ELMHURST, Ill. -- The Illinois Wesleyan women's lacrosse team defeated Elmhurst College by a final score of 19-4 on Wednesday, April 11. Junior Sam Bidlack tallied a game-high seven points after she scored twice and assisted on five goals. Freshman Riley Rooney scored a game-high five goals which matches her previous career-high.

With a win the Titans improved to 8-4 overall and 2-0 in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW). Following a loss to IWU, Elmhurst fell to 5-6 overall and 0-2 in CCIW play.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Rooney opened the games scoring with a strike in the second minute of action, but Elmhurst quickly responded with a goal of their own less than two minutes later.
• With the score tied a 1-1, Illinois Wesleyan went on a 13-0 to finish the first half leading 14-1.
• Playing down a player due to yellow card with 12 minutes to play in the half, Rooney scored her fourth of four first half goals.
• IWU maintained momentum into the second half scoring the first three goals and taking a 17-1 lead.
• Elmhurst ended the Titans run at 16 unanswered goals with their second goal of the game at the 19:18 mark of the second half.
• Teams traded goals for the remainder of the contest with Bidlack scoring each of IWU's final two goals of the afternoon.

SIGNIFICANT STATISTICS

• Illinois Wesleyan out-shot Elmhurst 42-15 overall and 32-8 in shots on goal.
• IWU's transition defense was sturdy, allowing the Bluejays to convert on just 5-of-16 clearance attempts.
• The Titans converted on 10-of-11 clearance attempts on the offense end.
• IWU won 15-of-26 draw controls and were led in the draw by junior Dani Engelbreit who finished with six wins for the Titans.

TITAN TEAM LEADERS
Points: Bidlack (7), Rooney (6)
Goals: Rooney (5), Bidlack (2), Mariah Smith (2), Grainne Kelly (2), Engelbreit (2), Claudia Richman (2)
Assists: Bidlack (5), Smith (3)
Ground balls: Smith (5), Abby Kushina (4)
Draw controls: Engelbreit (6), Smith (4)
Caused turnovers: Engelbreit (2), Rooney (1)
Saves: Claire Quist (3), Janaye Godfrey (1)

WHAT'S NEXT?
Illinois Wesleyan is back in action on Saturday, April 14 for a home conference game against the Carthage College Lady Reds at 1 p.m. Carthage currently holds a season record of 8-2 overall with a 1-0 mark in CCIW competition. The Lady Reds defeated University of Dubuque by a final score of 13-3 in their CCIW opener on April 7. Carthage will play against North Central College prior to facing off with the TItans.