Lowell, Mass. - Junior Courtney Murphy (Shirley, N.Y.) tied a program single-game record with nine goals as the No. 9/8 Stony Brook women's lacrosse team defeated UMass Lowell, 23-2, Saturday afternoon at Wicked Blue Field. With the win - the Seawolves' seventh-straight victory - Stony Brook improves to 9-3 and 3-0 in America East, while UMass Lowell falls to 1-12 and 0-4 in conference play.

Murphy tied Demmianne Cook's mark from 2013 with a nine-goal afternoon. Eight of Murphy's nine tallies came in the first half. Murphy leads the nation with 4.67 goals per game and has 56 total goals for the year.

By The Numbers
- Sophomore Kylie Ohlmiller (Islip, N.Y.) added three goals and five assists along with three ground balls.
- Sophomore Emily Marlow (Farmingdale, N.Y.), freshman Kasey Mitchell (Port Jefferson Station, N.Y.), freshman Keri McCarthy (Hauppauge, N.Y.) and junior Kristin Yevoli (Massapequa, N.Y.) each scored two goals. Sophomore Samantha DiSalvo (Lynbrook, N.Y.), junior Dorrien Van Dyke (Northport, N.Y.) and junior Sam Jaffe (Naples, Fla.) each added a tally.
- The goal by Jaffe was the first of her career.
- McCarthy tallied 11 draw controls, which is tied for second-most in a single game in program history.
- Freshman Anna Tesoriero (Huntington, N.Y.) recorded four saves in a scoreless first half.
- Senior Maegan Meritz (Farmingdale, N.Y.) tallied the first two points of her career with a pair of assists.

Notes
- The 23 goals are a single-game program record, surpassing a total of 22 set on three occasions.
- Stony Brook has outscored its opponents, 92-28, over its last five games.
- Murphy is averaging a nation-leading 4.67 goals/game this year.

Up Next
The Seawolves will host New Hampshire on Saturday, April 16, at 2 p.m.