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Irish Take Down Bears At Arlotta

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The University of Notre Dame women’s lacrosse team picked up their seventh victory of the season with a 21-7 win over Brown Monday evening at Arlotta Stadium.

Three individuals combined for hat tricks in the win while an additional seven women scored as the Irish recorded their second-highest point total of the season.

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Irish jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead behind goals from Choma, Denes and Schlageter, forcing Brown to use a timeout seven minutes into play.

The Irish extended their lead to five goals late in the opening quarter but the Bears got one back as ND held the 5-1 lead through 15 minutes of play.

Brown answered with three goals in the top half of the second quarter but goals from Ahern and Choma kept the Irish on top.

Wolak scored her second of the game off the free position with 5:56 to go in the opening half to register career goal 100 for the senior. The Ridgewood, N.J. native scored her second hat trick in three days to round out the first half.

At the end of the half, Notre Dame led Brown 10-5.

The Irish came out firing in the second half, firing 11 goals into the back of the net to clinch victory against the Bears, 21-7.

STAT OF THE GAME
With her second tally of the afternoon, Wolak tallied her 100th career goal and now sits at 181 career points in an Irish uniform.

NOTRE DAME NOTES

  • Three Irish attackers tallied hat tricks in the victory as the team’s leading scorers Choma, Ahern and Wolak scored at least three goals. Ahern led the Irish with five goals while dishing out an assist for six points.
  • Ten individuals tallied at least one goal as the Irish posted a 21-7 victory in their first ever meeting with the Bears.
  • Ahern and Wolak led the team with six points on the evening while Choma (five), Denes (four), Shanahan (two) and Maichin (two) all boasted multiple point outings.
  • Denes won 11 draws in the circle, finishing just shy of her career best.
  • Callahan spent all 60 minutes in net, tallying five saves in the game.

UP NEXT
Notre Dame continues their home stand Saturday when ACC rival UNC visits Arlotta April 1 at noon ET.