CHESTERTOWN, Md. – The No. 10 Franklin & Marshall women's lacrosse team was up 12-4 after just 15 minutes and never looked back during Saturday's Centennial Conference game at Washington College. Following up their highest scoring quarter of the season, the Diplomats added nine more goals over the final three quarters during an eventual 21-10 victory. F&M has now won each of its first five CC matchups by at least 10 goals.

Lauren Pittman had the monster game Saturday in Maryland as she scored six goals, but also saw teammates Maddy Birch, Lydia Cassilly, and Gillian Brennan register hat tricks during the conference win. Cassilly and Brennan both added two assists to finish with five points, while Lane Lambeth and Sydney Lowe tallied twice throughout the victory. Abby Gravel and Sarah Delaney tallied singular goals, with Liv Cooper, Devyn Crone, and Megan Bizub recording additional points following their assists.

The scoring attack came early and often after the opening whistle as the Diplomats' first four goals all came within a span of just 1:32. Up 6-1 with 9:13 to play in the first quarter, the Diplomats closed the period with six more goals during the final 6:28 of that quarter. F&M got up by double digits when Pittman finished off her hat trick late in the first half. The Diplomats lead never dipped under 10 when she put F&M up 17-7 with her fourth goal that came with 10 seconds to play in the opening half.

With the game in hand, Franklin & Marshall settled into a more deliberate attack and outscored the Shorewomen 4-3 over the final 30 minutes. Featured amongst those goals were two more in the third quarter from Pittman to cap off her career day. As a team, F&M outshot WAC by a 33-18 margin after the Diplomats were holding a 24-12 edge heading into the half.

Franklin & Marshall's goalies were called on to make just three saves on the afternoon. Alyssa Moran made two of those saves to register her 10th victory of the season before Molly Donatelli made one final stop over the final 18-plus minutes of regulation.

Women's lacrosse will next square off against rival Gettysburg this coming Wednesday in a 7 p.m. game under the Shadek Stadium lights. The Diplomats and Bullets are the last two remaining undefeated teams in the Centennial Conference after Gettysburg defeated Haverford today. The Diplomats welcome the Fords to Shadek Stadium next Saturday for their final home game of the regular season.