THE BASICS:
 
- Score: MIT 18, Mount Holyoke College 6
 
- Records: MIT (2-2, 1-0 NEWMAC); Mount Holyoke (1-4, 0-1 NEWMAC)
 
- Location: Cambridge, Mass. (Jack Barry Field)
 
- The Lead: MIT generated 15 unanswered goals in the first half en route to an 18-6 win over Mount Holyoke College in the NEWMAC Women's Lacrosse opener for both steams on Saturday. Junior Delaney Goetz (Rockville, Md.) tallied a game-high five points as she dished out five assists for the Engineers while Lucy Stone powered the Lyons with three goals, one assist, and three draw controls.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- Sophomore Meredith Arterburn (Cooksville, Md.) scored three of MIT's first four goals during the first 1:49 of the game. Goetz then assisted on four of the Engineers' next five goals as strikes by first-years Sydney Pyon (Garnet Valley, Pa.) and Katie Hall (New York, N.Y.) resulted in an 11-0 lead at the end of the quarter.
 
- In the second quarter, goals by junior Lindsey Gambino (Garden City, N.Y.) sandwiched a goal by senior Naomi Lutz (Northbrook, Ill.) who quickly earned an assist on blast by first-year Julianne Flusche (Ridgewood, N.J.).
 
- Mount Holyoke ended the shutout almost three minutes into the third quarter courtesy of a solo effort by Allie Brown. Sophomore Nora Donnelly (Ridgewood, N.J.) increased MIT's advantage to 16-1 but the Lyons replied with goals from Emma Legacki and Stone.
 
- Sophomore Makena Armstrong (San Diego, Calif.) scored the first goal of her career 51 seconds into the fourth quarter. Donnelly completed the hat trick as her free-position goal with 7:49 left moved the score to 18-3. Stone responded with back-to-back goals, including a free-position strike, and then set up Brown for the final goal of the game.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
 
- Gambino finished with four goals as Flusche recorded four points on two goals and two assists. Arterburn registered a hat trick while Pyon tallied two goals, one assist, seven draw controls, two groundballs, and a caused turnover. In net, senior Elena Boal (West Windsor, N.J.) collected four saves.
 
- Brown totaled two goals, three groundballs, and two draw controls as Emma Louise Tower notched 10 saves, three groundballs, and two caused turnovers.
 
UP NEXT:
 
- Both teams return to action next week. MIT will travel to Skidmore College for a 4:00 p.m. game on Tuesday, March 26. Mount Holyoke, meanwhile, will host NEWMAC foe Emerson College on Saturday, March 26 at 12:00 p.m.
 
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