HOBOKEN, N.J. (April 2, 2022)  – Senior Camryn Rogers netted six goals, including the 100th of her career, as the Stevens Institute of Technology women's lacrosse team defeated King's College 22-5 Saturday in a MAC Freedom matchup at the DeBaun Athletic Complex.

First-year Rebecca Guerra scored the first three goals of her career and senior Morgan Westerby and junior Julieann Murphy each finished with five points for the Ducks, who won their second straight to improve to 10-1 on the year and to 2-0 in conference play. The Ducks' 10 victories are the most under fourth-year head coach Karen Shaddock.

Alli Lindsay and Natasha Koslop each had two goals for King's, who fell to 1-8 on the year and to 0-2 in conference play. The Monarchs have dropped two straight and are not 0-2 all-time against the Ducks. 

"It was a great team win for us," Shaddock said. "I am really impressed with our players that took advantage of an opportunity for extra playing time and really produced today."

Rogers, who entered play two goals shy of the career milestone, wasted little time reaching it. The Branchburg, New Jersey native snapped a 1-1 tie with consecutive goals midway through the first and finished with six goals for her ninth hat trick of the season. Rogers ranks ninth in the country with 50 goals and 26th with 4.55 goals per game. After spending the first two seasons of her career at Rutgers, Rogers is now nine shy of 100 in 21 career games on Castle Point.

"We are very excited for Cam to score her 100th career goal," Shaddock said.

Senior Maeve McGovern and sophomore Emily Leiby each finished with two goals and an assist as 13 different Ducks found the scoresheet. Sophomore Carly Walker scored twice for her first career multi-goal game. Junior Maddie Schmidt and first-year Alison Lax each had a goal and an assist, while senior Natalie Fitzpatrick and junior Zoe Cook each scored once. Junior Lauren Malicki dished out one assist and first-year Anna Velardi had two for each student-athlete's first collegiate point. 

"Offensively, everyone was a threat and we were able to successfully work the ball around and look for a lot of transition goals," Shaddock commented. "I loved all of our feeds and we really celebrated a team victory."

Senior Lauren Cunniff made three saves in the cage to earn the victory for Stevens. First-year Erica Strojny took over at halftime and finished with a career-best three saves. Sidney Bush made four saves in defeat for King's. Jessie Smalley took over at the start of the third quarter and also made four saves.

"I thought Erica Schug and Marie Lingberger played incredible defense for us and really helped hold King's top scorers off the scoresheet," Shaddock shared. "Cunniff and Strojny had some great saves in the cage."

After Westerby won the game's first draw control, Cook scored 30 seconds later to give the Ducks their first lead of the day. Koslop answered on the Monarchs' next possession, but the Ducks scored the next six goals to take control of the game. Rogers' back-to-back goals sparked the run, with consecutive goals from Leiby and single tallies by Westerby and McGovern ending the period.

The offensive fireworks continued in the second quarter, with six different players finding the back of the net as the Ducks built a 15-2 lead at halftime. Guerra netted two of her three goals in the frame and completed her first career hat trick in the fourth. 

"Rebecca has worked so hard and was able to get her first goals of the season," Shaddock reflected. "I thought all of our offensive players did a great job."

The Ducks completed the victory, outscoring the Monarchs 7-3 in the second half to reach 22 goals for the second time this season. The Ducks currently rank 25th in Division III in scoring offense with 16.27 goals.

Stevens forced 14 of the Monarchs' 21 turnovers. Westerby and first-year Erica Schug each caused three turnovers to spearhead the Ducks' defense, while Murphy caused two. Six different players caused one turnover each to lead King's.

The Ducks won 22 of the game's 29 draw controls. Rogers finished with a career-high 12, while Cook had five. Leiby earned two and Westerby and Fitzpatrick each finished with one to round out the Ducks' efforts. Lindsay and Koslop each had two to pace King's.

"I thought our entire draw group was fantastic," Shaddock said. "Zoe, Morgan, Cam and Leiby all worked well together and helped secure the ball for us."

Stevens held a 24-10 edge in ground balls. Schug picked up a game-high four, while Rogers had three. Leiby, Westerby, Fitzpatrick and Lax all scooped up two as 15 different players had at least one. Lindsay picked up three to lead King's. 

The Ducks were successful on 16 of their 18 clearing attempts, including a perfect 10 for 10 in the first half. A smothering defensive effort in the midfield held King's to just 12 successful clears in 22 tries.

Both of Lindsay's tallies came off free-position shots as the Monarchs finished 2 for 4 on the day. Cunniff recorded two saves off eight-meter attempts in the first half and King's did not attempt a free-position shot in the final quarter. Rogers went 3 for 3 on free-position shots, while Westerby went 1 for 2, as Stevens went 4 for 7 on the day.

The Ducks successfully killed off both cards and Rogers added a short-handed goal in the fourth quarter.

Up Next: Women's Lacrosse hits the road for the first time since Mar. 19 for a MAC Freedom matchup at Delaware Valley. The Ducks defeated the Aggies 23-1 on Mar. 17, 2021 in what was believed to be the first meeting between the teams.

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