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EAST STROUDSBURG – Juniors Christine Bradley and Molly O'Hara both scored four goals, classmate Michelle Mangiaruga added two goals and all three surpassed the 100-point mark in their careers at East Stroudsburg University as the Warriors posted a 19-9 win over Slippery Rock on Saturday afternoon at Whitenight Field.

O'Hara had three assists for a career-high seven points and recorded two goals and all three of her assists in the second half. Bradley also had two assists for six points on the afternoon and moved into sixth in ESU's career record book with 40 assists.

The Warriors improved to 6-1 for the second time in three seasons and the fourth time in school history (2008, 1998, 1996) by outscoring the Rock 11-1 over a stretch of nearly 30 minutes, scoring the final three goals of the first half and going on an 8-1 run to start the second half. ESU won the second half, 12-4.

O'Hara has 85 goals and 19 assists for 104 points in her career at ESU, Bradley has 61 goals and 40 assists and Mangiaruga has 77 goals and 23 assists and hit the 100-point mark with a goal with just over five minutes left. Mangiaruga and Bradley were both first team All-PSAC East selections last season, and Bradley was named to the second team as a freshman.

Junior Jamie Wesztergom and sophomores Kelsey Pfautz and Laura Riegel also added two goals for ESU's attack, which has scored at least 16 goals in four straight victories and is averaging 14.6 goals on the season. The Warriors set the school record with 214 goals last year and scored an average of 12.6 goals per game.

Casey Quinn scored three of Slippery Rock's five goals in the first half as the Rock led 5-4 with 10 minutes left in the period. Mangiaruga tied the score with her first goal of the game, Riegel found the net with 4:58 left and Bradley scored a half-minute later to give the Warriors a 7-5 lead at halftime.

Bradley scored twice to open the second half and O'Hara had two goals and two assists in the first 13 minutes of the half as ESU pulled away.

Slippery Rock (4-3) scored its first goal in nearly 20 minutes to pull within 10-6 with just over 20 minutes to go before the Warriors scored three goals in a 50-second span when O'Hara assisted on a goal by Pfautz, scored on a free position shot and Wesztergom scored unassisted to give ESU a 13-6 lead.

O'Hara scored her fourth goal on an assist by Bradley with 17:34 remaining, and Bradley picked up her fourth goal with an assist from Wesztergom with just over 10 minutes left.

Sophomore Amanda Simms made seven saves for ESU and limited Slippery Rock to 3-for-11 on free position shots. Ashley Winkelspecht had 10 saves for the Rock.

ESU is 2-1 in the PSAC East and travels to play No. 5-ranked West Chester (6-0, 3-0) on Wednesday.