ST. MARY'S CITY, M.D. – The Medaille College women's lacrosse team are moving on to the United East Conference Championship Game after defeating the Lancaster Bible Chargers 19-7.

The Mavericks came to play with Cameron Briggs (West Seneca, NY, West Seneca East) scoring the first goal assisted by Sara Geiser (West Seneca, NY, Mount Mercy Academy) less than a minute into play. Briggs came down to score again from a caused turnover by Erin Hardick (Buffalo, NY, Sacred Heart). The Chargers responded with a goal soon after, and tied the game at two with 10:08 left in the quarter. Briggs charged back scoring her third goal of the game and put Medaille back in the lead.

Kara Anderson (Mississauga, ON, Lorne Park Secondary) took a goal in by herself and Geiser connected with Briggs for her fourth goal. The Maverick offense was unstoppable with more goals from Briggs and Katelynn Deveans (Clinton, NY, Clinton) with Geiser picking up two more assists. The Mavs led 8-2 going into the second quarter.

The Mavs showed no signs of slowing down with Anderson finding Emma Grimm (Watertown, N.Y., Watertown) in open space for her first goal of the game. Geiser linked up with Deveans and Briggs to put Medaille ahead 11-2 before the Chargers were able to respond with their first goal of the quarter. Anderson added the 12^th goal for Medaille shortly before the half, and Tatiana Wright (Stratford, CT, Bunnell) came up with multiple big saves to keep the Mavs out front.

The Chargers scored back-to-back goals to start the third quarter. Deveans scored and the Chargers responded 15 seconds later. Natalia Wojcik (Staten Island, NY, Susan E. Wagner) assisted Briggs to put Medaille ahead 14-6 and Briggs added another shortly after. Shyanne Trinh (Dorchester, MA, Stoughton) and Hardick played well defensively forcing multiple turnovers. Briggs picked up the 16^th goal for Medaille with 3:05 to play and the Chargers added their seventh with eight seconds left in the third.

After assisting the majority of the Maverick goals, Geiser picked up her first of the game to get the fourth quarter rolling. She followed up with her second goal a few minutes later for an 18-7 Medaille lead. Anderson picked up the final goal for Medaille with the assist coming from Geiser as the Mavs took the game 19-7.

Briggs was the leading goal scorer with nine goals and 11 ground balls causing three turnovers. Geiser set up the offense with eight assists and scored two goals with three ground balls. Deveans had four goals and Anderson tallied three goals and one assist. Grimm had a goal and Wojcik had an assist. Trinh led the defense with a team-high seven caused turnovers and picked up five ground balls. Wright made eight saves in the win.

The Mavericks will return tomorrow for the Championship Game against St. Mary's starting at 1:00 P.M.