ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – The University of Chicago women's lacrosse team continued its offensive assault on conference opponents with a dominating 25-1 win at Augustana College on Saturday.

In league games this season, the No. 21-ranked Maroons have outscored their opponents by a combined score of 73-6. UChicago (12-1 record) won their eighth-straight contest and improved to 3-0 in the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW). The Vikings ran their record to 4-7 (0-3 CCIW).

One game after scoring the most goals in program history (26), UChicago tallied the second-most goals with 25. Senior Ali Sheehy opened the floodgates about 2.5 minutes into the game and the visitors proceeded to scored 22 more unanswered goals. Senior Lally Johnson and first-year Skylar Lienhardt posted two goals each in the first quarter as the Maroons took a 9-0 lead after 15 minutes.

UChicago would go on to add eight more in the second quarter, five in the third and three in the fourth. Augustana broke up the shutout bid with 12:23 remaining in the game.

Similar to their dominance on the scoreboard, the Maroons were in firm control of every statistical category. They outshot the Vikings 38-5, with a 20-9 advantage in draw controls and a 19-12 margin in ground balls. Augustana turned the ball over 21 times with UChicago causing 12 turnovers. The hosts went 7-for-12 on clears while the Maroons converted 16 of 17 clears.

Twelve different UChicago players scored in the game, paced by junior Anneke Pulkkinen and Lienhardt with five goals each. First-year Evelina Swigart, sophomore Lizzie Huesman, junior Zoe Torok, senior Sarah Bloomquist and Johnson all contributed two goals apiece. Sophomore Camille Kuwana (7), junior Charlotte Rapp (6) and Torok (5) led the way in draw controls.

In goal, first-year Rachel Keefe (12-1 record) played the first half and made three saves. Juniors Emily Feigen and Kat Berritto took over in the third and fourth quarters, respectively.

NEXT GAME:

• Wednesday, April 20 @ 6:00 PM – UChicago at Carthage College