Score: No. 5 Keiser 23, Thomas More 7
Records: No. 5 Keiser (13-3), Thomas More (4-13)
Location: UC Lacrosse Complex, Williamsburg, Ky.

No. 5 Keiser Women's Lacrosse showed dominance in the opening round of the Mid-South Conference Tournament, defeating Thomas More, 23-7.


Keiser 6, TMU 1

• Keiser broke through 33 seconds into to the contest as Rachel McLaughlin notched the opening goal.
• Madison Andrews netted three consecutive goals to secure her hat trick and give the Seahawks a 4-0 advantage with 10:07 to play.
• Talia Myers got on the board with with 4:11 remaining to give KU the 5-0 lead.
• Following a Saints goal, Mia Dyson scored at the buzzer to put Keiser ahead 6-1 heading into the second.

Keiser 14, TMU 4

• Valeria Lomaglio picked up the first goal of the second quarter followed by Andrews to up the lead to 8-1 with 12:57 remaining.
• Lomaglio and Hayley Frew each found the back of the net within a minute of each other to increase the advantage to 10-1 with 9:10 left in the half.
• Thomas More had a strong response, scoring three unanswered goals to cut the lead down to 10-4 with 3:59 left to play.
• Keiser would respond with three goals of their own as Myers, Cameron Hanna, and Chloe Foley put the Seahawks up 14-4 heading into the break.

Keiser 19, TMU 5

• Myers opened the third quarter with her third goal of the game at the 14:22 mark.
• Lomaglio and McLaughlin followed with each of their second goals to give KU a 16-4 lead with 10:15 to play in the third.
• Following a Saints goal, Myers tallied her fourth of the game to push the Keiser advantage to 17-5 with 6:09 left.
• At the 2:38 mark, McLaughlin completed her hat trick to put the Seahawks up 18-5.
• Lena Finkelstein found the back of the net for her first of the game with 47 seconds left in the third to put KU ahead 19-5 heading into the fourth.

Keiser 23, TMU 7

• Finkelstein notched her second of the game to begin the fourth quarter scoring for the Seahawks at the 13:45 mark.
• Thomas More picked up their sixth of the game with 9:32 left to play in the game.
• Hanna scored her second of the game with 6:48 to play to put KU up 21-6.
• With 5:45 to play Melanie Brown added her first of the game to up the lead to 22-6.
• Dyson picked up her second of the contest with 3:44 to play in the fourth to give Keiser a 23-6.
• With 45 seconds left, the Saints would score the final goal of the game, but it would not be enough as the Seahawks would go on to win 23-7.

• 4: Andrews and Myers both found the back of the net four times in the contest.
• 4: Myers picked up a team-best four caused turnovers on the day.
• 4: Four players recorded four groundballs in the game as McLaughlin, Myers, Sydney Parker, and Jasmine Sidawi all recorded four on the day.
• 5: Finkelstein, Passaro and Andrews tied for the lead with five points in the game.
• 5: Cassidy Green got the win in net, recording five saves.
• 5: All five of Passaro's points came via assists in which she led all players.
• 8: Frew collected eight draw controls on the afternoon.
• 25: Keiser collected 25 draw controls in the contest which ranks second in the program game records.
• 47: The 47 shots by the Seahawks tied for second-best in a game all time.

No. 5 Keiser
Points: Andrews/Finkelstein/Passaro (5)
Goals: Andrews/Myers (4)
Assists: Passaro (5)
Draw Controls: Frew (8)
Ground Balls: McLaughlin/Myers/Parker/Sidawi (4)
Caused Turnovers: Myers (4)
Saves: Green (5)
 
Thomas More
Points: Kend.Yurt (4)
Goals: Kend.Yurt (4)
Assists: Kend.Yurt (1)
Draw Controls: Kend.Yurt (4)
Ground Balls: Rice/D. Carle (4)
Caused Turnovers: D. Carle/Kenn. Yurt (2)
Saves:Kenn. Yurt (16)


Keiser will face the winner of Georgetown and Ave Maria tomorrow at 4:00 p.m at the UC Lacrosse Complex in Williamsburg, Ky..