HAVERFORD, Pa. - The Haverford College women's lacrosse team (2-1) displayed a comprehensive performance in a 18-6 victory over Albright (1-2) on Wednesday afternoon at Swan Field. Haverford had 10 different players tally a goal, went a perfect 17-for-17 in clears, and caused 18 turnovers while holding the Lions to just 12-22 in clear attempts.
Hailey Morris and Julia Pascarella each recorded three goals on the afternoon while Callie Crawford, Katharine Ference, Roma Hladky and Olivia DiRienz added two each. Defender Anna Meyers had a standout game, grabbing four ground balls and recording the first two assists of her collegiate career.
Haverford began the contest on a 7-1 run, with Morris tallying twice in the stretch before Ference found Pascarella to extend the lead to 6-1 with 15:04 to go. Just one minute later, Ference scored off a feed from Julia Manetta, and Haverford found itself up by six. Following a free-position goal from the visitors, Haverford rattled off five more goals to take a commanding 12-2 lead into the halftime intermission.
Out of the second half gates, Haverford added another strike from Maeve Gaffney before Abigail Hai tallied twice for the Lions to briefly pause the running clock protocol. The Fords then scored five of the final seven goals of the contest, with Lia Herzig finding Sam Silverman for a goal as both players recorded the first points of their collegiate careers with 12:54 to play. Nancy Tucker then tallied an unassisted strike for her first career goal with 7:10 remaining in the contest.
All three goalies saw time between the pipes for the Fords, with Amelia Slade getting the start. Slade made one save and was followed by Sarah Cahn, who got the second half assignment and stopped three shots before giving way to Tatiana Lathion for the final nine plus minutes of game action. Lathion made a pair of saves in relief work.
Haverford had a bevy of players stuff the staff sheet as Crawford had a game-best four caused turnovers and scooped a ground ball. DiRienz and Eliza Brosgol each had four draw controls, while nine different Fords had multiple ground balls to pace an effort that scooped 28 total.
Haverford was facing Albright for the first time in program history. The Fords will now face a quick turnaround, welcoming Scranton to Swan Field for a 12 p.m. opening draw on Saturday, March 7. The Fords then head out for a spring break excursion with two road games next week, at St. Mary's (Md.) and Christopher Newport.