PHILADELPHIA – The No. 14 University of Pennsylvania women's lacrosse team got a record-setting performance from junior
Erika Chung as the offense exploded for a 19-13 win over Brown Saturday at Franklin Field.
Chung dished out eight assists in the win, a program single-game record. The previous mark of seven was originally set by Erin Brennan in 2012 and matched by Emily Rogers-Healion in 2018; coincidentally, the opponent for both of those games was Rutgers.
Perhaps more importantly, the win clinched a bid in the Ivy League Tournament for Penn as the Quakers improved to 4-2 in league play and 11-3 overall. Brown fell to 9-5 overall and was eliminated from ILT consideration with a 2-4 conference mark.
Quaker Notemeal
*The 19 goals marked the most by a Penn team since the 2023 season opener (a 21-1 win over La Salle) and most in an Ivy game since the 2022 season finale (a 19-6 win over Columbia).
*Chung—who had two assists in the first and second quarters, three in the third, and the record breaker with 8:30 left in the fourth—now has 33 assists this season (tied for seventh on the single-season list) and 74 for her career (sixth all-time).
*Senior
Niki Miles also had a massive game offensively, matching her season high with five goals and dishing out two assists for a season-best seven points; she also had a game-high eight draw controls.
*Junior
Keeley Block scored three times and added an assist for four points, her second straight four-point game and tenth multi-point game this season.
*Freshman
Catherine Berkery also notched a three-goal, one assist day; she now has a seven-game multi-point streak and four hat tricks this season.
*On a day when she was honored with seven of her classmates, senior
Lexi Edmonds recorded the first hat trick of her collegiate career—on three shots, no less—and more than doubled her goal output for the season entering the day (2).
*Junior
Anna Brandt moved her multi-goal and multi-point streaks to 11 games with a pair of goals on Saturday.
*Brandt also had three draw controls, as did senior
Aly Feeley while junior
Natasha Gorriaran had two.
*Senior
Izzy Rohr led the defense with three caused turnovers while
Kaitlyn Cumiskey,
Sophie Davis and
Grace Fujinaga had two each. As a team, Penn caused 12 turnovers.
How It Happened
It became apparent early that this was going to be a track meet, Brown needing just 17 seconds to get on the board and making it 2-0 less than five minutes in. Penn got it going after that, scoring three goals in a 3:10 span and taking its first lead when Miles beat a pair of defenders and put her shot in the upper right corner. The Bears came back with the next two goals, just 47 seconds apart, then took the lead again after Edmonds had tied it. Brown led after one, 5-4.
Brandt scored unassisted on an extra-player situation and that started a three-goal run for the Quakers, Miles attacking for her third goal and the—after a Brown timeout—
Julia Chai finishing a Chung feed just 25 seconds later. Brown again answered, scoring twice to tie things at 7-7, but Penn used another three-goal run to take a lead it wouldn't relinquish. Miles was involved in all three, feeding Berkery for the first, scoring the second on a rifle from the top of the fan, and scoring the third on a free-position chance from directly in front. Brown got one back, but Penn took a 10-8 lead into the break.
Brown opened the second-half scoring,
Kelly Van Hoesen stopping a pair of free-position shots but getting beaten on a nice offensive set.
Bella Kehoe restored Penn's two-goal advantage off a Chung feed, then Chung found Brandt in an extra-player situation on the left side. Penn got sloppy on a clear after that, allowing Brown to get back within two with nine minutes left in the period, but then the Quakers scored twice in extra-player situations, Block hitting first with 6:39 left and
Gracie Smith finishing a Chung feed with 4:01 to play. The lead was 14-11 after three.
Penn scored the first three goals of the final period and that allowed for some breathing room. Block fed Berkery for a quick-stick goal three minutes into the period, then Edmonds converted a free-position opportunity. Chung's record-setting assist came just 32 seconds later, as she found Berkery to make the score 17-11. Brown hung around, scoring the next two goals, but Penn shut out Bruno for the final 5:21 and got goals from Edmonds and Block to close things out.
Up Next
The Quakers will close out the regular season next Saturday at Dartmouth; first draw with the Big Green is scheduled for noon in Hanover, N.H.
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