University women's lacrosse team emerged with a 22-11 win over conference rival Misericordia. Jessie Basch set the pace with five goals and seven assists and Katie Choquette scored five and set up two.

Misericordia controlled the opening draw and Nicole DeAngelis scored her first of the day just 18 seconds into the match. The Eagles won the second draw and Basch answered with her first of the day just 33 seconds later. The Eastern senior then controlled her own draw and raced to goal for her second of the day just 10 seconds later to put Eastern up 2-1 just 61 seconds into the match. Misericordia's Shannon Tinkham scored her first of the game and 30th of the year on a nice pass from Jamie Wargo to tie the score at two with 28:24 on the clock. Choquette found Erin Fries in front of the net to give the Eagles the 3-2 lead 18 seconds later, but that lead was short-lived as the Cougars tied the game with 27:04 on the clock on an unassisted goal from Nicole DeAngelis.

DeAngelis gave the Cougars their second and final lead of the contest with a free position goal four minutes later. Grace Griffith answered the DeAngelis goal with her first of four on the afternoon on a free position shot. Basch gave the Eagles the lead for good with her third of the day at the 19:28 mark. Basch then set up Choquette to give the Eagles a two goal edge before Tinkham closed the gap back to 6-5 with her second of the day. 

The Eagles pulled away to an 11-6 lead as Choquette scored three times and Griffith and Basch added single tallies, but Tinkham put away her third of the day to steal back a little momentum for the visitors going to the break.

The Eagles held a 24-15 edge in shots through the first thirty minutes. The Cougars held an 11-8 edge in draw controls, but Eastern forced their guests into 14 turnovers and took advantage of those chances for the 11-7 lead at the break.

DeAngelis opened the second half with her fourth of the day to cut into the Eastern lead. The Eagles, however, answered with a four goal burst in just over a minute and a half to seize control of the game. Erin Reimel scored a pair of goals in the run as the Eagles won three straight draws and scored off a quick turnover on the fourth draw. Fries and Choquette scored the other two goals on passes from Basch.

Griffith scored the next two goals as the Eastern defense locked down the Misericordia attackers and took a 17-8 lead. Basch then put the Eagles up 18-8 as she wrapped a shot behind her back after winning the self draw. The Eagles held the lead and finished the game with goals from Anne Dietrich, Reimel's third of the day, and a pair from Allie Fultz.

Tinkham and DeAngelis each finished with five goals for the Cougars. Griffth scored four goals and Fries had two goals and an assist. Kim Campbell made ten saves before giving way to Kristy Getsay in the waning moments of the game.

The Eagles host Rowan University on Tuesday afternoon before returning to conference action with a home game against Manhattanville College on Wednesday.

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