BETHANY, W.Va. — Senior Jessica Flick (Lebanon, Ohio/Lebanon) and sophomore Anna Roller (New Albany, Ohio/Bishop Watterson) combined for 11 goals to lead the Wittenberg women's lacrosse team to an 18-6 win at Bethany on Friday afternoon to close out its 2024 non-conference schedule.

The Basics

• Records: Wittenberg (6-4 overall), Bethany (2-5 overall)
• Venue: Bison Stadium - Bethany, W.Va.

Stat Leaders

• Flick led the Tigers with eight points in the game, recording a team-high six goals to go with two assists. She netted her ninth hat trick of the season.
• Roller added five goals in her sixth hat trick of the season and led the team with 10 draw controls.
• Sophomore Alyssa Burnside (Galloway, Ohio/Hilliard Bradley) posted her first career hat trick, recording three goals and one assist for four points.
• Freshman Essence Wyse (Lewis Center, Ohio/Olentangy) scored two goals.
• Freshman Maddy Krasnow (Bexley, Ohio/Bexley) added one goal and two assists for three points.
• Sophomore Sophia Meek (Lewis Center, Ohio/Olentangy Orange) netted one goal.
• Freshman Ebony Wyse (Lewis Center, Ohio/Olentangy) had a team-high four caused turnovers.
• Freshman Jorja Williams (Centerville, Ohio/Centerville) played 45 minutes in goal for the Tigers and recorded six saves. Junior Sidney Sheridan (Columbus, Ohio/Bishop Hartley) played 15 minutes in goal and recorded four saves.
• Abbie Carpenter led the Bethany offense with two goals.

The Game

• Wittenberg outscored Bethany 6-0 in the first quarter. Burnside opened the scoring with a goal with 11:40 left in the opening period, and Roller scored with 10:13 remaining. The Tigers got two goals from Flick and one each from Roller and Krasnow over the final 4:29 of the quarter.
• Essence Wyse opened the second-quarter scoring, putting the Tigers up 7-0 before the Bison got on the board with a goal with 11:32 left in the period. Bethany added a second consecutive goal with 5:55 left.
• The Tigers scored the next three goals, getting one each from Flick, Roller and Burnside, but the Bison scored with 54 seconds left in the quarter to get within 10-3 at halftime.
• Wittenberg outscored Bethany 6-3 in the third period to take a 16-6 edge into the fourth. The Tigers got two goals each from Roller and Flick and one apiece from Meek and Burnside.
• The Tigers capped the scoring with fourth-quarter goals from Essence Wyse and Flick.
• Wittenberg out-shot Bethany by a 37-20 margin and finished with a 28-17 edge in ground balls.
• Bethany committed 28 turnovers to Wittenberg's 16 but won 15 of the 27 draw controls.

Quotes

• Head coach Becca Joseph: "We love to see a strong finish to our non-conference schedule with back-to-back wins. I feel like we've grown so much as a team this season and am excited to see how we can match up against our strong conference."
• Sophomore Alyssa Burnside on her first career hat trick: "Practice makes perfect! All week, we have been practicing drives. I love to drive to the goal but have had a slow start this season. It felt good to get the ball in the back of the net! I couldn't have done it without my teammates and Becca encouraging me!"

Records & Milestones

• Wittenberg is now 2-0 all-time against Bethany.
• Third-year head coach Becca Joseph, who played at Wittenberg from 2014-2017 and holds program records for career points (328) and assists (138) and ranks second all-time in goals (190), is now 13-30 at the helm of the Tigers.
• Flick has 156 career points on 132 goals and 24 assists. She ranks eighth all-time at Wittenberg in goals and is 10th all-time in points. She has a team-high 56 points, 46 goals and 10 assists on the season. She has 25 career hat tricks.
• Roller has 32 goals and eight assists for 40 points this season. She has 56 career points on 47 goals and nine assists and has eight career hat tricks.
• Sheridan has 262 career saves, which ranks ninth all-time at Wittenberg. Junior Gabrielle Weckerly (Delaware, Ohio/Hayes) has 192 career saves.
• Senior Zoe Chirumbolo McKee (Cincinnati, Ohio/Oak Hills) is tied for seventh all-time at Wittenberg with 60 caused turnovers in her career.

Up Next

• The Tigers return to action on Saturday, April 6, hosting Denison at 1 p.m. to open North Coast Athletic Conference play.