GROVE CITY, Pa. -- Senior attack
Brooke Stoltzfus (Elverson, Pa./Conestoga Christian) fired in five goals and added four assists as part of a career-high nine points Tuesday evening to help lift the Grove City College women's lacrosse team to a 19-7 victory over rival Westminster in Presidents' Athletic Conference action at Don Lyle Field.
Seven Grove City players joined Stoltzfus in the scoring column, including five who scored multiple goals. Junior midfielder
Madison Nazigian (Forest, Va./Jefferson Forest) scored four times and added two assists while senior
Grace Dymski (Carlisle, Pa./Carlisle) registered four points on two goals and two assists.
Junior midfielder
Meredith Basham (Olathe, Kansas/Olathe East), sophomore attack
Madeline Dunda (Sewickley, Pa./Quaker Valley) and freshman midfielder
Abby Roetering (Glenelg, Md./Glenelg) also scored twice. Sophomore midfielder
Lucy Martin (Silver Spring, Md./Montgomery Blair) and freshman attack
Sarah Pindel (Hartville, Ohio/Lake) added goals.
Grove City (13-2, 7-0 P-A-C) trailed 1-0 early before scoring five times in a seven-minute span. Stoltzfus tied the game with 9:25 left in the opening period while Dunda and Nazigian each followed with a pair of goals.
The Wolverines led 5-1 after one quarter, then pushed the lead to 7-1 on goals by Pindel and Dymski. Grove City led 7-3 at halftime but reclaimed the six-goal lead early in the second half as Nazigian scored at 13:16 of the third quarter and then assisted Roetering's goal 20 seconds later.
Roetering also chalked up an assist for the Wolverines, who led 14-6 after 45 minutes.
Nazigian recorded 15 draw controls to lead Grove City. She and Stoltzfus both picked up five ground balls while freshman defender
Sarah Jackson (Brookfield, Conn./Brookfield) had three ground balls. Jackson and Stoltzfus both had two caused turnovers.
Freshman goalie
Elyse Kiggins (Zelienople, Pa./Seneca Valley) stopped five shots to earn her 13th win of the season.
Grove City outshot Westminster, 38-17, including a 33-12 edge in shots on goal. Westminster had 26 turnovers while Grove City turned over possession 19 times.
The Wolverines honored Dymski, Stoltzfus, defender
Tirzah Lloyd (Durham, N.C./Homeschooled), defender
Kylie Aiken (Macedonia, Ohio/Cuyahoga Valley Christian) and defender
MacKenzie Reber (Columbia, N.J./North Warren) prior to Tuesday's game as part of Senior Day activities.
Grove City has clinched a home game in the conference tournament semifinals next Wednesday, May 4. The Wolverines will visit Washington & Jefferson (6-0 PAC) in the regular season finale Saturday at 4 p.m. The winner of Saturday's game will have the top seed in next week's conference tournament.
