Box Score

KUTZTOWN - Junior midfielder Chessie Rahmer scored three goals, freshman midfielder Hana Cicerelle had a goal and three assists and No. 17-ranked East Stroudsburg University set a school record with its seventh straight win and tied last year's mark with its 12th win of the season, posting a 10-8 win at Kutztown in PSAC women's lacrosse on Tuesday afternoon.

ESU (12-2, 8-1), the PSAC leader entering the final two weeks of the regular season, scored nine straight goals to rally from a 4-0 deficit and maintain its spot as the conference's only one-loss team.

Senior attack Lauren Green and sophomore attack TJ Jefferis both had two goals and an assist, sophomore midfielder Emma Rufolo had a goal and an assist, freshman attack Cassidy McKenna scored and freshman midfielder Rylie Toomey added an assist for the Warriors.

Sarah Gabriele had four goals and an assist to lead Kutztown (7-7, 3-6).

Freshman goalkeeper Tatyana Petteway, the PSAC Athlete of the Week after notching 22 saves in a 16-10 win vs. No. 10-ranked Mercyhurst on Saturday, had eight saves for the Warriors. Petteway leads the PSAC and ranks second in NCAA Division II in save percentage (.557).

The Warriors tie the school win mark set last year (12-5), and set a record with their seventh straight victory. They also extended their school record for consecutive PSAC wins (7) which was previously four entering the season.

ESU held a 28-25 advantage in shots and a significant 13-7 margin in draw controls.

Rahmer, who recorded her 100th career point with her first goal of the game, continued her strong two-way play with four draw controls, four caused turnovers and five ground balls while extending her team lead in goals (35).

Rufolo had one draw control, four caused turnovers and four ground balls. Senior midfielder Emily Fitzsimmons and McKenna both had three caused turnovers.

Kutztown scored the first four goals, leading 4-0 with 16:51 left in the first half, and ESU was held off the scoreboard for the first 21 minutes before four straight to finish the half - McKenna, Jefferis and two from Rahmer.

The run continued in the first 15:06 of the second half with a goal from Jefferis, two by Green, one by Cicerelle and Rahmer's third of the game - for a 9-4 advantage.

Kutztown scored four of the final five goals, but Rufolo's goal with 8:01 left put the Warriors ahead 10-6 and kept the Golden Bears at arms length.

Rahmer is the second current ESU player with 100 career points (102 - 82 goals, 20 assists), joining Green (129 - 90 goals, 39 assists).

Rahmer (35 goals) is one of five Warriors with at least 20 through the first 14 games, along with Rufolo (26), Jefferis (26), Fitzsimmons (22) and Green (21).

Green has a team-high 46 points, Rahmer has 43 and Jefferis 41 to key a balanced attack that has scored at least 10 goals in every game this season.

The Warriors host Millersville in a PSAC game on Thursday at 4 p.m. at Whitenight Field. They are idle this weekend and take on No. 12 West Chester and No. 19 IUP next week to finish the regular season.