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EAST STROUDSBURG - Freshman attack Brooke Fritz had four goals and two assists, junior attack Lauren Green had three goals and three assists and senior attack Lauren Nunes added three goals and two assists, leading East Stroudsburg University to a 15-0 win vs. West Virginia Wesleyan in the Warriors' 2016 women's lacrosse opener on Friday afternoon at Whitenight Field.

ESU (1-0) posted its first shutout since a 19-0 win vs. Cedar Crest in 1993. Redshirt junior goalkeeper Jessica Maxwell, All-PSAC second team in 2014 before missing all but five games due to injury last season, made two saves as ESU held a 31-3 advantage in shots.

The Warriors won in the debut of head coach Xeni Barakos, a 2011 ESU graduate and an All-PSAC defender her senior season. She helped ESU reach three PSAC Tournaments, including two semifinals, from 2008-11.

Junior midfielder Emily Fitzsimmons, ESU's emergency goalkeeper last season, had her first career points with two goals and one assist.

Senior midfielder Whitney Wilkinson and senior attack Samantha Weinert both scored goals and sophomore midfielder Chessie Rahmer had a goal and an assist.

Senior attack Kaitlynn Wiltraut had two assists and redshirt junior midfielder Jamie Zimmer helped on Nunes' third goal.

The Warriors led 4-0 after the first 8:53 and 9-0 at halftime.

Fritz scored two of ESU's first three goals in her debut with the Warriors and completed her hat trick with 10:52 left in the first half.

Nunes, named third team All-PSAC as a junior (43 goals, 27 assists), had her 19th career hat trick in her 50th game at ESU. She moved into ninth at ESU in career points (161), ranks 15th in goals (106) and seventh in assists (55).

The Warriors held a 12-5 advantage in draw controls, including seven by senior defender Caitlynn O'Connell, who joined Nunes on the All-PSAC third team.

ESU entered the season with 11 returning starters and 183 of its 196 goals led by Nunes (43), Wiltraut (42), Green (31), Rahmer (24) and Zimmer (14).

WV Wesleyan was 13-5 last year and reached the Mountain East Conference championship game, falling 20-3 to Shepherd in the final. The Warriors host Shepherd on Wednesday (March 2) at 4 p.m.

GAME NOTES
* Fritz's 6 points (4g, 2a) are the most by an ESU freshman in her first career game since at least 2004.
* Lauren Nunes had 5 points (5 goals) vs. Holy Family in 2013.
* Michelle Mangiaruga had 5 points (4g, 1a) vs. Rollins in 2008.