Cincinnati, OH – Alma College Women's Lacrosse was on the road for the first half of a weekend back-to-back in Ohio on Saturday. Alma dominated in a shutout victory over Mount St. Joeseph.
 
Alma jumped on the scoreboard first when Rileigh McGeorge opened the scoring at 10:02 in the first of a Sam Peterson assist. Minutes later it was Sarah Bollinger scoring, also off a Peterson assist to make it 2-0. The Scots would double their lead to 4-0 on unassisted tallies from McGeorge and Joanna Scorziello. McGeorge recorded her third goal to complete a hattrick with 53 seconds to go in the first. After one quarter Alma led 5-0.
 
Briar-Rose Mackey was the first to net a goal in the second, scoring at 12:32. Lauren Kenny followed suit scoring at 10:13, and McGeorge scored her 4^th goal at 7:58. Kylie Lewis then found her way onto the sheet under a minute later with an assist from Peterson, her third apple of the game. Lewis turned around a minute later and made it a multi-point game when she assisted Kirsten Browne at 5:46 to bring the score to 10-0. Skyler Glotfelter's first of the game grew the gap to 11-0, and Lewis' second tally off a Scorziello helper saw the Scots up 12-0 at half.
 
McGeorge and Peterson scored a minute apart to open the third quarter, and Scorziello's second goal gave Alma a 15-0 lead halfway through the frame. Mary Draher then stamped her name into the goal column with a mark at 6:26, and Peterson struck again 30 seconds later, 17-0. Emma Sage's first career goal rounded out the scoring after three quarters at 18-0 Scots.
 
The firsts continued into the final period of the contest. Olivia Warren got an assist from Peterson, scoring her first career goal at 13:05 remaining in the game. Warren also gave an assist to Kirsten Browne, before scoring again at 4:46 to play. Celeste Welch found her way onto the scoresheet as time winded down, scoring twice in the final 2:30 to cap the scoring at 23-0 Alma.
 
Alma executed their gameplan to perfection on the evening. The Scots outshot The Mount 49-0 in the win, won the groundball battle 37-14, caused 19 turnovers as a team, and went a perfect 11-11 on clears.
 
Rileigh McGeorge was the leading scorer with 5 goals, while Sam Peterson's 5 assists were a big part of her game high 7 points. McGeorge also led with 9 ground balls, and caused a game high 4 turnovers.
 
Cassidy Smith (2-3) and Alexis Norko combined for a shutout, with Smith picking up the win in goal.
 
The Scots move to 2-3, and look ahead to a tough Otterbein team tomorrow evening.