Bob Bonnar, FLC Athletics

Box Score

FLC freshman Hallie Marker scored six goals and added two assists in Tuesday's 24-2 win over Cornell College.

Cornell CORW 2-2

Fort Lewis FLC 2-0

Cornell CORW

2-2

Final

Mar. 10, 2020

Fort Lewis FLC

2-0

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
Cornell CORW	1	1	2
Fort Lewis FLC	15	9	24

Game Recap: Women's Lacrosse | 3/10/2020 4:11:00 PM | David Wilson, Assistant AD-Communications

FLC women's lacrosse ties program record in 24-2 drubbing of Cornell College

DENVER, Colorado — The Fort Lewis College women's lacrosse team closed out a two-game trek up to the Mile High City on Tuesday, rolling to a 24-2 romp of Cornell College out at Aurora Sports Park.

Fort Lewis (2-0 overall), which opened the 2020 season with a 23-2 victory against hosts Johnson & Wales University, tied a program record with the 24 goals on Tuesday, which was previously set on March 19, 2011 in a 24-2 win over Adams State University.

"It's a great feeling to leave Denver with two wins in our first two games of the season and having a dominant performance overall," said Fort Lewis head coach, Ashley Travis. "We got to see multiple players score again and see what we can do when we put it all together."

For the second consecutive game, freshman midfielder Hallie Marker led the scoring effort for the Skyhawks as she tallied six goals and added two assists. Five of her goals came in the opening 30 minutes as FLC built a 15-1 lead at the half over Cornell College (2-2 overall).

Marker now has 10 goals on the season through two games and her six goals on Tuesday were the most in a game for a Skyhawk since Kelli Warmouth scored eight against Colorado Mesa on February 17, 2018.

"She just turns it on during games," Travis said of Marker. "She's quick, knows what to do with the ball and she re-defends really well, which helps us create a lot of turnovers. She places her shots really well and she had a lot of great cuts today, as well."

Marker was one of 12 different FLC players to score a goal on Tuesday, with senior Delaney Benson netting a hat trick with three goals, and five players — Abby Escandon, Maren Clark, Abby Bartles, Makena Carter and Brooklyn Merchant — each finishing with two goals apiece.

Escandon added a team-high five assists and two caused turnovers in Tuesday's win, as well.

Rounding out the goal scoring for the Skyhawks was Abigail Merchant, Mia White, Liv Crawford, Autumn Rymerson and Sarah Heathershaw, who's free position goal with 18:05 remaining in the second half ballooned the FLC lead to 19-1.

Fort Lewis would finish 6-for-7 on free position shots, improving to 15-for-23 as a team on those scoring opportunities through the first two games.

"We like to move the ball really quick and get the defense to shift and draw a lot of shooting space calls," Travis said. "Something we talked about a lot after the game against Johnson & Wales was really trying to work on our free positions and finish. We did a great job with that (Tuesday)."

The Skyhawks' dominance also translated over to the draw controls (19-9 advantage) and ground balls (19-5) categories; two hustle stats that Travis said will be important as the season progresses and the caliber of opponents increases.

"Draw controls are going to be huge for us in these upcoming games. We're trying different people right now and seeing what works," Travis said. "We're hustling after those draws and after ground balls any chance we get. I've always said that 'ground balls win games,' so when we're winning that stat, we're in a good position to win a game."

FLC also finished with a 17-11 edge in turnovers and were 7-of-8 on its clearing attempts Tuesday compared to 6-of-10 for Cornell College.

The Skyhawks will now turn home and have the next five days off before spending Spring Break out in Kansas City, Missouri for a pair of games against Benedictine College (4-1 overall) and Rockhurst University (4-3 overall).

Action gets underway with a 5 p.m. matchup on Monday, March 16 against Benedictine College.

"The competition level will raise next week, but we've been able to see what we can do and were able to get those first-game jitters out," Travis said. "Draw controls and ground balls will be crucial in those games next week. We'll need to move the ball quick. And on defense, we really need to communicate because we'll be looking to push fast breaks and set the pace."

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