HARRISONBURG, Va. – Despite multi-point outings from Riley Gravley (Greensboro, N.C.) and Maggie Hartnett (Hebron, Maine), the Guilford College women's lacrosse team (4-10, 1-6 ODAC) dropped their Saturday evening Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) contest to Eastern Mennonite University (6-8, 4-3 ODAC), 19-4, at the EMU Turf Field.

The Royals piled up 51 shots on the night against the Quakers 21, including 38-15 in shots on goal. Turnovers were fairly even at 20-18 with GC committing fewer, but Guilford went 18-27 on clears against 19-22 by EMU, who also held a 19-7 edge in the circle to control the game.

Facing what matched the season-high for shots on goal allowed by the Quaker defense, Sammy Keene (Greensboro, N.C.) performed admirably with 19 saves but also permitted 19 goals on the 38 on target shots sent her way. Keene fell to 3-7 on the season while adding three groundballs.

Cristal Narciso improved to 6-8 by making 11 saves against four goals allowed, adding three groundballs for Eastern Mennonite.

Hartnett provided half or Guilford's goals, scoring twice and added a team-high four caused turnovers with four groundballs. Gravley contributed a goal and an assist while Emma Garland (Hampstead, N.C.) scored the fourth GC tally, led the team with five groundballs and was also tied for the team-lead with three draw controls and caused three turnovers. Carm DeFeo (Shelton, Conn.) also corralled three draws.

Five different Royals scored three-or-more goals in Amber Bonds, Liki Guerrero, Alex Palizzi, and Ava Walker on top of their leading scorer, Courtney Crawford who found paydirt four times. Palizzi led EMU with two assists and seven groundballs. Angel Hines paced all players with six draw controls.

The Quakers, playing on the short-end of 12-on-11 on this night, hung around throughout the first quarter. Neither team scored until nearly five minutes in when Bonds scored on a free-position opportunity with two-extra players on the turf following a yellow card. Hartnett got the team on the board in response off a Gravely feed but then Walker put the Royals in front for good. The hosts then added on two more in the period's final 90 seconds on tallies from Crawford and Palizzi.

The same two Royals struck quickly in the second then Crawford got an early hat-trick making the score 7-1. The Quakers got two of the next three on Gravley and Hartnett scores but EMU netted the final five goals on the half, including the final four in less than a two-minute span to take a 13-3 lead into the break.

Eastern Mennonite scored both goals in the third quarter then in the final frame, the home squad scored the first four goals before Garland got on the board to bring the final score to 19-4.

Guilford heads to Ferrum College on Wednesday, April 16^th for their next matchup beginning at 6:00 PM.

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