Kebrich Scores Big in Win Against Gators

BALTIMORE - First year Katie Kebrich (Towson, Md.) scored six goals as the Goucher College women's lacrosse team downed Notre Dame of Maryland University 17-5 Wednesday afternoon at Alumnae Field. 

• •    Goucher (2-6) took the lead early as Katherine Luetgens (El Segundo, Calif./El Segundo) scored off a feed from Amelia Lazzini (McDonald, Pa./South Fayette).
  •    Jordyn Altieri (Vista, Calif./Vista) extended the lead with her first goal of the game, just her second of her career
  •    Kebrich knotted her first of the game at the 06:41 mark
  •    Notre Dame (0-5) got on the board with just over three minutes left in the quarter off a Jade Stewart goal. Sarah Generoso assisted the tally
  •    Luetgens answered off a Lelia Webb (Harrisburg, Pa./Trinity) feed two minutes later to extend the Goucher lead 4-1

• Altieri scored her second goal of the game to open the second frame. Both of Altieri's goals were unassisted today
• Webb added to her scoring tally by netting a goal with 07:02 remaining
• Generoso got the Gators back on the board with an unassisted tally of her own not a minute after (06:39)
• Kebrich scored again off of a free position attempt to net her second of the day
• Averee Radonovich then answered with a free position shot of her own to make the score 7-3 going into halftime

• Amaya Locke (Bowie, Md./Bowie) kicked off the second half with an unassisted tally of her own at the 12:51 mark
• Molly Smith (Damascus, Md./Damascus) then scored her first of the game off of a Luetgens assist
• Kebrich got her hat trick off of another free position attempt
• Notre Dame rattled off two straight goals from Emma Alascia and Generoso
• Kebrich then got the Gophers back on track, kicking off a seven goal run, as Webb continued to be the distributor for the Gophers with her second assist of the afternoon.

• Locke got the Goucher onslaught going in the fourth
• Kebrich scored her fifth of the game at the 11:39 mark
• Smith scored two back to back for her hat trick at the 10:11 and the 06:16 marks
• Kebrich finished her scoring day with five minutes left in the game off of a Lazzini assist
• Izzy Montenegro (Hingham, Mass./Hingham) finished the scoring for the Gophers to make the final 17-5

• Goucher outshot Notre Dame 42-14 and finished 2-4 on free position shots.
• Kebrich finished with six points. She led all Goucher scorers, she also led the Gophers in draw controls with six on the afternoon.
• Smith registered three goals, while Luetgens and Altieri each notched two goals and an assist.  Locke chipped in a pair of goals.
• Webb posted a goal and three assists.
• Smith and Altieri each had three caused turnovers apiece, while Kebrich and Carla Caballero (Dallas, Texas/Greenhill School) recorded two each.
• Sydney Lewis (Baltimore, Md./Carver) started in goal and made four saves in the first half before Belle Christ (Randolph, N.J./Randolph) made a pair of saves in the final 30 minutes.
• Goucher recorded its eighth straight victory against the Gators.

• Goucher travels to Neumann on Saturday for a 1 pm non-conference game, its final tune-up before Landmark Conference play.
• After opening conference action at Elizabethtown on March 25, the Gophers return home Saturday, April 1 against Juniata.