NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – Junior midfielder Callie Hem scored five goals to lead five players who had double-digit goal efforts in an 20-2 win for Harvard Women's Lacrosse on Wednesday night (March 22) at Merrimack. 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Harvard and Merrimack met for the first time in the history of both programs - Merrimack elevated its program to Division I in 2020.
• Hem scored on Harvard's first possession to get things going for the Crimson, making it 1-0 at 14:26.
• After Merrimack evened the score, Harvard went on a six-goal run to take control of the game in the first quarter. Ilana Kofman scored from in close, and Hem followed with a free position goal at 11:49 to make it 3-1.
• Another free position goal from first-year Kate Gilliam at 11:20 was followed by two more goals from Charlotte Hodgson (10:22 and 7:03 – free position shot) sandwiched around another goal by Hem at 8:14, who made a great catch, followed by a quick move and a low shot on her goal.
• Harvard scored four straight goals to close out the first quarter, as Hem notched her fourth goal of the frame at 5:56.
• That was followed by three goals in a span of less than a minute, as Riley Campbell scored her first goal of the day with 1:53 to go in the frame, which was followed by goals from Gilliam (1:25) off a great pass by Campbell.
• Campbell closed out the frame with a goal of her own at 1:01 to make it 11-2.
• Harvard scored all five goals in the second quarter to put the game out of reach by halftime. Hodgson completed her hat trick with a woman-down goal at 13:56, cutting to the left and firing to the opposite side to make it 12-2.
• Stephanie Hong scored her first goal of the year on a free position shot at 9:47. Then Abbie Izzo notched her first collegiate goal at 7:38 off a great pass from Caroline Mullahy (four assists).
• Charley Meier scored her first goal of the day on a great cut to the front and pass from Maddie Barkate at 5:49. Hem notched her fifth of the day at 4:06 to round out the first half scoring and give Harvard a 16-2 lead at the halftime break.
• The career firsts continued int eh second half as Kelsey Kenney scored her first collegiate goal, flipping in a shot off a loose ball scrim in front of the crease at 12:30.
• Senior captain Meredith Langmuir fired a shot from distance into the net at 9:15 of the third quarter to make it 18-2.
• Kate Izzo scored at 9:30 of the fourth quarter, her first collegiate goal, cutting in front of the crease and picking a corner to make it 19-2.
• Abbie Izzo rounded out the scoring with just over a minute to play, cutting into the eight-meter and firing a low shot into the net.
• Chloe Provenzano made five second half saves to keep Merrimack off the board in the final 30 minutes.

UP NEXT

Harvard will take the weekend off before returning to Ivy League play with a game at Dartmouth on April 1 on NESN+.