ANNVILLE, Pa. – The TCNJ women's lacrosse team rolled to a convincing 16-3 victory at Lebanon Valley on Saturday, making it back-to-back double-digit road wins to start the season.
 
Marissa Lucca, Kira Sides, and Ally Tobler each netted three goals to lead a balanced attack, which also featured a pair of goals from senior Madison Wernik to double her previous career output. Wernik also caused three turnovers in front of Julia Charest and Hailey Wexler, who combined to turn away eight of 11 on-target shots as the Lions pitched a second-half shutout.
 
FOR THE RECORD

• TCNJ is now 2-0, while the Dutchmen dropped to 1-3

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Just like in the opener against Moravian, TCNJ conceded the first goal, but Sides and Wernik notched goals 47 seconds apart to put the Lions on top for good and ignite a run of seven unanswered scores
• Sides, Tobler, Lucca, Katherine Naiburg, and Sydney Sieja all hit the back of the cage during the spurt, which lasted more than 20 minutes of game time before Lebanon Valley finally stopped the bleeding with consecutive markers
• LVC's third goal came with 4:44 left before halftime, and TCNJ did not allow another one. The Lions put the game away before the break, getting goals from Sides, Tobler, and Lucca in a 39-second ambush to send the blue and gold roaring into intermission with a 10-3 advantage
• With the defense continuing to dominate, TCNJ put three goals on the board in each of the final two quarters. Lucca's goal with 9:51 left in the third started the running clock with a 13-3 lead, and first-year CJ Kole finished off the scoring with 5 seconds remaining

FOR THE FOES

• Hana Neff scored two of the three goals for the Dutchmen
• Jamie Handwerger finished with 10 saves

STANDOUT LIONS

• Tobler paired two assists with her three goals for her second straight game with at least five points
• Sides recorded her first career hat trick and added an assist to mirror her one-goal, three-assist effort in the opener. She also corralled a game-high seven draw controls and caused two turnovers
• Lucca had her second straight hat-trick, while Naiburg posted a three-point afternoon with a goal and a pair of assists
• Natalie Berry scored a goal and assisted on another
• Wernik had three caused turnovers, two ground balls, and a draw control
• Charest made seven saves, including three apiece in the second and third periods before giving way to Wexler for the fourth, and her replacement had one save in a scoreless final frame for LVC

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• TCNJ more than doubled up LVC in shots (33-15) and held small advantages in draw controls (12-10) and ground balls (14-12)
• The Lions were 3-for-5 on free-position attempts

UP NEXT

• The Lions wrap up their opening three-game road swing at Scranton on Wednesday