Women’s Lacrosse Earns Road Win at UMass Lowell

Sunday, February 28

Lowell, Mass.

1 PM

Army West Point

3-1

UMass Lowell

0-3

ARMY

UMass Lowell

Women’s Lacrosse Earns Road Win at UMass Lowell

February 28, 2016 | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

LOWELL, Mass. – Freshman Rachel Treweeke netted a hat trick to lead five Black Knight goal scorers, as the Army West Point women's lacrosse team came away with a 10-8 victory over UMass Lowell on Sunday afternoon at the Wicked Blue Turf Field.

Army picks up its first road win and collects its third straight victory to improve to 3-1, while UMass Lowell slips to 0-3.

Treweeke added an assist to her career-best three-goal effort, while sophomores Rachel Hornick and Amy Johnston, and freshman Kelsea Krauss each scored twice. Johnston also won a game-high six draws and collected four ground balls and Krauss tallied a pair of assists. Sophomore Kiersten Spencer netted her first of the year and added an assist, while junior Erin Jollota and freshman Manuela Cortes also tacked on assists.

Freshman goalkeeper Kayla Rowley made four stops in her fourth start of the season and scooped up three ground balls.

Taylor Sokol scored three times to lead UMass Lowell and Noelle Lambert netted one goal and provided three assists. Courtney Barrett finished with eight saves in the setback.

Army got on the board first, 2:20 into the contest, when Treweeke scored on an assist from Krauss, as the Black Knights scored first for the second time this year.

Sokol found the back of the net with 18:55 remaining in the opening half to bring UMass Lowell back to a 1-1 tie, but the Black Knights tallied two more goals during the next 1:05 to regain the lead. Hornick and Krauss contributed the second and third goals, respectively, with Krauss' marker coming as the first of her career.

The River Hawks scored three of the game's next four goals to pull back to a 4-4 tie by the 2:44 point of the first half, but Johnston scored with 1:01 left in the opening frame, as the Black Knights took a 5-4 advantage into the break.

Army outscored UMass Lowell, 4-1, over the first 12:50 of the second half to build the lead to four, 9-5. Treweeke and Hornick tallied goals 10 seconds apart early in the period to give the visitors a 7-4 lead before Jane Dudley scored to bring the River Hawks back to within two with 23:11 remaining.

Treweeke completed the hat trick with a free-position goal at the 22:30 mark and Spencer found the back of the net for the first time this season with 17:10 remaining to make the score 9-5.

Rebecca Idson and Kelly Moran provided goals for UMass Lowell, with 16:21 and 16:11 remaining, respectively, to trim the hosts' deficit to two. Johnston scored her second goal, to give her a least two goals in each game this year, with 10:36 on the clock to push Army out to a 10-7 lead before UMass Lowell got one back with 5:14 left.

The Black Knights return home to take on Quinnipiac on Saturday, March 5. Opening draw at Michie Stadium is scheduled for noon, with a free clinic set to follow the contest.

GAME NOTES: Army extended its winning streak to three games after falling in the season opener … the contest was the first-ever road game for the Black Knights … Kelsea Krauss and Kiersten Spencer each scored for the first time this season … Amy Johnston finished her fourth straight game to open the season with at least two goals.