POUGHKEEPSIE, NY - Senior captain
Chloe Birckhead notched a hat-trick in a 12-6 win by the Marist women's lacrosse team over Merrimack on Wednesday afternoon.
Jesse Manger and Birckhead led the Red Foxes in points with four, with Manger's tally consisting of two goals and two assists.
Makenna Graham scored her second and third goals of the season, while
Madison Leale netted her first collegiate goal.
Megan Morris allowed just six goals while providing nine saves in the victory.Â
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- Jesse Manger netted the first goal for the Red Foxes at the 9:49 mark of the first period, tying the score at 1-1.
- Alexa Borges followed that up with her own goal, with Manger recording the assist to put them in front 2-1.
- Catherine Windsor scored her sixth goal of the season to give Marist a 3-2 advantage.
- Megan Morris earned her third save of the first quarter with just under thirty seconds to go.
- The Red Foxes quickly moved down the field, leading to a goal from Caitlin McNaboe with three seconds remaining, which put Marist back in front at 4-3.
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- Chloe Birckhead scored Marist's lone goal of the second quarter at the 9:47 mark. Manger logged her second assist of the game on the score.
- Merrimack found a goal in the back half of the period, and the Red Foxes led 5-4 at the half.
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- Makenna Graham and Jesse Manger added to the Red Fox lead with back-to-back goals in the second half.
- Marist led 7-4 at the 8:57 mark, thanks to Manger's second goal of the game and Graham's second of the season.
- Merrimack scored a goal at the 7:28 mark to trim the lead back to two, but Birckhead netted her second of the game with just under six minutes in the third.
- Alana Tavares added her sixth goal of the season while Birckhead earned her hat-trick to give Marist a 10-5 lead.
- The Red Foxes doubled their first-half goal total of five in the third quarter alone.
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- The Warriors struck first to start the fourth period, but Makenna Graham netted her second goal, making it 11-6 Marist with 6:43 to go.
- Sophomore midfielder Madison Leale scored her first collegiate goal at the buzzer to cap off the 12-6 Marist win.
- Marist put together a handful of strong defensive stands to hold Merrimack to just one score in the fourth quarter.
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- Jesse Manger finished the game with a pair of goals and assists, making her the Red Foxes' leading points scorer with 28.
- Chloe Birckhead secured her first hat-trick of the season in the victory. This puts her career total at 25 goals.
- Megan Morris allowed the least number of goals she has all season, with six. She made nine saves in the winning effort.
- The Red Foxes held Merrimack to just two second-half goals.
- Â Madison Leale scored the first goal of her career as a Red Fox.
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- The Red Foxes will stay in Poughkeepsie to face Canisius on Saturday, April 5.
- The game will air at noon on ESPN+.
