MacLeod Becomes All-Time Leading Goal Scorer as No. 15 Clemson Defeats East Carolina, 15-4

CLEMSON, S.C. – Kayla MacLeod broke the tie between her and Hanna Hilcoff to become Clemson’s all-time leading goal scorer as the No. 15 Clemson Tigers (10-4, 4-2 ACC) defeated the East Carolina Pirates (3-7, 1-1 AAC), 15-4, at the Clemson Lacrosse Complex on Tuesday evening.

KEY PERFORMANCES

• Lindsey Marshall: four goals, two assists, two ground balls, one caused turnover
• Brooke Goldstein: three goals, two assists
• MacLeod: two goals, two assists
• Kira Balis: 12 draw controls
• Emily Lamparter: five saves, 62.5% save percentage
• Blair Byrne: Four ground balls, one caused turnover

NOTABLES

• Marshall’s first goal was her 40th in a Tiger uniform. She is the fourth player to hit that mark in a single-season. During the game, she also surpassed 50 points on the season, again being the fourth player to hit that mark in a Clemson uniform.
• MacLeod’s goal in the first quarter was the 68th of her career, breaking the tie between her and Hanna Hilcoff and solidifying her as Clemson’s new all-time leading scorer.
• In the third quarter, Summer Agostino picked up her second ground ball of the day to break Paris Masaracchia’s single-season Clemson record of 35 and ended the day with 36 ground balls.
• Balis recorded double-digit draws for the fifth time this season as she led the draw unit to a 16-5 advantage over the Pirates.
• The four goals by East Carolina is the lowest number of goals that Clemson has allowed by a non-conference opponent this season and is the third time in four games that the Tigers defense has held an opponent below five goals.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Marshall secured her 40th goal of the season to start the Tigers offense.
• Regan Byrne followed that up a few minutes later to put the Tigers up, 2-0.
• Marshall notched her second goal of the game with an assist by MacLeod.
• MacLeod recorded her first goal of the season, the 68th of her career, to continue to scoring spree for Clemson.
• Shurtleff, assisted by MacLeod, recorded her 25th goal of the season to put the Tigers up, 5-1 at the end of the first quarter.
• Goldstein grabbed her 11th goal of the season, unassisted, to increase the Clemson lead to, 6-1.
• MacLeod’s 39th goal of the season took the Tigers into the half up, 7-2.
• Marshall recorded her eighth hat trick of the season early in the third quarter.
• Lexi Edmonds scored her first goal of evening after an assist by Bridget Babcock.
• Goldstein’s second unassisted goal came less than a minute later.
• Less than 30 seconds after that Babcock recorded her sixth goal of the season.
• Goldstein recorded her second hat trick of the season later in the third quarter.
• Marshall, this time from the eight meter, concluded Clemson’s seven-goal scoring run to put the Tigers up, 13-2.
• Shurtleff scored her second goal of the evening off a Katie Castiello assist.
• Demma Hall scored the final goal of the game, assisted by Marshall, to finish the game, 15-4.