Erin Coykendall and Jill Girardi scored five goals apiece to lead No. 3 Northwestern to a 17-6 win at Penn State on Friday.
Coykendall added two assists and Girardi pulled down 13 draw controls, as the Wildcats (9-2, 3-0 Big Ten) outdrew the Nittany Lions 21-3.
Northwestern led from start to finish. Penn State (5-5, 0-2) put just 15 of its 25 shots on goal. Taylor Regan’s buzzer-beater at the end of the second quarter to make it 10-4 did not provide the needed momentum. The Wildcats scored the first two goals of the third quarter and soon made it running time by holding at least a 10-goal advantage for the last 23 minutes of the game.
Northwestern will remain in Pennsylvania to play at Penn on Sunday.
SEAWOLVES SLAM SUN DEVILS
Stony Brook keeps rolling.
The sixth-ranked Seawolves won their sixth straight game Friday, routing Arizona State 16-4 at LaValle Stadium. Ellie Masera had five goals and 11 draw controls, Kailyn Hart added four goals and two assists and Stony Brook’s suffocating defense limited the Sun Devils to just 10 shots on goal (16 total).
The Seawolves (8-2) have outscored their six opponents by a combined 89-30 margin during the winning streak. They resume America East play Sunday against Binghamton.
NOTABLE
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Jenny Kinsey scored six goals — all in the first half — as Jacksonville opened ASUN conference play with a commanding 18-5 win over Coastal Carolina.
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Kendra Harbinger scored five goals and doled out three assists, as UMass stretched its winning streak to six games with a 20-7 victory over Virginia Commonwealth. UMass (9-2, 3-0 Atlantic 10) has now scored at least 20 goals in three straight games.
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Saint Joseph’s jumped out to a 9-1 lead and held off Davidson’s second-half surge to prevail 12-9. Lauren Figura led the Hawks (7-4, 3-0 Atlantic 10) with five goals, while Jorden Concordia made 13 saves. Amanda Monahan made 14 saves in the loss for the Wildcats (8-2, 2-1).
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Colleen Quinn (four goals) led 10 different Richmond scorers and Arden Tierney broke her own school single-game record with 17 draw controls, as the 16th-ranked Spiders defeated Duquesne 17-8.
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Ali Baiocco scored seven goals — one shy of her own school single-game record — and No. 19 Stanford avenged last week's one-goal loss with a 16-9 victory over No. 18 Colorado.
HOW THE TOP 20 FARED
No. 3 Northwestern defeated Penn State 17-6
No. 6 Stony Brook defeated Arizona State 16-4
No. 16 Richmond defeated Duquesne 17-8
No. 19 Stanford defeated No. 18 Colorado 16-9
FULL SCOREBOARD
Cal 14, Oregon 12
George Mason 15, Saint Bonaventure 7
George Washington 11, La Salle 5
Jacksonville 18, Coastal Carolina 5
No. 3 Northwestern 17, Penn State 6
No. 16 Richmond 17, Duquesne 8
Saint Joseph’s 12, Davidson 8
No. 19 Stanford 16, No. 18 Colorado 9
No. 6 Stony Brook 16, Arizona State 4
UMass 20, Virginia Commonwealth 7