The Belmont Abbey women's lacrosse team scored the first seven goals of the contest as ten different Crusaders found the back of the net in an easy 18-6 win over the visiting Lees-McRae Lady Bobcats this afternoon at Alumni Field. The Crusaders move to 2-5 overall and 2-1 in Conference Carolinas, while Lees-McRae drops to 2-4 overall and 0-2 in Conference Carolinas.

The Crusaders dominated from start to finish, outshooting the Lady Bobcats 39-15 as Morgan Cross and Laura Dowd both led the way with three goals. Emily Hudgins, Susan Killeavy, Lindsay Connolly and Rebecca Diggs all scored twice, while Elyse Mohn, Kristyn Kinsey, Jessie Brushaber and Lauren Dichiara all scored once. Cross, Hudgins, Rachael Schraeder and Megan Patton each had one assist.

Cross scored three goals on four shots. Dowd scored on all three of her shots, while Connolly, Diggs and Killeavy both scored goals on their only two shots of the game. Mohn was one for one.

Emily Guenthner led the Lady Bobcats with three goals, while Olivia Gudewich finished with two. Katelin Rooney had the other. All six Lees-McRae goals were unassisted.

Defensively the Crusaders caused 16 turnovers with Mary Frommling leading the way with three. Diggs, Connolly and Stacey Foley each had two.

Goalkeeper Tory Morgan made six saves and led all players with eight ground balls as the Crusaders won that battle by a 42-26 margin. Frommling and Dowd had six ground balls each.