WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – Senior Emma Lehr (Danville, Pa./Danville Area) posted a career-high four goals and senior Erika Boyer (East Greenville, Pa./Upper Perkiomen) had two goals and five assists to lead the Lycoming College women's lacrosse team, which won its first MAC Freedom game, 13-9, on Wednesday, April 6, at McCarthy Stadium.
 
After King's (1-9 overall, 0-3 MAC Freedom) closed within a goal midway through the third quarter at 8-7, Boyer found Lehr for a score with 6:39 left before Boyer netted her second goal a half-minute later to make it 10-7 and give the Warriors (5-6 overall, 1-2 MAC Freedom) some breathing room.
 
The Monarchs closed within two with two minutes left in the third, but first-year Katie Maguire (Garnerville, N.Y./Albertus Magnus) scored two minutes into the fourth before Boyer found first-year Erin Henn (Ronkonkoma, N.Y./Sayville) for a score to give the Warriors a four-goal lead, before the teams traded a pair of goals late in the quarter to round out the scoring.
 
Maguire finished with three goals and three caused turnovers and Henn added two. Junior Tess Arnold (Elmira, N.Y./Elmira) posted an assist, six groundballs and two caused turnovers.
 
King's opened the game with two goals and had a 3-1 lead two and a half minutes into the second quarter before the Warriors closed the period with a 6-2 run to lead 7-5 at halftime. Lehr had two goals during the run and Boyer added a goal and two assists.
 
The Warriors forced the Monarchs into turnovers on more than 30 percent of their clears and picked up 32 groundballs.
 
Natasha Koslop led the Monarchs with five goals and Alli Lindsay added two goals, two assists and four groundballs. Emily Sims caused six turnovers.
 
In net, sophomore Zoe Stauffer (Warwick, Pa./Lititz) stopped 12 shots to earn the win. Sidney Bush stopped eight shots in the first half for the Monarchs and Jessie Smalley stopped six in the second half.
 
The Warriors get back on the field on Saturday, April 9, when they head to FDU-Florham for a 1 p.m. matchup.