Driscoll Nets Hat Trick, Women’s Lacrosse Falls to Merrimack

Tuesday, March 10

Radford, Va.

3:00 PM

Radford University

0-6

Merrimack

2-5

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
MCWLAX	8	5	3	1	17
RAD	1	3	0	2	6

Photo by: Ethan Neal

Driscoll Nets Hat Trick, Women’s Lacrosse Falls to Merrimack

3/10/2026 5:50:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

RADFORD, Va. – Despite junior Maddy Driscoll scoring her third hat trick as a Highlander and first of the season, the Radford women's lacrosse team ended up on the losing end of a 17-6 decision to the Merrimack Warriors on Tuesday afternoon at the SORC.

KEY STATS

Driscoll is the third Highlander to add a hat trick this season and third in as many games. Ashlyn Bell (6) at Howard and Evie Gee (3) at Mount St. Mary's have also had hat tricks.
Freshman Ava Zeuner had a fantastic day in goal, making a dozen saves in 41 minutes of action.
Radford showed improvement in the draw control category, winning seven today compared to just one at Mount St. Mary's and three at Howard.
Mady Cheney added a goal and now has 98 in her career, just two away from the century mark.

PLAY BY PLAY
Merrimack got their spring break started with a bang, scoring three times in the first four minutes of action. Ashlyn Bell took a nice pass from Molly O'Brien and fired a shot that found nylon to answer the Merrimack three-spot. The Warriors dominated the rest of the first quarter and early second, building up a 10-1 lead.

Cheney and Driscoll teamed up to put a stop to the Warriors run, but they answered after taking the draw control to make it 11-2 with 11:10 left in the first half. Driscoll then scored her first of three goals to make it 11-3. Merrimack got ahead by 10 before Driscoll forced and scored on a turnover with 1:33 left before the break.

Merrimack won the third period 3-0 before Driscoll got the hat trick, scoring on a free position attempt with 13:42 left. Maggie Wisniewski found the net with 2:43 left, and Radford just missed making it a 10-goal game but scored just after the fourth period came to an end for the 17-6 final.

UP NEXT
The Highlanders return to the SORC Saturday morning for a matchup against the Butler Bulldogs. The contest begins at 11:00 a.m.

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