11 different players scored goals, including five by senior attacker Laurie Jordan, as the Belmont Abbey women's lacrosse team opened the 2010 season with a convincing 23-2 win over Erskine this afternoon. The Abbey moves to 1-0 overall and in conference, while the Flying Fleet drop to 0-4 overall and 0-2 in Conference Carolinas.

The Abbey outshot Erskine 46-6 as Jordan scored five goals on eight shots, to go along with four assists. Emily Hudgins, Tara Chmil and Kristyn Kinsey all scored three times, while Brianna Dignan and Elyse Mohn scored twice. Laura Dowd, Stacey Foley, Rebecca Diggs, Lindsay Connolly and Amanda Jones all scored one each.

Hudgins and Jordan both had four assists, while Dignan had three, Chmil and Kinsey two each, while Dowd, Foley and Morgan Cross all had one.

Belmont Abbey scored 13 first half goals, including ten in the first ten minutes as it roared out to a 13-0 lead before Erskine got on the board at the 27:11 mark of the second half as Lisa Kmonicek scored the first of her two goals.

Erskine finished with 31 turnovers, 29 caused by the Abbey as Jordan finished with five caused turnovers, while Jones totaled four. Jordan led all players with five ground balls as the Crusaders scooped up 42 on the afternoon to just 21 for Erskine.

Natalie Crenshaw made just one save in the first half before giving way to Hannah Oliverius for the final 30 minutes. Erskine goalkeeper Kaitlyn Overley made 11 saves for the Fleet.