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Golden Bears Erupt for 14 First-Half Goals in 19-2 Crushing of University of Dallas

Box Score IRVING, Texas--Senior Shelby Trebbe led all scorers with five goals and seven points, and junior Kaitlynn Stevens pumped in four goals, as visiting Western New England pinned a 19-2 non-conference win Friday evening the over University of Dallas in the first women's lacrosse meeting between the schools. The Golden Bears remain unbeaten at 6-0 while the Lady Crusaders fall even to 4-4 on the season.

The Golden Bears scored early and often with 14 goals in the first half alone. Mary Davern took a feed from Cascade Meyer to cut Dallas' deficit to 2-1 at the 26:43 mark, but WNE responded with four unanswered goals within a 4-minute and 26-second span. Trebbe and sophomore Taylor Scialdone (2 assists) scored 15 seconds apart, followed by Stevens and senior tri-captain Kelsey Sherman (2 goals, 2 assists, 2 ground balls, 4 draw controls) just 20 seconds apart.

After Meghan Falconer scored an unassisted man-up goal for Dallas to make it 6-2, the Golden Bears took command by scoring the last eight goals of the first half. With five more tallies in the second, WNE established a season high with a 13scoring run.

Besides the scoreboard, the Golden Bears also dominated in other facets of the game including shots (42-5), shots on goal (32-5), ground balls (32-11), draw controls (19-4), turnovers (13-23), clears (10-for11 to 6-for-17) and free-position goals (6-1).

Mary Hilker and goalie Christine Jablonsky (13 saves) led the Lady Crusaders with three ground balls apiece. Sophomore Brooke Kumnick came off the WNE bench to record a game-best five ground balls, plus she scored a goal and had two assists.

Western New England junior tri-captain Jessica Scannapieco (2 goals, 1 assist, 2 ground balls, 2 caused turnovers) maintained seven draw controls to lead all student-athletes.

Junior goalkeepers Emily Castleman (2 saves for the win) and Melissa Perry (1 save) played the first and second half in the WNE net, respectively.

Western New England continues its brief spring break tour of the Lone Star State on Sunday (2 p.m. EDT) against Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas.
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