PHILADELPHIA – Rilea Fusco led a cohort of 10 different Saint Joseph's Hawks to score in Thursday night's 18-8 stomping of George Washington. The win moves St. Joe's to 10-5 overall and 6-1 in league play, while GW drops to 4-11, 2-5 A-10.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:

• The Hawks tallied two-straight to start the game before the visitors jumped on the board with 7:04 left. GW scored a second in a row and then SJU recorded a pair of goals before the buzzer to end the first period. St. Joe's led, 4-2.
• The Colonials took the first goal of the second stanza before a 7-0 run over the final 10:09 of the period put the home team up, 11-3.
• GW rallied to start the third quarter with four-straight goals up to the nine-minute mark to cut the deficit to 11-7. The Hawks answered with three consecutive over a 1:51 span to close the period up 14-7.
• St. Joe's notched four goals to begin the final stanza and initiate the running clock before GW scored with 1:37 left to bring the game to a close.

BEHIND THE BOX SCORE:

• Lisa Ross finished with a game-high five points on two scores and a trio of assists. She also corralled three ground balls in the game.
• Fusco (4G) was tied with Lauren Figura (1G, 3A) and Maddie Yoder (3G, 1A) with four points. The trio also caused a turnover apiece.
• Sophia Kolkka filled the stat sheet with three goals, three caused turnovers, four ground balls, and one draw control.
• Emma O'Neill, Maggie Davidson, Bonnie Yu, Julia Strobel, and Lizzie McBride each scored once.
• Kaela Smith handed out an assist to round out the point scorers.
• Riley Evans snagged a game-best nine draw controls and one ground ball.
• Jorden Concordia (10-5) picked up the win with seven saves and seven goals against.
• Liana Moli entered in relief and recorded one save and one goal allowed.

UP NEXT:
St. Joe's heads north to take on #14 UMass on Saturday.