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Junior attack Lauren Green scored 4 goals, including the 50th of her career, vs. Shepherd on Wednesday.

ESU Lacrosse Posts 17-7 Win vs. Shepherd

3/2/2016 12:00:00 AM

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EAST STROUDSBURG - Junior attack Lauren Green scored four goals and senior attack Lauren Nunes had three goals and two assists in East Stroudsburg University's 17-7 win over Shepherd in non-conference women's lacrosse on Wednesday afternoon at Whitenight Field.

Senior attack Kaitlynn Wiltraut and freshman attack Brooke Fritz both scored two goals and freshman midfielder Taylor Jefferis had two goals and one assist for her first career points for ESU (2-0), which opened its season with a 15-0 win vs. WV Wesleyan last Friday.

Redshirt junior midfielder Jamie Zimmer (1 goal, 1 assist) and sophomore midfielders Chessie Rahmer and Alicia Stratten also scored for the Warriors.

Senior defender Caitlyn O'Connell, an All-PSAC third team selection last season, had an assist for her first career point.

Wiltraut scored ESU's first goal, Green scored three straight and Nunes had two in the first 13 minutes as the Warriors led 6-1 early in the game.

Wiltraut, Porpora and Green added goals for a 9-3 lead entering halftime. Jefferis had her two goals and assist to lead ESU's scoring in the second half.

Erin Phelan had four goals and an assist to lead Shepherd (0-2), which beat WV Wesleyan 15-0 in the Mountain East Conference championship game last spring. The Rams fell 11-9 vs. Shippensburg in their season opener.

ESU had a 43-14 advantage in shots. Redshirt junior goalkeeper Jessica Maxwell had seven saves for ESU, and Savannah Shores made 18 saves for Shepherd.

Green's four goals give her 51 in her career. She had three goals and three assists in the season opener and leads the Warriors with seven goals and three assists this season.

Nunes, All-PSAC third team last year, also has 10 points on six goals and four assists. Fritz had four goals and two assists vs. WV Wesleyan in the season opener and has six goals and two assists in her first two collegiate games.

Wiltraut, who scored her 100th career goal at the end of the 2015 season, scored her first two goals of the season after notching two assists on Friday.

Nunes had her second hat trick of the season and the 20th of her career. Green secured her eighth career hat trick.

ESU travels to Georgian Court (N.J.) for a non-conference game on Friday.
 
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