WESTMINSTER, Md. – Franklin & Marshall scored nine straight goals during the first half en route to a 20-5 victory over McDaniel in Centennial Conference (CC) women's lacrosse action on Saturday.

Emily Brownawell (Sparks, Md./Oldsfield) led the Green Terror (5-6, 2-2 CC) with three goals.

Paige Moriarty paced the fifth-ranked Diplomats with seven goals and three assists.

After Maggie Quinn (Crofton, Md./Archbishop Spalding) staked McDaniel to a 1-0 lead just 1:49 into the game, Moriarty finished a feed from Gabby Frank with 26:43 on the clock, starting a 9-0 run.

Frank returned the favor just 2:29 later before Claire Jackson finished a solo run with 22:15 remaining.

A pair of Grace Saliba tallies, including the senior's 200th career point, stretched the lead to 5-1 with 12:47 showing.

Frank bookended four more goals in a 9-minute, 4-second span to complete her hat trick en route to a four-goal, three-assist outing.

Brownawell snapped the Green Terror's 26-minute, 51-second scoring drought with a solo run before two Anastasia Mergner goals 21 seconds apart pushed the lead to 11-2 with 48 seconds to play in the opening half.

Brownawell and Moriarty traded markers in the final 23 seconds to keep it a nine-goal game at the intermission.

Moriarty scored 43 seconds into the second half to give the visitors a 10-goal margin but Brownawell converted a free-position attempt with 27:10 to play to make it a 13-4 game.

Three straight Diplomat goals, including two more by Moriarty, extended the lead to 16-4 with 22:07 to play.

Samantha Barbeito (Wolfsville, Md./Middletown) finished a feed from Quinn just over two minutes later before Franklin & Marshall reeled off the final five of the game.

The Diplomats finished with a 44-12 advantage in shots.

The Green Terror returns to action at No. 6 Gettysburg on Wednesday. Game time is 4 p.m.

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