Elon, N.C. – Kaitlyn Michaud scored four goals but the Drexel lacrosse team pulled away from Elon for an 18-9 Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) victory Saturday at Rudd Field. Drexel improved to 8-3 overall and 3-0 in CAA play, while Elon fell to 5-7 with the loss and 1-3 in league action.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Drexel jumped out to a 5-1 lead just seven minutes into the contest. The only Elon goal in the stretch came from Kaitlyn Michaud on Mackenzie Coleman assist.
• The Phoenix defense, though, tightened up and held the Dragons scoreless over the final 8:15 of the first quarter. Michaud and Coleman each scored in the final four minutes and Elon trailed just 5-3 after one.
• After Drexel scored, a Sammy Fisher goal brough Elon within two again at 6-4 but the Dragons answered with two more goals to make it 8-4.
• Anna Hackett scored midway through the second to make it 8-5 but an ensuing four-goal run by Drexel put Elon well behind.
• That stretch was ended on Hackett's second goal of the contest to make it 12-6 but Drexel responded with five more goals for an 17-6 lead.
• An Elon flurry made it 17-9 late but was not enough to overcome the deficit. Michaud scored twice and Fisher added a goal as well in the final nine minutes of the game.

 
STATS AND NOTES

• Kaitlyn Michaud had her third 4+ goal game of the season, finishing with four on six shots.
• Freshman Mackenzie Coleman had her second consecutive three-point day with a goal and two assists. She had two goals and an assist against Hofstra in the team's last time out.
• Sophomore Jessie Penner had a season-high four ground balls. Kailee Follette and Reagan Kuehn added three apiece.
• Brooke Scheuermann led the team with a career-best three caused turnovers.
• Drexel outshot Elon 31-22, including 21-18 on goal.
• Both teams recorded 19 ground balls.
• Drexel held a 21-10 advantage in the draw circle and scored six free position goals on seven free position shots.
• Elon's nine goals are the most a CAA team has scored on Drexel this year. The Dragons had not allowed more than six goals in any of their last three contests.

 
UP NEXT

• Elon heads on the road to play at Campbell Saturday at 2:00 p.m. The Camels are 3-8 overall and 0-3 in CAA play heading into a Monday non-conference game at Duke.