Box Score WESTMINSTER, Md. – Franklin & Marshall built a 3-0 halftime lead en route to a 4-1 Centennial Conference (CC) victory over McDaniel on Wednesday.
Gabrielle Yore (Olney, Md./Sherwood) scored the lone goal for the Green Terror (6-3, 2-1 CC), who had its five-game winning streak snapped.
Sydney Cole and Maria Guarisco led the seventh-ranked Diplomats (9-1, 3-1 CC) with a goal and an assist each.
Cole finished across the mouth of the goal off a pass in from Lauren Eastman to stake Franklin & Marshall to a 1-0 lead at the 10:24 mark.
Guarisco doubled the advantage nearly 13 minutes later, backhanding a Cole hard pass in from the right side.
Sarah Powell turned and fired from the top of the arc in the 34th minute for a 3-0 halftime lead.
Guarisco found Audrey Buckman on a breakaway for 4-0 lead in the 68th minute.
Yore converted a breakaway of her own, sliding the ball past a diving keeper to break up the shutout with 40.1 seconds left.
Caila White (Delmar, Md./Delmar) made five saves for McDaniel.
The Diploamts finished with advantages of 14-2 in shots and 15-3 in penalty corners.
McDaniel returns to action at No. 6 Ursinus on Saturday. Game time is 12 p.m.
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