River Forest, Ill. - Under the direction of first year head coach Ashley Johnson the Alma College women's lacrosse team opened up their season with a bang earning their season-opening win against first year program, Concordia University of Chicago.

Alma came out of the gates firing and did not stop to give them the 18-3 victory over the Cougars. In the first half alone the Scots out scored the Cougars 11-3. 

Sophomore Brianna Soriano (San Diego, Cali./Serra) led all scorers with five goals and sophomore Katherine Rogers (Farmington Hills, Mich./Farmington Hills) was close behind as she tallied four goals. 

Soriano scored three of the first four goals of the game while Rogers picked up one to give Alma the early 4-0 lead with 18:50 left to play in the first half. Alma did not stop there as Rogers and two other Scots scored to give Alma the 7-0 advantage with a significant amount of time left in the half.

Concordia University of Chicago was able to get on the board twice in an attempt to cut the margin but the Scots went in to the halftime break with an 11-2 lead over the Cougars. 

The Scots played a bit more reserved in the second half notching seven goals in total and allowing only one for Concordia. In the end the game was all for the Scots and they earned their season-opening victory, 18-3.

Senior Ashton Street (Brighton, Mich./Brighton) led all players with a grand total of seven draw controls. Junior Miranda Kruse (Ann Arbor, Mich./Ann Arbor Pioneer) was in goal for the entire 60:00 minutes recording one save. 

The Alma College women's lacrosse team will continue their spring break debut down in Alabama. On Monday (Feb. 29) the Scots will take on Huntingdon College at 4:00 p.m. Alma will continue their road trip to Birmingham Southern College for their third game of the season Thursday (Mar. 3). The game is set to start at 6:00 p.m. 

Game Notes:

• Today's win marks the second consecutive season-opening victory for the Scots as they enter in to their fifth year as a varsity program.

• Briana Sorianno scored a career game high five goals in the win today. 

• Kathrine Rogers scored a career game high of four goals.

• First year head Coach Ashley Johnson picked up her first victory as the head coach of a program. 

Quote:

Head Coach Ashley Johnson

on the victory...

"The team came together as a whole unit on the field today. I was really impressed with the hustle and intensity displayed. I could not be prouder of this first showing of the 2016 season."