ELON, N.C. – Elon University women's lacrosse, now 4-0 on the 2017 season, earned a 14-7 win over High Point on Sunday, Feb. 19, at Rudd Field to tie its best-ever start to a campaign.
 
The 4-0 mark matches Elon's record to open the 2016 season when it beat San Diego State, Longwood, Coastal Carolina and No. 10 Duke. During Elon's run this season, it has defeated three Big South opponents in Campbell, Winthrop and High Point and No. 13 Virginia of the ACC.
 
Stephanie Asher and Anna Vitton lead the Phoenix with four goals apiece on the afternoon while Asher also took five draw controls. In four games thus far, Asher has now picked up at least three draw controls in three of the outings and has scored at least three goals each time out. Abby Godfrey also notched three goals with two draw controls and two ground balls. Jacie Cooper entered the game with four-career ground balls, but she grabbed four more Sunday against the Panthers to lead the Phoenix in the category. In the cage, Rachel Ramirez tied her career high with 15 saves.
 
High Point's Darla Poulin and Erica Perrotta both scored two goals to lead the Panthers. With High Point's two leading scorers only scoring twice, Elon has yet to allow a player on an opposing team score more than two goals in any of the four games to date. Samantha Herman also added a game-high five ground balls, five caused turnovers and three draw controls.
 
The Rundown
Elon jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the opening 13:48 of the game with two goals from Asher and one apiece from Godfrey, Vitton and Nicole Sinacori. With the quick start, Elon has now twice scored at least five goals in a game at home before the opponent could get on the scoreboard with Campbell falling down 7-0 in the season-opener before getting on the scoreboard.
 
Though High Point scored three of the next four goals after Elon took the 5-0 lead, the Phoenix went on another 5-0 run to take the lead from 6-3 with 8:02 to play in the first half to 11-3 with 22:01 to go in the game.
 
In the final 20 minutes, the two teams traded goals but Asher put the icing on the cake when she scored her 99th career goal with 18 seconds to go to make it 14-7. With one more goal, Asher will become the first Phoenix in program history to reach the 100-career goal mark.
 
Up Next
Elon will look to continue its excellent start to the season when it hosts No. 8 Notre Dame on Thursday, Feb. 23, at 6 p.m. at Rudd Field. The Phoenix and Fighting Irish have never met before. Notre Dame is 4-1 with four-straight wins over Liberty, Detroit, Marquette and Michigan.