Offensive Explosion Leads ECU Past Delaware State

Saturday, March 24

Greenville, N.C.

12:00 P.M.

East Carolina University

2-10

Delaware State

0-5

Delaware State

ECU

March 24, 2018 | Lacrosse

Box Score

RESULT
GREENVILLE, N.C. --- ECU snapped a nine-game losing streak and earned its first-ever home win with a 16-2 victory over Delaware State Saturday afternoon at Johnson Stadium. Freshmen Brittany Borchers and Sam Caputo each recorded their first career hat trick to lead the Pirates.

RECORDS
ECU (2-10); DELAWARE STATE (0-5)

GAME FACTS

ECU scored the game's first 15 goals en route to it's their largest offensive scoring total of the season. Its previous high was 15 at Gardner-Webb.
Liz Blumthal, Megan Pallozzi and Madi Bada each scored two goals for ECU. It was Bada's first goals as a Pirate. Morgan Cheripko and Alex Nicoletti also scored their first goal as a member of the ECU lacrosse team.
All 27 players on the roster saw action.
The Pirates attempted nearly 20 more shots than the Hornets, 27-8, and had 10 fewer turnovers (7-17).

COACH'S COMMENTS
"Since day one in August [we've progressed] leaps and bounds. It's hard as a coach not to be outcome or win-based, but our focus has been to get better every day and I think most days we do that." – ECU Head Coach Amanda Barnes

HOW IT HAPPENED

Blumthal and Caputo each scored two goals in the opening seven minutes as the Pirates built a 6-0 lead with 23:22 to play in the first half.
Bada scored her first career goal 52 seconds later and then her second with 15:06 left before halftime to give ECU a 9-0 lead.
Cheripko put ECU ahead 10-0 and the game into running clock mode with 14:06 remaining in the opening half.
Pallozzi scored the Pirates' 12^th and final goal of the first half with 7:21 remaining and then scored their first goal of the second half, 51 seconds in.
Borchers scored the next two goals for a 15-0 lead with 16:43 to play.
The Hornets got goals from Akina Wolfe (8:35) and Lauren Perry (3:43).
Nicoletti scored the final goal of the game with 51 seconds to play.