Box ScoreINDIANA, Pa. – No. 7-ranked IUP opened the game with a 17-1 lead and went on to post a 27-11 win over East Stroudsburg University in PSAC lacrosse on Saturday afternoon.
Amy Weinberg set a PSAC record with 11 assists and Drew Hayden and Kim Hooven both scored five goals to lead IUP (8-2, 6-0).
Weinberg broke a conference record of 10 assists by Lock Haven's Chelsea Borrino vs. Mercyhurst last year. The previous mark of nine assists was set by LHU's Kayleigh Johnson at ESU in 2011.
Senior midfielder
Nicole Miller scored four goals and senior attack
Sarah Studdiford had two goals and two assists to lead ESU (6-4, 1-4), which opened 6-0. Sophomore attack
Kaitlynn Wiltraut had two goals and leads the Warriors with 34 goals this season.
Sophomore attack
Lauren Nunes, sophomore midfielder
Annastasia Porpora and redshirt freshman
Jamie Zimmer also scored for the Warriors.
IUP led 18-4 at halftime, holding advantages in shots (23-8) and draw controls (16-7).
Both teams scored 10 goals after the Crimson Hawks led 17-1 with just under 10 minutes left in the first half.
Miller had her 13th career hat trick in four seasons at ESU. She went over the 90-goal mark for her career, entering the final seven games of the regular season with 91 goals.
The Warriors are at Shippensburg on Wednesday before hosting Slippery Rock on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Whitenight Field.
Game Notes* IUP's 27 goals are the 2nd-most allowed by ESU. Penn State beat the Warriors, 31-1, in the final game of the 1980 season.