BELOIT, Wis. – Cornell's women's lacrosse team continued its dominance over Beloit with a 19-1 landslide victory in NACC action Wednesday night at Strong Stadium.
The Rams (3-8 overall, 2-3 NACC) rolled to their eighth consecutive series win over Beloit and recorded the program's largest margin of victory since the 2022 season opener (19-0 vs. Spalding).
Cornell outshot the Buccaneers (0-10 overall, 0-5 NACC) by a whopping 41-5 margin and had nearly half of its attempts find the back of the net.
Ava Ferencz,
Natalie Hudgins,
Sabrina Ibanez and
Evi Reedy all tallied four goals apiece to fuel Cornell's attack. The Rams received one goal apiece from
Hailey Sieler,
Brynn Miroslavich and
Cassie Clay.
Ferencz's big game included team-highs of eight ground balls and seven draw controls with three caused turnovers. The Rams posted 16 caused turnovers in the contest, four by Clay.
Hudgins set the tone for an explosive night, scoring twice in the opening four minutes. Reedy's second goal pushed the Rams ahead 8-0 with 10:23 left in the first half.
The Rams ran off 11 unanswered goals to finish the blowout. Cornell was a perfect 15-of-15 in clear attempts and pressured the home team into 28 turnovers.
Starting goalie
Hannah Miech worked the first three quarters, collecting two saves.
Violette Finnegan came in to post a scoreless fourth period.
Beloit's lone score was a man-up goal midway through the second quarter.
Coming up – The Rams play host to Illinois Tech (3-10 overall, 1-4 NACC) at 1 p.m. Saturday on Senior Day at Van Metre Field at Ash Park.