INDIANA, Pa. - The IUP women's lacrosse team ran its win streak to five games as the Crimson Hawks defeated visiting Shippensburg 15-7 Wednesday afternoon at Miller Stadium.

IUP improved to 7-2 overall with the cross-divisional victory while the Raiders fell to 2-7. 

Who stood out
Chantal Jimenez: 3 goals 1 assist, 10 draw controls
Jordan Kulp: 1 goal, 6 assists, 4 ground balls
Sarah Reustle: 8 ground balls, 7 draw controls, 6 caused turnovers
Leah Hunter: 3 goals, 4 ground balls
Katie Hibinger: 2 goals, 5 ground balls

How it happened
The Hawks took a few minutes to work into the flow of the game as the Raiders opened the scoring at the 12:43 mark of the first quarter. Jimenez put IUP on the board 1:30 later with her first of three goals with started a 7-0 run as the Hawks took control. Kulp assisted on four of those goals while Hunter scored a pair.

The scoring slowed down from there with the Hawks adding one more in the first quarter and two in the second to take a 10-3 lead at halftime. Ship managed the only goal scored in the third.

The Raiders scored to open the fourth quarter, cutting iUP's lead to 10-5 with more than 13 minutes to play. The Hawks shut down any thought of a comeback attempt, rattling off four straight goals by four different players to open the lead back to eight as they cruised to the win.

Up next
The Hawks face a big test on the road Saturday against Mercyhurst (5-2, 2-1 PSAC West) in Erie.

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