CONWAY, S.C. – The Coastal Carolina women's lacrosse team (6-4, 0-0 ASUN) defeated the Campbell Fighting Camels (3-8, 0-3 CAA) tonight in a 15-8 win at Brooks Stadium in the third game of their current four-game homestand.
The win over Campbell marks the third straight for the Chants, and the fifth in their last six outings.
Junior midfielder Devin Rybacki opened the scoring account for tonight's game, scoring her fifth of the season inside of two minutes from the opening whistle. Campbell would equalize at the 3:19 minute mark of the first quarter with a goal from Lexi Goff. Freshman Gabrielle Beaudet and Avery McIlwaine would put two more on the board for Coastal, giving the Chants a 3-2 lead after the opening 15 minutes.
CCU outscored Campbell 5-0 in the second quarter, starting with a goal from Alyson Mascolo, who scored her ninth of the season at the 6:17 mark and closing the first half with another goal contribution from McIlwaine in the final action prior to the halftime break.
Campbell scored two quick goals to start the third period with another from Goff and Aly Heath scoring the first of two goals of the half inside of the first three minutes of the second half. The two sides would trade the following five goals with Mascolo, Beaudet and Avery Snyder netting their second goals of the night. Graduate Abi George tacked on one more before the end of the quarter, making it 12-6 heading into the final frame.
The Chants would cap off a 15-goal night with Erin Clark's third goal in a Coastal uniform, Evelyn Kitchin's fifth of the season and redshirt-junior defender Claudia Kelly's first goal of her collegiate career, resulting in a 15-8 win on their home field.
Five Chants ended the night with 2+ goals on the scoresheet with Mascolo, Snyder, Beaudet, McIlwaine and Clark each getting on the scoresheet twice. In her 20th career start for CCU, senior midfielder Monica Manley assisted on two of the team's 15 goals, while also picking up a ground ball. As a team, CCU scored 15 goals on 31 total attempts, 22 on goal, and four goals coming off free position attempts.
On the defensive end, Coastal picked up 12 ground balls and 13 draw controls and caused six turnovers. Goalkeeper Charlotte Sadler, in her 20th appearance for the Chants, saved 10 of Campbell's 18 attempts on target, moving her season total to 90.
Next up for the Chants is the ASUN Conference opener, concluding their current four-game homestand, on Saturday, Mar. 30 against the Lindenwood Lions at noon P.M. ET at Brooks Stadium.
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