BoxscoreMEADVILLE, Pa. - Abby Silvester tallied a season-high seven points with five goals and two assists, while Meg Grossman made it her third straight game scoring five goals to lead Allegheny over Oberlin 23-10 in North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) women's lacrosse action on Saturday.
The Gators (4-4, 1-1 NCAC), who set the school record for most goals in a game with 22 in the season-opener against Frostburg, reset the program record with 23 thanks to a season-best 16 goals in the first half alone.
The Yeowomen (0-7, 0-2 NCAC) got a five-goal performance from Taylor Fey. She also added an assist for six points on the afternoon. Alice Zicht and Ariel Schuster each added two goals apiece.
Allegheny managed to find the back of the net early and often, scoring its first nine goals on 11 shot attempts in the opening 10:41 of the game.
Silvester sandwiched two goals between a Jensen Paterson goal for a quick 3-0 lead. Silvester recorded her first goal directly off the draw control in 21 seconds flat and then took the ball coast-to-coast off a good clear.
Grossman got her first goal off the day with a drive down the middle of the circle, before Silvester found Caitlin Fearon 46 seconds later for a 5-0 lead. Paterson and Fearon struck again, while Emily Hoar and Kiah Voyer-Colbath each scored to complete the 9-0 run.
Zicht put Oberlin on the board at the 13:37 mark of the first half, finishing a feed from Taylor Fey. The Gators put a halt to the Yeowomen's scoring and rattled off seven more goals to take a commanding 16-1 lead with 2:33 left in the half. Grossman managed a hat trick in the seven-goal spurt.
Oberlin finished the half with three straight goals, two of which were a Dana Rich to Fey combination to cut the deficit to 16-4 by intermission.
Allegheny added seven goals in the second half, reaching the record-setting amount of 23 goals on Christina Zanic's third goal and the Gators final marker of the day with 1:32 left to play.
Rachael Coons picked up her fourth win in the cage, making four saves and only allowing five goals. Becca O'Shurak relieved Coons in the 36th minute and tallied two saves.
Grossman also added a game-high six draw controls, while the team hit the 20+ goal mark for the third time this season.
Allegheny returns to action on Tuesday at Wooster. Game time is 5 p.m.