THE BASICS 

Score: Emerson 14, Mount Holyoke 4

Records: Emerson Lions (3-4, 1-1 NEWMAC) ; Mount Holyoke (3-4, 0-2 NEWMAC)

Location: Boston, Mass. (Rotch Field)

Date: March 25, 2023

The Lead: Junior Lauren Longstreet tallied a game-high six goals followed by three apiece from freshman Ava Selby and sophomore Grace Danehy as the Emerson women's lacrosse team rolled to a 15-4 victory over Mount Holyoke on Saturday afternoon. 

INSIDE THE NUMBERS 

EMERSON

Longstreet: six goals

Selby: three goals

Danehy: three goals

Hannah Beck: eight ground balls, five draw controls, five caused turnovers

GOALIE

Nina Khosla (W, 3-4): four goals allowed on 19 shots with 15 saves through 60 minutes

MOUNT HOLYOKE

Emi Bisson: three goals, four draw controls

Hannah Bisson: one goal 

Taylor Dunn & Ella Phillips: five ground balls 

Amelia Knaysi: three caused turnovers 

GOALIE

Emma Tower (L, 3-4): 15 goals allowed on 23 shots with eight saves through 60 minutes 

HOW IT HAPPENED 

• Emerson overwhelmed Mount Holyoke in the first 15 minutes and came away with an early 4-0 lead behind goals from Selby, Danehy, sophomore Callie Krosin and Longstreet. 
• Within the opening 9:22 of the second frame, Emerson carried their scoring run into the second frame and piled on four more tallies to take the 8-0 advantage over Mount Holyoke. 
• Mount Holyoke was able to chip into Emerson's eight-goal lead when Emi Bisson buried back-to-back goals past Khosla from 5:24 to 4:08 to put the score at 8-2. 
• At the half, Emerson outshot Mount Holyoke, 21-14. 
• Longstreet potted the Lions' ninth goal at 12:18 to help the hosts gain the seven-goal lead in the third before Hannah and Emi Bisson closed the gap to five at 9-5 after they tallied another pair of goals. 
• From the 5:03 mark to the end of the frame, Selby, freshman Samantha Bowen and Longstreet strung three more goals together to put the visiting Lyons in an eight-goal deficit at 12-4. 
• Danehy and Longstreet scored within 1:04 of one another to put Emerson's margin in double-figures for the first time at 14-4. 
• After Longstreet's goal at 10:03 rounded out Emerson's scoring at 15, Khosla turned away Mount Holyoke's one shot attempt to help the Lions post their second consecutive win. 

UP NEXT 

• Emerson stays in Boston on Tuesday, March 28th to host non-conference foe, Husson, in an early afternoon meeting at 4:00 p.m.