after halftime.
- Rachel Unitan found the back of the net three times on Saturday.
- Christina Eloe collected eight draw controls, picked up four ground balls and caused two turnovers.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- Raupp tied her career-best and program record of 10 goals in a single game. She owns 80 goals in her career and surpasses former-teammate and now coach Kendra Sanderfoot for the program record in goals.
- The win goes down as the first against Saint Mary's, having lost to the Belles 20-6 in 2022 and 18-4 just a season ago.
THE OPPOSITION
- Alyssa Grant led Saint Mary's with four goals and one assist.
- Cate Krema notched three goals and came up with three draw controls.
- Christiana Singler recorded a goal, an assist, six ground balls, seven draw controls, and two caused turnovers.
UP NEXT
- Edgewood College will host Illinois Wesleyan University on Saturday, March 2. Action is set for 1:00 p.m. from Edgewood College Field at Reddan Park.
