EWING, N.J. – Marissa Lucca's huge game and another major milestone for Ally Tobler headlined a memorable afternoon for the No. 10 TCNJ lacrosse team on Tuesday, a 19-4 rout that handed previously unbeaten Stockton its first loss in convincing fashion.
 
Lucca put up six goals and two assists and Tobler registered her 200^th career goal for the Lions, who extended their winning streak to three with an emphatic defeat of one of the six remaining unblemished squads in Division III.
 
FOR THE RECORD

• TCNJ is now 8-3 and 2-0 in the NJAC, while the Ospreys slipped to 12-1 and 1-1 in the conference

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Lions served notice early, with Tobler scoring on a feed from Naiburg and then returning the favor a couple minutes later for an early 2-0 lead
• After a series of turnovers, the Ospreys got on the board at the 10:25 mark before a free-position tally from CJ Kole and a second strike from Naiburg made it 4-1 midway through the first quarter
• Following a Stockton goal, Lucca assisted on a goal by Tobler then scored one of her own, and Kole's second on an assist from Morgan Vaccaro made it 7-2 late in the opening frame
• The scoring slowed down in the second, and Kira Sides' free-position conversion sent the Lions into halftime with a 10-3 advantage
• It didn't take long for TCNJ to run the spread into double figures. Naiburg assisted on tallies by Natalie Berry and Lucca before Tobler made it a running clock and a 13-3 lead with 10:36 left in the third
• Lucca found the back of the net twice more in the third – sandwiched around a free-position goal by Naiburg – as the Lions stretched the margin to 13 before Stockton's last-second goal made it 16-4
• The Lions scored all three fourth-quarter goals – from Lucca, Sides, and Veronica Campbell – to move the final count to 19-4

FOR THE FOES

• Mary Meduri scored two goals
• Lucy Sullivan assisted on three of the Ospreys' four goals
• Mary McLaughlin had a goal, an assist, and four draw controls
• Daniela Elliot had 11 saves

STANDOUT LIONS

• Lucca scored on six of her 10 shots and matched her career high with eight points
• Tobler had three goals, three assists, and seven draw controls
• Naiburg recorded a season-high six points on three goals and a career high-tying three assists
• Kole and Sides scored two goals each, with Kole causing three turnovers and Sides scooping up five ground balls
• Madison Wernik finished with four grounders, three caused turnovers, and three draw controls in addition to an assist
• Vaccaro posted five draws in addition to her goal and assist
• Julia Charest finished with two saves

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• TCNJ outshot the Ospreys, 37-9, and put 30 shots on frame
• Stockton had 23 turnovers and was just 11-of-19 on clears
• TCNJ dominated in ground balls (24-10) and controlled a 17-9 advantage in the circle
• The Lions were 4-for-8 on free-position attempts

NOTES

• Tobler is the 7^th player in program history to reach 200 career goals and moved into 13^th on the all-time points list with 232
• Tobler is just two draw controls from 100 for her career
• Wernik moved into 10^th on the all-time charts in caused turnovers (69) and is just four grounders away from 100
• Naiburg is now two points from 100 for her career
• Charest notched her 40^th career win

UP NEXT

• The Lions welcome No. 5 Salisbury to the Lacrosse Complex on Saturday, seeking their first ranked win of the season