LAKEWOOD, Pa. – Tied with Georgian Court at end the first half, the Millersville women's lacrosse team came out of the break hot with a Grace Cobaugh goal just 25 seconds into the second half. The Marauders went on to defeat the Lions, 19-13.
 
Millersville improves to 3-2 overall while Georgian Court falls to 1-6.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Georgian Court got on the board first with two goals in the first two minutes of play. The Marauders traded goals with the Lions making it 3-2. Eight scoreless minutes passed before Georgian Court picked up the pace and shut out the Marauders over the next nine minutes with a 4-0 run. Millersville added six unanswered goals of its own through the final six minutes of the half to tie it at 7-7.
• The Marauders rattled off six goals through the first 10 minutes in the second half and held the Lions to just a single goal for the 13-8 lead. Georgian Court put up three more goals before Millersville went on a 4-0 run to increase its lead to 18-11. The Lions rattled off two more goals and the Marauders' one before the end of the half.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
• Gillian Zimmerman led the team with nine points off six goals and three assists. Seven of her eight shots landed on the net.
• Genevieve Speights and Hayden Corcoran totaled four points each off three goals and one assists apiece. Speights put up seven shots in the game and Corcoran added five.
• Zimmerman and Corcoran were two-for-two on free position shots.
• Sarah Leverentz, Grace Cobaugh and Sarah Burney put up two goals each. Amanda Juliano put up a single goal and an assist.  
• Burney and goalie Kelly Layton led the team in ground balls scooping up five apiece.
• Leverentz led forced a team-high three turnovers.
 
HEAD COACH CINDY WILSON QUOTES
• "The run we had in the first half really turned the momentum in our favor. We were able to make adjustments and capitalize on the openings that we saw."
• "We have been working on our free positions, so seeing success on them was great and really helped us to build a lead."
• "Possession is the key to the game, so being able to win the draw is incredibly important. Our draw unit was really clicking and able to get the possession for our offensive unit."
 
NOTES
• Millersville held the advantage in shots (36-28), shots on goal (30-22) and draw controls (21-13).
• Georgian Court held the advantage in ground balls (26-21), clears (25-18) and free position shots (8-6).
• The Marauders are now 4-1 all-time in the series against the Lions. Millersville holds a two-game win streak.

UP NEXT
Millersville hosts West Chester in its home-opener at Biemesderfer Stadium this Friday, Mar. 13 at 4 p.m.