BELMONT/>, NC/>/> - Belmont Abbey outshot Lees-McRae 42-14 as 11 different players tallied goals, led by freshman Laurie Jordan's six, as the Crusaders women's lacrosse team improved to 2-0 and 1-0 in the CVAC with a convincing 20-1 win over Lees-McRae this afternoon at Alumni Field. The Lady Bobcats fall to 0-1 overall and 0-1 in the CVAC.

The Abbey never trailed as it scored the first three goals of the match, with Shannon Farden opening the scoring just 1:24/> into the contest. Chrissy Stokes followed with the first of her three goals 17 seconds later, and Jordan/>/> made it 3-0 on a free position shot.

Lees-McRae would score at the 5:15/> mark to close the gap to 3-1, but Samantha Hooker and Jordan would take turns scoring the next four goals to widen the lead to 7-1. Theora Canonica would stretch the lead to 8-1, and Jordan/>/> closed the half with a pair of goals to give the Abbey a 10-1 halftime lead.

The second half was all Crusaders, as eight different players scored a goal. Stokes and Brianna Dignan would score twice in the half, while Jordan, Farden, Kerri Gut, Stephanie Schwartz, Theresa Nolan and Meghan Darley all scored once as the Abbey won easily.

Five different players recorded multi-goal games. Along with Jordan and Stokes, Hooker, Farden and Nolan all scored twice. Jordan and Megan Misencik registered two assists.

The Abbey recorded 22 ground balls as Erin Knight led all players with four. Jordan, Schwartz and Amanda Jones all had three. Jordan and Farden led the way with two caused turnovers.

Kate Gavin made three saves in 43 minutes before giving way to Sarah Popovich, who collected four saves in the final 16:29/>.

Belmont Abbey is back in action Saturday at 1:00 p.m./> when it goes on the road to face Pfeiffer.