PHILADELPHIA – A frenzy of goals from the Saint Joseph's women's lacrosse team helped set a program record for largest margin of victory over a Division I opponent, defeating La Salle in a 23-3 rout on Saturday afternoon inside of McCarthy Stadium.
 
12 different goalscorers, including a career-high eight goals from Maddie Yoder, helped pace the Hawks to their fourth-consecutive victory to open Atlantic 10 play. St. Joe's is now 5-6 (4-0 Atlantic 10) on the year, while La Salle falls to 1-9 (0-4 Atlantic 10) on the season.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Kate Fuhrman opened the scoring within the first two minutes of the contest after a feed from Sarah Groark found the junior wide open to register her 100^th career point.
• A goal from Ellie Webb combined with two quick strikes from Megan Sanelli gave the Hawks a quick 4-0 lead in the first six minutes of the game.
• Webb responded immediately to a La Salle strike to regain a four-goal advantage before Maddie Yoder struck the back of the net for the first of eight times after Olivia McCloskey forced a turnover off the clear and quickly converted it to the senior for an assist to give St. Joe's a 6-1 lead at the end of the opening quarter.
• Yoder needed just 1:07 in the second frame to complete her hat trick, striking twice in quick succession before the Explorers tallied a response.
• Sanelli added a hat trick of her own to respond to La Salle before Fuhrman scored a minute later to push the advantage to 10-2.
• Three goals in the last 2:52 of the half, including one as time expired, from Yoder extended the lead to 13-2 at the half.
• Yoder picked up right where she left off, scoring within the first 45 seconds of the third quarter. Emma Yoder joined her sister on the score sheet before Maddie tallied her eighth goal of the afternoon. Riley Miller capped off the scoring in the third quarter with a strike from her free-position attempt to help the Hawks earn a 17-2 lead with 15 minutes to play.
• Maggie Davidson scored 40 seconds into the fourth quarter for her first goal of the season. Elizabeth McGurk fed Kate Tomick for her first goal since 2023 before finding the back of the net on her own for the 20^th goal of the afternoon.
• La Salle registered a third goal with 6:37 to play, but Lauren Iorio responded in 27 seconds to counter the Explorers.
• Goals from Maggie Davidson and Emily Smith in the final five minutes rounded out the scoring to give the Hawks a 23-3 win to move the win streak to four games.

 
 
GAME NOTES

• Maddie Yoder finished a career-day with eight goals on nine shots, besting a career-high of five goals set on multiple occasions. The eight goals are tied for second-most in a single game in program history, matching Brett Dymarczyk (2000) and Jessica Huffman (1993). Only Shannon Feite (1997) has scored more in a single game, scoring 10 times against Notre Dame. Yoder also added four draw controls in the win.
• Yoder is now fifth all-time in scoring (140) and moved to ninth (152) in points in program history.
• Kate Fuhrman scored twice and added four assists, becoming the 28^th Hawk to eclipse 100 career points after entering the game with 99 on her career. Furhman's four assists sets a new career-high while the six points matches a career-best set in her rookie season against Princeton.
• Megan Sanelli entered the game with six goals in her career, having never tallied a multi-goal game in her collegiate career. The sophomore recorded her first hat trick after registering three goals on five shots on the afternoon.
• Ellie Webb tallied her third multi-goal game of her career, two coming in the last two games with a two-goal performance against the Explorers.
• Maggie Davidson scored her first two goals of the season in the win, moving to 24 career goals.
• Kate Tomick and Emily Smith scored their first goals since the 2023 season in the victory.
• St. Joe's outshot La Salle by a 50-11 margin, 35 of the 50 shots on target. The Hawks dominated the draw with a 23-6 advantage.
• The Hawks' largest margin of victory came in a 26-3 victory over Mercyhurst on March 4, 1997 in the Lakers' first game in program history. Mercyhurst reclassified to Division I prior to the start of the 2025 season.
• St. Joe's set a new largest margin of victory over a DI opponent, besting the previous record held after the Hawks shut out George Mason, 19-0, on March 11, 2023.
• The 23 goals are the second-most scored in program history, the record also being set against Mercyhurst in the 1997 season.
• The Hawks have now won the last 10 meetings against La Salle, all 10 wins coming by six or more goals.

 
 
UP NEXT
The Hawks return to Hawk Hill for a midweek matchup with Massachusetts on Wednesday, March 26. First draw is slated for 2 p.m. on Sweeney Field.