Hoersten records her 100th career point as Women's Lacrosse defeats Westminster (Pa.) 18-8

ADA — Junior Emma Hoersten (Hilliard/Davidson) recorded her 100th career point on Saturday afternoon to lead the Ohio Northern women's lacrosse team to an 18-8 victory over Westminster (Pa.).

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (3-2 overall), Westminster (Pa.) (3-1 overall).
• Venue: Dial Robertson Stadium - Ada, Ohio.

The Game

• Hoersten finished with 5 goals and 2 assists for 7 points and notched her 12th career hat trick.
• She now has 106 career points on 85 goals and 21 assists.
• Senior Keaghan Burden (Brunswick) had three goals and 5 assists for a team-high 8 points to go with seven draw controls.
• Junior Elena Martin (Canfield) also had a hat trick with 4 goals and had a team-high 4 draw controls.
• Fifth-year senior Emma LoGiudice (Wooster) had a team-best 5 ground balls,
• The Titans were led by Michaela Neelin with 4 goals.
• ONU went on a 5-0 run, holding WV scoreless for 10:07, to take an 8-3 lead with 10:30 left in the half.
• Northern led 10-5 at halftime, then scored the game's next six goals to go up 16-5 with 11:32 left to put the game away.
• Freshman Kara Fox (South Euclid/Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin) had 12 saves on 17 shots in 45 minutes of action in goal to help the Polar Bears.
• WC out-shot ONU 30-29 and had the ground ball advantage 18-17.

Notables

• Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Westminster by a 2-0 margin and is now 1-0 in the series at Dial-Roberson Stadium.
• Hoersten entered the game with 99 career points and picked up point 100 on a goal with 4:49 left in the first period.
• She is tied for fifth in career goals with 85 and is 8th with her 106 points.
• Martin has 94 career points on 76 goals and 18 assists and needs six more to reach 100.
• She ranks 8th all-time at ONU with her 76 career goals.
• Seven different Polar Bears scored goals in the contest.
• Hoersten leads the team this season in goals with 18.
• Hoersten has the ONU career record in free-position goals with 33.
• Burden is first all-time in Ohio Northern history with 182 career points. She is also ONU's all-time career leader with 105 assists and is ninth with 77 career goals.
• Burden has a team-high 26 points on 13 goals and 13 assists this season.
• Martin leads the team with 23 draw controls this year and is third all time with 132.
• Head coach Margo Vandeveld is in her second season at Ohio Northern and has a 12-10 record, a winning percentage of .545.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will continue their spring break schedule with a 1 pm contest at Guilford (N.C.) on Tuesday afternoon.