ST. DAVIDS, Pa.—Eastern University Women's Lacrosse honored its three graduating players before today's season finale against the visiting Hood College Blazers.
Gracie Horton,
Ava Weiman, and Seana Rogers have all played a critical role in moving the program forward over these past seasons. Horton came into the day three-points short of 100 for her career. The senior from Swedesboro N.J. scored the first goal of the game and reached 100 points with a goal six minutes into the third. Though the Eagles fell 18-11, Horton finished with six goals ont he afternoon and 103 points for her career.
Eastern came into this afternoon's season finale with several players out and several more wearing the bruises from a tough stretch of games in the MAC Commonwealth. With injuries reducing numbers more Eastern players took injuries and the Eagles wound up with a bit of a make-shift line-up that included
Erin Speak, a soccer player who played last spring, but who was studying abroad until Thursday. Speak had two caused turnovers and three ground balls, but the visiting Blazers still managed to get into scoring positions,
Tori Benjamin made 13 stops to go over 150 on the season.
Morgan Wallace finished with two goals and three assists, and
Natalia Willoughby put away three goals and had four draw controls.
The Blazers (7-8, 3-4) got five goals each from Julia Gregory and Maggie Merrill. Merrill added four assists, and Gregory finished with nine draw controls.
The Eagles (4-11, 0-7) will look to build on four non-league wins and the persistence they built down the stretch as they add another recruiting class for the fall.
