HAMBURG, N.Y.  – Hilbert Women's Lacrosse opened the game with a 1-0 lead before Mount Aloysius College found their offensive lanes and rolled to a 17-5 Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference victory at Frontier High School.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Olivia Cleary frustrated the Mounties shooters after making point-blank saves each quarter as the sophomore goalie finished with 14 saves, seven off free position shots.
• The Hawks defense showed a lot of grit as they recorded 17 caused turnovers.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Jessee Jonathan finished a Samantha Accurso feed to the bottom of the net just six minutes into the game. The Mounties then went on a roll, scoring six unanswered hits before Ellie Pembleton converted a rebound-put-back past Mount Aloysius' goalie with 46- seconds left in the first quarter.
• After the Mounties strung together four more goals, Olivia Horn scored a free position goal before the break, sending both teams to intermission with a 10-3 margin.
• Mount Aloysius opened the third with three consecutive markers, but Alexandria Stoddard and Horn (a) hooked up for a man-up goal at the end of the third quarter and Horn scored the Hawks final goal at the start of the fourth quarter.

BY THE NUMBERS

• Olivia Horn finished with three points while Jessee Jonathan added one goal off three shots and won four draw controls.
• Samantha Accurso led with six caused turnovers, six ground balls and four draw controls and Skyler Holzman added four caused turnovers and five ground balls.  McKenzie Walker was another tough defender, forcing three caused turnovers.

UP NEXT

Hilbert is scheduled to play a 6 pm AMCC game at Alfred State College Tuesday, April 8 but stay connected to the team's social media page for any weather-related updates.