Women's Lacrosse

Colorado College Wins Second Straight Women’s Lacrosse Tournament Title

**Colorado College Sports Information contributed to this recap

EAU CLAIRE, Wis.--Colorado College won its second straight Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Women’s Lacrosse Tournament (presented by Culver’s) with a 21-9 victory over UW-Eau Claire at the Sonnentag Fieldhouse.
 
The Tigers (18-3 overall) tied the program record for wins in a season and extended their WIAC winning streak to 19 straight games. Colorado College won 18 games for the first time in program history in 2019, finishing 18-2 with a program winning percentage of 90 percent. 
 
Against UW-Eau Claire (11-7), sophomore Sofia Mancino scored a career-high five goals on only five shots on goal. Charlotte Iler and Peyton Murphy each scored four goals. It's Iler's sixth and Muphy's third four-goal game this season.

Grace Bean racked up her fourth hat trick of the season and finished with an assist, a ground ball, and five shots on goal. 
 
Eight Tigers scored in total, including Oliv Janerico, who finished with two, and Ella Roe, Meilani Molina, and Tobin Lonergan, who scored once.
 
Iler scored first 37 seconds after the initial draw control to give Colorado College an early lead. However, UW-Eau Claire responded two minutes later to tie it up at 1-1.
 
The Tigers countered with a five-goal run, including four unassisted goals, to go up 6-1 with 3:47 remaining. The Blugolds ended the run to cut the lead down to 6-2, but Janerico and Bean found the back of the net a minute apart to close out the first, and CC led 8-2 by the start of the second quarter. 
 
UW-Eau Claire scored first out of the half; consequently, Iler scored consecutive goals, bumping the lead back up to 10-3 with 7:58 remaining. 
 
Colorado College scored twice more to take a 12-4 lead into the halftime break. The Tigers outshot the Blugolds 28-13 in the first half. 
 
The third quarter consisted of back-and-forth scoring. Colorado College outscored UW-Eau Claire 5-4 and kept the lead at 10 after goals from Iler, Murphy, Bean, Janerico, and Mancino. 
 
Murphy earned her hat trick in the fourth quarter, scoring two more goals, as Colorado College added four more to cruise to the eventual 21-9 victory. 

Samantha Burns, Alexie Romanelli and Ellie Fisher each had two goals for UW-Eau Claire.
 
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