Box Score

MOUNT OLIVE, N.C. - Junior midfielder Chessie Rahmer had two goals and three assists, freshman midfielder Rylie Toomey scored her first three career goals and East Stroudsburg University scored the final six goals to post a 12-6 win at Mount Olive in non-conference women's lacrosse on Sunday afternoon.

ESU (3-0) remained unbeaten to start the 2017 season, outscoring Mount Olive (5-4) by an 8-1 margin in the second half after trailing 5-4 at halftime.

Sophomore attack Brooke Fritz had two goals and one assist, scoring the first two goals in ESU's game-closing 6-0 run, and sophomore midfielder Emma Rufolo added two goals for the Warriors.

Senior attack Lauren Green, freshman attack Cassidy McKenna and freshman midfielder Hana Cicerelle also scored for ESU.

Freshman goalkeeper Tatyana Petteway saw her first career action and made 11 saves for the Warriors, who won going away despite disadvantages in shots (25-22) and draw controls (12-8).

Kiara Burke scored two goals to lead Mount Olive, including one with 1:24 left in the first half to put the hosts ahead 5-4 going into intermission.

Toomey scored her second goal of the game to tie it 1:45 in the second half, and McKenna put the Warriors in front on an assist from Fritz.

Saffron Snethen scored for Mount Olive to tie the game at 6-6 with 17:54 remaining, which proved to be its only goal of the second half.

Fritz gave ESU the lead for good 34 seconds later, and scored again with 15:05 remaining for the first two-goal cushion for either side in the contest.

Rahmer and Cicerelle converted free position shots and Toomey scored her third of the game for an 11-6 lead with just over eight minutes left, and Rufolo scored on a free position to seal it with less than four minutes remaining.

Rahmer and Rufolo both had three of ESU's 13 caused turnovers. Senior defender Kerry Mulcahy (6) and Rahmer (5) were the team leaders in ground balls. Eight Warriors were credited with one draw control.

ESU remains in the Carolinas for a game at Coker (S.C.) on Tuesday before returning north for its PSAC opener next Saturday vs. Millersville at 1 p.m. at Whitenight Field.