WENHAM, Mass.—The Maine Maritime Academy women's lacrosse team spotted host Gordon College an early lead, but then reeled off 10 unanswered goals en route to a convincing 16-3 non-conference win over the Fighting Scots at the Brigham Athletic Complex on Tuesday. Maine Maritime improves to 2-1 on the season while Gordon drops to 0-3.

Maine Maritime Highlights

• Sophomores Lillian Diversi (5 goals, 1 assist) and Julia Wade (4g, 2a) paced the offense with six points apiece. Diversi also had a game-high five ground balls.
• Seniors Hazel Stoddard (3g, 2a) and Kirra Magana (2g, 3a) chipped in five points apiece. Magana also notched a game-high six draw controls.
• Junior Rebecca Caron also had a multi-point game with two goals and two assists.
• Starting junior goalie Ella Bowes made eight saves for the win.

Gordon Highlights

• Caroline Piorkowski led the team with a pair of goals.
• Kaitlyn Mini had the Scots other goal and she also had an assist.
• Kayla Davidson led all student-athletes with three caused turnovers and topped the team with five ground balls.

How it Happened

• After Gordon took a 1-0 lead on a goal by Piorkowski 1 minute and 24 seconds after the opening draw control, MMA responded with a run of 10 unanswered goals to take a commanding 10-1 halftime lead.
• Diversi scored 42 seconds later to tie the game and Wade put the Mariners ahead for good at the 10:37 mark.
• Diversi added another goal with MMA on the man-up to wrap up the first quarter scoring and give the visitors a 3-1 lead.
• The Mariners outscored the Fighting Scots in the second quarter, 7-0.
• Besides the scoreboard, MMA also dominated statistical categories including shots (36-20), shots on goal (26-11), draw controls (14-9), ground balls (26-19) and clears (14-for-17, 10-for-17).

Inside the Boxscore

• Gordon is a member of the Conference of New England.
• Today marked the first-ever meeting between the programs.
• The Scots suffered their largest margin of defeat in the team's home opener.
• Diversi has entered into a tie with Stoddard for team leads on the season in goals (10), assists (5) and total points (15).
• Maine Maritime established season highs today for points (26), assists (10), shots (36), ground balls (26) and clears (14).
• Stoddard is second in NCAA Division III and fourth in all-Divisions for active career scoring with 6.38 points per game.

Next Up

• Maine Maritime returns home to Ritchie Field on Sunday to host non-conference foe Suffolk University for a noon start.