CLEARWATER, FL (March 8, 2019) – The King's College women's lacrosse team had to turn around less than 48 hours after its Wednesday game with the United States Merchant Marine Academy against one of the best teams in the nation in No. 19/17 St. John Fisher College Friday morning. King's played hard all the way through, but the balanced and deep Cardinal squad pushed past the Monarchs 21-3 in non-conference action from Joe DiMaggio Sports Complex in Clearwater, FL.

St. John Fisher (2-1), which is ranked No. 19 in the latest Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Top 25 and No. 17 in the Inside Lacrosse Division III Media poll, stormed out of the gate with the first nine tallies. The Monarchs from that point would settle down and play with STJC for the final 15 minutes of the half, showing toughness and fight.

King's (1-4) got on the board on a nice transition play with a little under 13 minutes to play in the first half, as KC got a save from Orla Cottell on a free position shot who quickly hit the outlet on the clear. The Monarchs gathered themselves on offense a man down, and got on the board as freshman Jen O'Connor fed sophomore Emma Lehman for her fifth goal of the year.

Minutes later, King's would get an extra-man opportunity and struck thanks to a great effort from O'Connor, who forced a turnover with nine minutes to go in the first half. The freshman picked up the ground ball and rumbled towards the cage, hitting twine with her shot to make it a 9-2 game. The Cardinals would respond though with three goals before the break to make it 12-2 at the half.

In the opening stanza, sophomore goalkeeper Orla Cottell posted her 200^th career stop in net for the Monarchs, becoming just the sixth player in program history got earn that distinction. The second half saw the Monarchs hold their opponents to only 12 shots in the second half but nine found the back of the net as the Cardinals secured the non-conference win.

The Monarchs earned a 6-5 edge in draw controls and were successful on three of four clear attempts in the second half, but nine turnovers doomed the Monarch comeback attempt. O'Connor posted a goal, assist, six draw controls and two ground balls for King's Friday, while junior defender Jennifer Smalley added two ground balls and a caused turnover.

Freshman Natasha Koslop tallied in the second half for King's, scoring on her only shot of the day, and sophomore Mary Kate Klodarska added two draw controls. Cottell finished with four stops in net for King's.

The Cardinals had 15 goal scorers on the day, led by the four goals from Mary Grace Doyle.

King's will return to the Keystone State Saturday afternoon in anticipation of the Wednesday, March 13 home contest with Penn State Abington in McCarthy Stadium at 7 p.m.