DANVILLE, Ky. – Centre women's lacrosse scored early and often Saturday morning against Piedmont, winning by a sizeable 20-5 margin in the home opener at South Campus Field.
 
Centre improves to 2-1 overall and drops Piedmont to 0-2.
 
Mary Katherine Hardy led all players with seven points on five goals and a pair of assists, and Lily Gahm followed with six on four scores and two helpers. Bella Tacogue finished with a hat trick, the first of which was her 100th career goal.
 
HIGHLIGHTS
- Piedmont scored the opening goal, but it was a short-lived advantage as Centre followed with 13 unanswered goals before halftime.
- Hardy opened the parade barely four minutes into the game – one four first-half goals for the senior – and five other Colonels hit the back of the net in the opening period.
- Ella Treinen and Grace Aug each recorded their first career goals during the half, and Tacogue reached the century mark in the frame, as well.
- It was much of the same throughout the second half. Madeleine Longmeyer and Hannah Rodell each netted their first tallies of the season.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Centre dominated total shots, 37 to 11, and held Piedmont to just four attempts throughout the entire first half.
- The Colonels forced 25 turnovers and limited the Lions to a 10-for-18 conversion rate on clears. Hardy, Gahm and Tacogue each had two caused turnovers for Centre.
- Hardy corralled 12 draw controls as the Colonels finished with 18 of the game's 26.
- Treinen and McKenna Hulette finished with two goals apiece.
 
UP NEXT
Centre hosts Hendrix next Saturday, March 6, at 11 a.m.