GWYNEDD VALLEY, Pa. - Marymount women's lacrosse powered past the Griffins of Gwynedd Mercy handily on Wednesday evening, 24-5.

With the win, the Saints improve to 7-6 overall on the season, 2-1 in AEC action.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The first quarter was all Marymount, as the Saints put eight unanswered goals into the net to take a commanding lead.
• Riley Love found Kaylee Heath for back-to-back goals to open up the game.
• Love found Jillian Blair at the 7:03 mark of the first quarter to put the Saints up 3-0 and garner momentum.
• Tess Valentino and Bailey Gehler each scored a pair through the remainder of the first quarter.
• Taylor Chepren dished a pass to Natalia Ortiz to open the second quarter and push the Saints' lead to nine.
• After a goal from the Griffins, the Saints went on to five unanswered to close out the half, putting the score at 14-1.
• Gehler and Love traded spots in their scoring efforts to kick off the second half of play, each notching a goal and an assist apiece.
• Lawson Kopfinger got on the board, followed by back-to-back goals from Ortiz to finish off the third.
• The teams knotted up at four goals a pop to finish out the fourth quarter and give the Saints the win.
• Gehler led the way in the contest with nine points on five goals and four assists. She added three ground balls, two caused turnovers, and eight draw controls.
• Love put up another solid performance, notching eight points on two goals and six assists. 
• Ortiz notched five goals on the evening with a ground ball and two draws.
• Chepren put up five points on her five assists.
• Abby Dunn had seven draws, four ground balls, and three caused turnovers.
• Valentino put four in the net for the Saints.
• Heath added her four goals.
• Jillian Blair had two goals and two assists for four points.
• Anna Geiger and Kopfinger each added a goal in the decisive win.
• Megan Edens had four draws, two ground balls, and a caused turnover.
• Brooke Bretney notched two assists, a ground ball, and a caused turnover.
• Riglee Flohr notched an assist.

UP NEXT

• The Saints will head to Centenary this Saturday, looking to keep up their winning ways against the Cyclones at 3 PM.