EWING, N.J. – Kelly Nevins racked up a career-high four goals and joined five other teammates in posting at least four points as the balanced No. 12 TCNJ women's lacrosse team routed Kean, 21-2, in NJAC action on Wednesday afternoon.
 
Ally Tobler paired five goals with two assists, Marissa Lucca handed out five assists, and CJ Kole matched Nevins with a four-goal afternoon for the Lions (9-2, 2-0), who extended their winning streak to four and went over 20 goals for the third time in that span.
 
It took TCNJ all of 11 seconds to go ahead for good, with Kole taking the opening draw and streaming through the Cougar defense for a quick-strike goal. Twenty seconds after Abbie Teefy got on the board, Kole converted a free-position opportunity, and Tobler's own eight-meter effort gave the blue and gold a 4-0 cushion before the game was five minutes old.
 
Tobler and Kole found the back of the netting again to make it 6-0 with just under seven minutes left in the opening period, a score that held until Kean (2-8, 0-2) dented the board for the first time with 15 seconds left in the frame. Lucca, however, went right down the field off the draw and scored eight seconds later to restore a six-goal edge at 7-1.
 
Nevins netted her first of the day to make it 8-1 about a minute into the second before Tobler tallied back-to-back markers less than a minute apart. Kole's goal on a feed from Lucca started a running clock with 8:39 left before half, and two goals off the stick of Gabriella Roosa put the Lions on top, 14-2, at the break.
 
The goals came in pairs in the third quarter for TCNJ. Tobler assisted on consecutive goals by Veronica Campbell, and Nevins hit the back of the net twice in about two minutes.
 
Tobler and Nevins scored one more goal each in the fourth, and Mckenah Schilp scored the first of her career with 2:15 to play for the final margin.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• TCNJ outshot the Cougars, 38-8, and put 31 shots on cage
• The Lions held a lopsided 24-4 advantage on the draw
• Kean committed 21 turnovers, eight of them coming on clearing attempts as the Lions' ride continually caused havoc

STANDOUT LIONS

• Tobler added four draw controls to her seven-point day
• Lucca logged at least five assists for the third time this season, and now has 35 goals and 35 assists on the season
• Roosa finished with two goals and three assists
• Nevins came into the game with three goals on the year but exceeded her output from the previous nine games
• Campbell scored three goals for the fourth straight game and was a menace on the ride, racking up seven ground balls and three caused turnovers to go with four draws
• Emily Potenza had four ground balls and three caused turnovers
• Kole piled up seven draw controls in addition to her four goals
• Julia Charest made one save in the first half; Hailey Wexler stopped both shots she faced in 20-plus minutes of action before giving way to Jordyn Landman, who also had two saves. Kylie Kurtz played the final five minutes and change

NOTES

• Lucca now has 150 career points and sits four goals away from 100 for her career
• Charest collected her 55^th career win between the pipes
• Tobler now has 330 points for her career

UP NEXT

• The Lions head to No. 6 Salisbury for a big ranked showdown on Saturday