PHILADELPHIA – Millersville scored the first three goals and the HFU women's lacrosse team could never recover in an eventual 13-18 setback to the Marauders on Wednesday evening at Tiger Field. 
 
Individual Highlights

• Mackenzie Santucci (Columbus, N.J./Northern Burlington Regional (RCBC)) and Tatceyana Pulley (Edgewater Park, N.J./Burlington City) tied for a match-high with four goals apiece
  • Santucci added an assist to lead Holy Family with five points and move into 10th in program history with 127 for her career
  • The four goals tied a career-best for Pulley 
• Payton Pugh (Philadelphia, Pa./St. Hubert's) led all players with four caused turnovers, tying a career-bet, while also pacing the Tigers with four ground balls for the match's second-highest total 
• Tori Wolstenholme (Philadelphia, Pa./St. Hubert's) had four draw controls for the match's second highest total, to go along with two caused turnovers and two ground balls
• Rianna Shields (Richboro, Pa./Council Rock South) also tallied a hat trick, adding an assist for four points
• Emma Hurley (Willow Grove, Pa./Upper Moreland) stopped more than half the shots she faced, making a season-best 19 saves

 
How it Happened 
First Quarter

• It took 9:55 for Millersville to score those opening three goals before the two teams alternated scores to close out the period, with Shields netting twice over the final 4:26 for a 2-4 score-line

Second Quarter

• The Marauders scored four of the first six goals of the second, and back-to-back scores eventually established a 6-12 lead 2:09 ahead of the half
• HFU would explode for three goals over the final 1:33 though, the first two of which were by Pulley before Santucci made it a three-goal deficit with just 10- seconds showing

Third Quarter

• The Tigers could never get closer than three though, as Millersville took just 5:03 to score the first three goals of the second half, the first two of which were a woman up
• Santucci and Rachael Sepcic (Robbinsville, N.J./Robbinsville (Georgian Court/Rowan)) each cut the deficit to five, at 10-15 and 11-16, the latter coming at the 14-second mark

Fourth Quarter

• Each team found the net twice in the fourth 

 
Up Next
Holy Family begins its spring break by hosting Southern New Hampshire next Monday at 12 p.m.