GAMBIER, Ohio - An 8-0 run over a 17-minute span propelled the Kenyon College Ladies to a 16-9 victory against the Transylvania University Pioneers in a Saturday non-conference women's lacrosse matchup at McBride Field.

The win was the Ladies' eighth straight, tying the second-best win streak in program history and pulling the team within just one more victory of tying the record set by the 2013 squad. The win pumped the Ladies' overall season record to 9-2, while the Pioneers fell to 8-4.

Senior Cassie Hudson-Heck led the Ladies with a six-goal performance, while junior Avery Morgan had four goals in the first half. Senior Lucy Somers contributed a goal and four assists and first-year Maya Fair had three goals of her own.


Junior Maggie Grabowski had two goals, one assist, six ground balls and 14 draw controls. She now has 264 career draw controls and is 13 shy of tying Kenyon's all-time record of 277 draw controls set by Jane Symmes '16.

Early in the game, a back-and-forth affair saw the Ladies score four goals in the first five minutes only to have the Pioneers respond with a 3-0 run to narrow the lead. Hudson-Heck then scored, but Transylvania followed up with two more to knot the game at 5-5 with 15:23 on in the clock. From there, the Ladies scored eight unanswered goals to take a lead they never lost. Morgan, Hudson-Heck and Fair each scored twice in the run, which carried into the second half of play.

As a team, the Ladies outshot the Pioneers 42-23 and won the draw control battle 20-7.

Kenyon senior goalie Carina Barnes had six saves in the contest.

Before the game, the Ladies honored their five senior players: Hudson-Heck, Somers, Barnes, Kylie Daniels, and Alexis Redford-Maung Maung.