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Women's LAX celebrates win
4
Mount Union MOUNT UN 1-2, 0-0
15
Winner Denison DENISON 3-0, 0-0
Mount Union MOUNT UN
1-2, 0-0
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Final
15
Denison DENISON
3-0, 0-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Mount Union MOUNT UN 0 2 1 1 4
Denison DENISON 7 4 2 2 15

Game Recap: Women's Lacrosse |

Seven-Goal First Quarter Lifts Big Red to Home Opener Win

Granville, Ohio - After a weekend road trip out east, the Denison women's lacrosse team picked up right where they left off, defeating Mount Union 15-4 in the first home game of the season. MK Barnhart led the Big Red with a hat trick, while 11 different Big Red scored. Denison improves to 3-0, while Mount Union falls to 1-2.

Denison got off to a hot start early, as in the first five minutes of play the Big Red went up 4-0 with goals from Mary Martinson, MK Barnhart, Sophie Davenport, and Grayson O'Marra. Barnhart finished the first quarter with three goals to give Denison a 7-0 at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, Emersen Thompson and Madison Goldstein netted goals of their own, and Denison went into the half with an 11-2 lead. The Big Red led in draw controls over the Purple Raiders 11-3, and led 20-3 in ground balls. Goalie Julianne Henigan saved three shots on five shots entering the second half. 

First-year Finlay Harmon scored two goals in the third, while Bridget Sheehy and Anna Nuckols tacked on two more in the fourth to give Denison a convincing 15-4 home opener win over Mount Union. 11 different Big Red players scored, with Barnhart tallying a hat trick and five points. Martinson and Harmon were the other multi-goal scorers, and Harmon dished off an assist as well. Denison led in ground balls 29-16, with Maddie Chase, Grace Schlossberg and Sheehy leading the way with four apiece. In the net, Henigan saved three shots, while Kaylyn Kirrane and Cate Dannahey saved two apiece.

Up Next for the Big Red

Denison will travel to Chicago, Illinois to take on No. 21 University of Chicago on Saturday, March 7 at 1 pm.
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