ALBANY, N.Y. – Houghton women's lacrosse tied a program-record in goals scored with a 23-9 win over The Sage Colleges on Friday.

The Highlanders defeated Hilbert 23-4 during the 2014 season. The team also set a program mark with 25 draw controls. 

Individually, the Cori Beck, Meagan Barry and Marissa Hews each tallied six goals, marking the first time three Highlander teammates scored at least five goals in a single game.

It took just 30 seconds for the game to see its first goal as the Gators jumped out to a 1-0 lead. Houghton got the equalizer three minutes later and added four more goals over the next 1:34 to take a commanding 5-1 lead. Sage responded with another goal less than a minute later before Houghton scored twice more to go up 7-2. The Gators would get no close than four goals the rest of the way.

The Highlanders led 14-7 at the half and outscored the Gators 9-2 in the second half, including the final eight goals of the contest.

GAME VITALS
Score: Houghton - 23  | Sage - 9
Records: Houghton 4-8 (2-3)  | Sage 2-8 (1-4)
Location: Sage College | Albany, NY

NOTABLE STATS

• Cori Beck finished with a career-high 6 goals and added 8 ground balls, 8 draw controls, 4 caused turnovers and 2 assists. Beck scored her 50th career goal in the contest and moved into sole possession of second place in career assists.
• Meagan Barry tied a career high with 6 goals while adding an assist and 7 draw controls
• Marissa Hews finished with 6 goals and a career-high 10 draw controls. It marked the sixth time in her career, fourth time this season and second-straight game she has scored at least six goals
• Zoey Kasper scored twice, with Kayleigh Kneitinger, Britany Dones and Reegan Mitchell tallying once each
• Sarah Olandt had seven ground balls and made five saves in 51 minutes. Meagan Rearick played nine minutes in goal.
• Houghton outshot Sage 47-20 and had a 25-9 edge in draw controls

NEXT GAME
Houghton is back in action when they travel to Nazareth on Wednesday, April 17 for a 7 p.m. contest.