COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. - The TCNJ women's lacrosse team rode sophomores Gabriella Roosa and CJ Kole to a 20-8, season-opening win at Ursinus Saturday afternoon. The duo both enjoyed career days, with Roosa nearly outscoring the Bears with seven goals, while Kole became just the 13th different player in program history to reach double digits in points with her four goals and six assists.
 
The Lions (1-0) wasted no time jumping in front in Saturday's contest, with Ally Tobler controlling the opening draw and taking it down the field to score just 11 seconds into the game. Ursinus (1-3) went goal-for-goal with TCNJ over the ensuing six minutes before Naomi Kahney picked up a ground ball right in front of Ursinus' net and rifled one into the top right corner. The goal was the first of the sophomore's career, and would start a 4-1 run – Marissa Lucca, Tobler and Kole also found the back of the net – to send the Lions into the first break up 7-3.
 
Saturday's second quarter belonged to Roosa, who scored six of TCNJ's seven goals to nearly match her total from all of last season (8) in one of the program's most dominant quarters in recent memory. The Bears struck first in the frame with a score from Grace Lynch, but there with a response was the sophomore, who would score four unanswered goals in 1:29 of game time to balloon the lead to seven.
 
Kole, who assisted on two of Roosa's goals during the onslaught, took one for herself just under a minute later off a free position shot before her classmate would strike twice more to cap off an improbable, six-score quarter and make it 14-5 at halftime.
 
Roosa's seventh and final goal of the game came at the 9:15 mark of the third quarter on a feed from Lucca that the sophomore buried into the bottom right corner. The Bears responded off the stick of Jaime Michaud to stop the running clock, but it was Kole continuing her dominant day with back-to-back goals – one on an impressive solo effort before it was Roosa's turn to tally an assist on the second – to make it a 17-6 game.
 
The Bears would cut the lead to 10 on two occasions but never get closer, with late, fourth-quarter goals from Lucca and Tobler sealing the dominant, 20-8 victory to kick off the 2025 campaign.
 
FOR THE FOES

• Lynch finished with a team-high three goals on four shots in the loss.
• Jaime Michaud (2G), Julia McCann (2G), Meghan Vizian (1G/1A) and Dana DeSiato (2A) also put together multi-point performances.

STANDOUT LIONS

• Roosa's seven goals shatters the sophomore's previous best of three set in the season-opener a season ago. Her seven scores are tied for the 13th most in a single game in program history and she is just the fifth different player to score at least seven goals in a game in program history.
• Cole set career-highs in goals (4), assists (6) and points (10), with the latter tying the sophomore for the 11th most points in a single game in program history.
• Tobler added four goals and two assists in a strong opener. The graduate student also corralled a team-high eight draw controls and caused three turnovers.
• Lucca scored three goals and dished out three assists, finishing tied with Tobler at six points.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• TCNJ outshot Ursinus 36-19 in the game while the Bears held a 10-6 advantage in saves.
• The Lions were successful on 14-19 clear attempts.
• TCNJ forced 21 Bears turnovers and held a 21-10 lead in ground balls.
• Ursinus finished with a 20-10 advantage in draw controls.
• TCNJ converted on 1-6 free-position shots compared to 2-5 for the Bears.

NOTES

• Tobler's six points move the graduate student into a tie for the fourth-most in program history.
• Julia Charest made her 60th start in net for the Lions, tying the graduate student for the third most in program history.

UP NEXT

• TCNJ returns to Ewing for its home-opener against Scranton Wednesday, March 5, with opening draw set for 4 p.m.