WASHINGTON, D.C. – The University of Pennsylvania women's lacrosse team used a nice start on Saturday at Georgetown, scoring the game's first three goals and 10 of the first 13. The Quakers then held off a Hoyas rally in the fourth quarter to pull out a 10-7 victory.
 
Penn improved to 3-4 on the season, while GU fell to 4-4.

Quaker Notemeal
*Keeley Block led all scorers with a career-high five goals, her third multiple-goal game of her freshman season. 

*Taylyn Stadler had three points on two goals and an assist.

*Krissy Kowalski had a career day with 17 saves in 60 minutes of work between the pipes. 

*Sophie Davis was key on the defensive end with a a team-high four ground balls and two caused turnovers. 

*The Quakers had a slim 11-10 edge in the draw game, with Kennon Moon pulling a team-high five. 
 
How It Happened
Penn opened the scoring a little less than five minutes into the contest, Natasha Gorriaran finishing a feed from Kennon Moon. Four minutes later, Taylyn Stadler scored an unassisted effort and the Quakers were up at the end of one, 2-0.

Taylyn with an aggressive drive for the goal!

Penn 2, GU 0#ILPL pic.twitter.com/ILzZXZ091j

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Anna Brandt made it 3-0 just 37 seconds into the second quarter, before Georgetown finally got on the board after more than 18 minutes of game time. That only seemed to spur the Quakers into action, as Penn scored five more times before the break. Stadler got things started with 9:16 left, and then Keeley Block netted her first off a Chloe Hunter feed to make the score 5-1.

Hunter ?? Block

Penn 5, GU 1#ILPL pic.twitter.com/PLFUPJa5gB

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Georgetown's Erin Bakes made it 5-2 with 5:16 left before halftime, but Block scored twice unassisted and then Hunter got her first of the day in the final minute. Penn took an 8-2 lead into the locker room.

Chloe Hunter makes it 8-2 with :36 remaining in the first half!

Penn 8, GU 2#ILPL pic.twitter.com/7IRygRAtep

— Penn Women's Lax (@PennWomensLax) March 19, 2022

Block's fourth of the game, a free-position shot, opened the second-half scoring and made it 9-2. Her fifth, off a Stadler feed, came after another Hoyas goal and put Penn in front 10-3 with 4:53 left in the third.

Keeley Block can't be stopped! Her fifth goal of the afternoon!

Penn 10, GU 3#ILPL pic.twitter.com/srAM9T3Gcq

— Penn Women's Lax (@PennWomensLax) March 19, 2022

Penn went scoreless the rest of the way, but Georgetown could only make up four goals in the deficit—one in the third, three in the fourth—as Kowalski stoned the hosts time and again. She had five saves in the final stanza to keep GU at bay.
 
Up Next
Penn plays a midweek game at No. 4 Maryland on Wednesday night, facing off with the undefeated Terrapins at 7 p.m. The Quakers are back into Ivy League play next Saturday at Yale, meeting the Bulldogs at noon.