NEWARK, Del. – No. 1 Stony Brook women's lacrosse continued its impressive start to the 2018 campaign on Tuesday night at Delaware Stadium, topping the Blue Hens by the final score of 20-8.
 
With the victory, Stony Brook improves to 6-0 so far this season.

QUOTING HEAD COACH Joe Spallina
"Mid-week road games are always difficult, we had a really sluggish start tonight. Give credit to Delaware, I thought they had a good game plan and were focused right out of the gate. But after absorbing a punch, I thought our squad did a nice job of settling in."

"I thought we did a great job adjusting [in the draw circle], and we got the ball back to our offense. Our offense is such an explosive unit. Tonight, I loved that we had eight different goal scorers, and a majority of our goals were assisted... That's the sign of a good team. Defensively, we adjusted in the second half and only allowed two goals. Now we turn all of our attention to a good Towson team. We're so excited to get back home in front of our fans on Saturday night at LaValle."
 
HIGHLIGHTS

• Kylie Ohlmiller (Islip, N.Y.) tallied six goals and a season-high four assists for 10 total points. The senior now has 37 total points in 2018 (24 goals, 13 assists)
• Courtney Murphy (Shirley, N.Y.) recorded five goals and two assists for seven total points, as she joins Ohlmiller with 24 goals this year. Murphy has now scored three or more goals in each of the program's first six contests played.
• Taryn Ohlmiller (Islip, N.Y.) added two goals and three assists for five points.
• Keri McCarthy (Hauppauge, N.Y.) chipped in with two goals and one assist, while Emma Schait (Seaford, N.Y.), Tiffany Zullo (Ronkonkoma, N.Y.) and Rebecca Kinsley (Manhasset,N.Y.) each scored once.
• Anna Tesoriero (Huntington, N.Y.) made five more saves in the win, making her goals-against average just 7.12 for the year.
• Stony Brook won 19 of 29 draw controls, outshooting the Blue Hens 40-17.

NOTES

• Kylie Ohlmiller now has 377 career points, needing just 68 more points to break the NCAA career record set by Maryland's Jen Adams (445). The senior also has 190 career assists now, needing 35 more to break the NCAA record set by Northwestern's Hannah Nielsen (224). 
• Courtney Murphy now has 270 career goals, needing just 20 more goals to break the NCAA record set by Temple's Gail Cummings (289).
• The Blue Hens opened up a 6-4 lead, but the Seawolves scored five-straight times over the final five minutes of the half to take a 9-6 advantage into the break. Stony Brook then scored four-straight goals to begin the second half, making the run 9-0 in total.
• Five Seawolves (Brooke Gubitosi, Carolyn Carrera, Samantha DiSalvo, Kennedy, Schait) grabbed two ground balls each.
• Kinsley's goal is the first of her career. The freshman scored with :20 left in action, giving the Seawolves a 12-goal lead.
• Stony Brook has now won six-straight contests to begin a season for the first time since 2015, when the program won 11-straight contests to begin the year.
• The Seawolves have now recorded 195 shots over the first six games of the year, attempting at least 30 shots in each contest. 

NEXT UP

• The Seawolves return to LaValle Stadium on Saturday, March 17, hosting Towson at 5:00 p.m. To purchase tickets to all Stony Brook home contests at LaValle Stadium, click here or call 631-632-WOLF.