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Melissa Semkiw Women's Lacrosse 2021
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Melissa Semkiw made 13 saves for the Hawks on Saturday
15
Winner Saint Joseph's SJU 2-2
8
Lehigh LEHIGH 0-2
Winner
Saint Joseph's SJU
2-2
15
Final
8
Lehigh LEHIGH
0-2
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Saint Joseph's SJU 9 6 15
Lehigh LEHIGH 5 3 8

Game Recap: Women's Lacrosse |

Balanced Attack, Stifling Defense Lead Women’s Lacrosse Past Lehigh, 15-8

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Seven different scorers found the net and goalkeeper Melissa Semkiw made 13 saves as the Saint Joseph's women's lacrosse team cruised past Lehigh, 15-8, at the Ulrich Sports Complex on Saturday afternoon.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Stephanie Kelly had the hot hand early, notching a hat trick in the game's first 10 minutes as Saint Joseph's (2-2) opened an 8-2 lead midway through the first half.  Sam McGee added two goals and an assist during the Hawks' scorching start as well.
 
• The hosts got back into the game as Lehigh (0-2) grabbed two in a row to cut it to a four-goal margin with 13:17 to play.  Alyssa Manley got one back for the Hawks with four minutes to go, but a pair of yellow cards gave the Mountain Hawks a two-up situation, which they cashed in for a goal to send the game into the break at 9-5.
 
• The second half started in a similar manner to the first, as McGee finished off her hat trick and Manley and Kaela Smith netted their respective second goals of the day to push the SJU lead to 12-5 less than six minutes into the second stanza.
 
• Saint Joseph's kept up the defensive pressure, keeping Lehigh scoreless for a nearly 17-minute stretch in the second half to salt away the win.  Kelly would add her fourth of the day while Riley Delaney tallied her second and Julia Pash grabbed her first to close out the scoring for SJU.
 
BEHIND THE BOX SCORE
• Semkiw enjoyed her finest performance as a Hawk, making a season-high 13 saves in the win.  Samantha Sagi and Claudia Hanover combined for 11 stops for Lehigh.  Semkiw added a game-high eight ground balls as well.
 
• SJU outshot Lehigh, 36-30, while putting 26 of those attempts on goal.
 
• Kelly led all scorers with four goals, while she and McGee both tallied four points.  Hannah Cermack totaled four assists for the hosts.
 
• Pash secured a game-high eight draws while causing three turnovers, tied with Taylor-Newman Farr for the team lead in the category.  All told, the Hawks notched 11 caused turnovers on the day.
 
UP NEXT
The Hawks are currently scheduled to be idle until March 13 when they visit Temple.

 
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