Box Score
EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. - Nicole Pyle scored five goals and Hannah Cowan registered a career-high seven points as second-ranked West Chester University topped host East Stroudsburg University, 24-5, in a PSAC women's lacrosse contest at Whitenight Field on a cold and blustery Tuesday afternoon.
West Chester (6-0, 3-0 PSAC) remained unbeaten on the season while East Stroudsburg (1-6, 0-3) is still in search of its first conference win.
Cowan got things going just over two minutes in on a free position. West Chester then scored the next seven goals in succession to jump out to an 8-0 lead 10 minutes into the contest. Jamie Dolan had all three of her goals in the game during that spurt while Cowan notched two.
After ESU finally got on the scoreboard with 19 minutes to go before halftime, Pyle registered a natural hat trick with three straight goals over an 8:38 time span to push West Chester's lead to 11-1. The host Warriors scored their second goal of the game with a little over three minutes left in the first half. Then, West Chester closed out the first half with three more goals to take a 14-2 edge into the locker room.
Pyle scored the final goal of the first half with nine second left as she posted all five of her tallies on the day in the first 30 minutes of play.
West Chester outshot East Stroudsburg, 51-10. Jess Henderson (6-0) made one save in 42 minutes of work in the cage. Kelsey Sward came on and played the final 18 minutes, notching one save as well.
The Golden Rams return home for two games against Gannon and Mercyhurst on Friday and Saturday at Vonnie Gros Field. Both games will be at 3 p.m.
