KENNESAW, Ga. – The Radford women's lacrosse team fell to 0-5 on the year with a 16-5 defeat at the hands of the Kennesaw State Owls Tuesday. The Owls entered the game after a 22-9 trouncing of Wofford and continued that momentum with a fast start against the Highlanders.
 
In the first quarter the Radford was forced to weather a flurry of scores from Kennesaw State as they tallied seven goals. Molly O'Brien scored her fourth goal of the season at the 10:18 mark before Jessica Diorio added a second goal with 14 seconds remaining in the period to make it 7-2 in favor of the Owls after 15 minutes.
 
The second quarter was more of the same. Grace Gleason hit the top corner for her third goal of the season at the 5:37 mark but it was not enough to counter five goals from the Owls. The two teams entered halftime with a 12-3 margin.
 
The scoring slowed in the third with just two goals for the Owls to go with Radford goals for Margaret Gleason and a second goal for Jessica Diorio.

The Owls got moving again on the offensive end to close out the game with two more goals in the fourth quarter, holding Radford scoreless.
 
Key Stats

• Dioro notched her first multi-goal and multi-point game since April 7, 2021 against Winthrop.
• With the goal, Margaret Gleason extended her team lead in points on the season with eight total now.
• Olivia Hunter notched nine saves.

 
WHAT'S NEXT?
The Highlanders host Davidson on Saturday, March 12 at noon.
 
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