THE FACTS
McDaniel (1-2, 1-1 CC) 18, Dickinson (0-1, 0-1 CC) 14
What: Centennial Conference (CC) women's lacrosse game
When: Wednesday, Mar. 31
Where: Carlisle, Pa.

THE SKINNY STORY
McDaniel raced out to a 7-0 lead in the game's first 8:25 before staving off a Dickinson rally for an 18-14 victory on the road.

THE LEADERS
• Emma Miller (Ellicott City, Md./Marriotts Ridge) led the Green Terror with four goals, one assist, and seven draw controls. She also had a ground ball and caused turnover. Three of the rookie's four goals came in the opening 7-0 run.
• Kealey Allison (Frankford, Del./Indian River) chipped in a game-high seven goals to go with four draw controls and two caused turnovers.

FOR THE FOES
• Greta Holt led the Red Devils with two goals and an assist. She also corralled three draw controls.
• Maddy Gesner added a pair of tallies to go with seven draw controls.
• Mack Mauer, Erika Bloes, and Laurie Travaglini had two goals each.

THE REST OF THE STORY
• Emma Miller finished a solo run just 3:23 into the game to stake McDaniel to an early 1-0 lead. An Acadia Noll (Ellicott City, Md./Marriotts Ridge) free-position tally 46 seconds later doubled the advantage. A Kealey Allison tally and back-to-back Abby Blankenship (Urbanna, Va./Christchurch) markers in a 1-minute, 24-second stretch made it a 5-0 game with 23:19 to play. Gaby Kohr (Bel Air, Md./C. Milton Wright) and Miller had the feed on the two Blankenship goals. Miller then added a pair of free-position goals just over a minute apart for the early 7-0 lead.
• Two goals and an assist from Greta Holt keyed a 4-1 run that closed the deficit to 8-4 midway through the opening half. Allison and Blankenship each capped their hat tricks 75 seconds apart to stretch the lead back to 10-4 with 11:53 on the clock. Dickinson, however, scored three of the final four goals of the opening half to make it an 11-7 game at the intermission.
• Hayen Posencheg and Mack Mauer scored a minute apart to close the margin to two before three minutes had elapsed in the second half. Noll connected on an 8-meter shot with 25:58 showing before Mauer and Laurie Travaglini netted unassisted tallies 51 seconds apart to make it a 12-11 game with 22:57 remaining. Two goals from Allison stretched the lead back to three, though, with 17:45 showing. Maurer found Katherine Kerin to make it 16-14 with 7:46 to play but a Miller free-position shot and Blankenship-to-Emily Sheppard (Queenstown, Md./Queen Anne's County) goal in the final 4:45 sealed the victory.

THE INSIDE STORY
• Abby Blankenship had career highs of three goals and four points.
• Acadia Noll chipped in three goals and an assist to go with four draw controls.
• Hannah Miller (Ellicott City, Md./Marriotts Ridge) made 12 saves in goal.
• Seven of the Green Terror's 18 goals came on free-position shots. McDaniel was 7-for-12 from the 8-meter arc.
• Dickinson posted a 34-28 advantage in shots, including holding a 19-14 edge in the second half.

NEXT UP
McDaniel returns to action at No. 1 Franklin & Marshall on Saturday, Apr. 10. Game time is 3 p.m.