PHILADELPHIA – Kaitlyn Cumiskey and
Aly Feeley both recorded hat tricks to lead the No. 20 University of Pennsylvania women's lacrosse team past visiting Delaware, 15-4, on Saturday afternoon at Franklin Field.
Nine different Quakers scored in the season-opening victory, while the Blue Hens (0-2) dropped their second straight.
Quaker Notemeal
*Penn has won eight straight games against Delaware and the Quakers have taken 10 of the last 11 meetings in the series history.
*The Quakers won their season opener for the ninth straight year.
*Penn won 14 of 22 draw controls.
How It Happened
Penn controlled the pace early as a pair of goals from
Kaitlyn Cumiskey gave the Quakers an advantage they would not relinquish.
Just over three minutes into play, Cumiskey converted a feed from
Taylyn Stadler to open the scoring and more than eight minutes later she stuck again, this time finding the back of the net off a pass from
Lexi Edmonds.
Alyson Feeley would score the next two markers in the game to double the lead for the Red and Blue and make it 4-0 in favor of Penn.
The hosts broke the game open in the second quarter with seven goals. Six different Quakers scored during the surge, including freshman
Natasha Gorriaran netting the first of her career.
Penn entered the second half with a 10-0 lead and carried the momentum over coming out of the break.
Freshman
Bella Kehoe got the scoring started in the third quarter with her first collegiate marker. It came off a feed from
Lexi Edmonds.
Delaware would get on the board following a goal from
Kennon Moon before Penn responded with the final two goals of the third quarter.
Delaware scored the first three goals of the final quarter to cut the Penn lead to 10 at 14-4 before freshman
Keeley Block capped the scoring in the game with her first collegiate goal.
Up Next
The season-opening four-game home stand for the Red and Blue continues next Saturday with an afternoon matinee against Johns Hopkins. The action is slated to get underway at 1:00 pm at Franklin Field.
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