Jacksonville, FL. -  women's lacrosse closed out their season with a 23-7 win at home over Stetson.
 
STAT LEADERS 
 
GOALS - Brianna Samuels (4)
DRAW CONTROLS - Lauren Ellis (10)
ASSISTS - Grace Hobson (5)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
The Dolphins scored 10 goals to earn a running clock in the second quarter on the way to victory. 
 
Jacksonville (10-7, ASUN 6-1) senior midfielder Hudson Gentile started off the game for the Dolphins with a pair of goals to pull ahead with the lead. Briana Samuels found net with an assist from Lauren Craft. Shortly after Craft scored a goal of her own with an assist from Samuels to show the score 4-0. Jenna Peed had her first goal of the game with a low-to-high ripper that found net for Jacksonville. Stetson (8-9, ASUN 1-6) had its first successful goal of the game at 3:43. Gentile earned herself a hat trick to end the quarter 6-2. 
 
Senior goalie Addy Tysdal held the Hatters to just two goals in the first quarter, as she faced only 10 shots. 
 
The Dolphins' big second quarter began early. 
 
Molly Brock wasted no time finding the net to begin. Samuels earned a hat trick with back-to-back goals assisted by Grace Hobson to show the score 9-2. Graduate Student attacker Sarah Elms had her first goal of the game, cutting in from outside the 12-meter to score between the legs. Craft earned her second goal off a free position. Shortly after, senior attacker Grace Hobson came around from the back of the goal to rock back and receive a pass from Craft to up the lead to 13-3. Graduate Student midfielder Madeline Cloyd had her first assist of the game to senior midfielder Lauren Ellis. Craft earned herself a hat trick to end the first half 16-4 Jacksonville. Stetson only got two successful shots off in the second quarter. 
 
Elms notched herself a hat trick to begin the second half of play. Not long after, junior midfielder Peed ripped two successful shots to score inside the 8-meter. Stetson answered shortly after with a goal to show the score 19-6 Dolphins. Sophomore midfielder Madeline Plitt had a stand-out goal where she transitioned the ball from Jacksonville's defensive end up the field, to notch her first goal of the game. The Dolphins saw three more goals from sophomore midfielder Alex Kulinski, junior midfielder Alexis Grant, and senior midfielder Zoe Macrae. Sophomore goalie Paige Pagano, only allowed the Hatters three goals in the second half of the game. 
 
"Feeling really good, we had a bit of a slow start but eventually we found our groove." said head coach Tara Singleton. 
 
ADDITIONAL INFO 
 

• Five separate players had hat tricks - Samuels, Craft, Elms, Gentile, Peed.
• Jacksonville had 10 goals in the second quarter.
• Jacksonville had 33 shots to Stetson's 21. 

 
NEXT UP
 
Jacksonville women's lacrosse prepares to take on round one of the ASUN Conference Championship Wednesday.