Eastern Michigan Athletics
Tuesday, February 25
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Record Scoring Leads Lacrosse to 19-10 Win at Presbyterian
2/25/2025 9:30:00 PM | Lacrosse
Bloedow, Blackwell each scored four as four players tallied hat tricks for the Eagles
CLINTON, S.C. (EMUEagles.com) -- Payton Bloedow and Mackenzie Blackwell netted four goals each to lead a school-record 19-goal barrage as the Eastern Michigan University lacrosse team defeated host Presbyterian College, 19-10, Tuesday, Feb. 26, inside Bailey Memorial Stadium in Clinton, S.C. The win is the first of the season for the Eagles (1-2) and the first for Maddie Dugan as the head coach of the Eagles as she saw 10 of her players record at least one point against the Blue Hose (0-3).
How It Happened
The first quarter saw the Eagles take a 2-0 lead as Kendall Nagle (Sudlersville, Md./Queen Anne's County) and Blackwell (North Beach, Md./Northern) each scored for Eastern. The goal for Nagle came on a free-position shot while EMU was a woman-up to mark her first free-position goal with EMU while Blackwell, who was assisted by Avery Schwab (Dublin, Ohio/Dublin-Scioto), tallied her 96th career goal. Maddie Porter (Montrose, N.Y./Hendrick Hudson) stopped all four shots she faced to keep a clean sheet in the first.
In the second, the hosts ran off four consecutive goals to take a 4-2 lead. With 4:32 remaining in the half, the Eagles went to work and scored six consecutive goals of their own with Blackwell scoring her second to start the run. Bloedow (Prior Lake, Minn./Prior Lake/Stony Brook) followed with a woman-up score, her first goal with EMU and her first in nearly two years, before Kyleigh Dill (Dover, Del./Dover) scored on a free-position shot. The duo traded goals again, this time with Bloedow being assisted by Schwab before Dill scored unassisted. Bloedow added her third of the game with one second remaining in the second to stake the Eagles to an 8-4 lead.
Following a PC goal to open the third quarter, the Eagles picked up where they left off with Dill netting her third of the game for her first career hat trick. After two goals by the home side, EMU would close out the third quarter with another six-goal run to build a 15-7 lead after three. The run started with Katheryn Wilson (Dacula, Ga./Mill Creek) scoring three consecutive goals for her second hat trick of the season as she scored unassisted on her first, was helped on the second by Sydney Howard (Cumming, Ga./North Forsyth), who picked up her first career assist, and then finished the hat trick with her fourth free-position goal of the season. Caitlin Beahm (Toms River, N.J./Toms River North) and Amber Alderman (Lusby, Md./Patuxent) added goals before Blackwell secured her third hat trick in as many games to close the quarter.
In the fourth, Beahm scored her second and made it seven in a row for the Eagles, a run that tied for the third-longest in program history. After two goals from the Blue Hose (16-8), both Bloedow and Howard scored on free-position goals before Blackwell netted her fourth of the game (one goal in each quarter) to cap the EMU scoring and post the most goals in a single game in program history. The hosts added a free-position goal with three seconds remaining to bring about the 19-10 final score.
Game Notes - INDIVIDUAL
» To say it was a career day for Payton Bloedow might be an understatement. The junior transfer, who had played 13 career games with one goal scored, finished the game with four goals on four shots to record her first hat trick, her first multiple-goal game and her first score since netting one at Elon, March 25, 2023, while playing for Stony Brook. Additionally, she scored one goal as EMU was one woman-down, marking just the third short-handed goal scored in program history.
» Payton Bloedow's third goal of the game came with one second remaining before halftime, the latest an Eagle has scored in a quarter in program history. The previous latest goal came with six seconds remaining in the second quarter against Xavier, April 17, 2024, when Skylar Hilmer found the netting.
» Mackenzie Blackwell scored four goals, including one in each quarter, to mark her third hat trick of the season in as many games. The team's leader with 11 goals this season, Blackwell has tallied 20 career hat tricks for the Eagles and 26 career multiple-goals games in 34 played. Additionally, Blackwell has now scored 99 career goals.
» Kyleigh Dill entered the game with a career-high two goals in a single game and two points in four different games. She finished with three goals on three shots to record her first career hat trick and her fifth career multiple point game. The last time she scored multiple goals came Feb. 15, 2024, at Duquesne when she netted two. Additionally, the last time she recorded multiple points in the same game was April 17, 2024, against Xavier.
» Katheryn Wilson posted her second career hat trick with three goals against PC after netting four in the opener with San Diego State. Wilson, who scored three consecutive goals for the Eagles in the second quarter, scored one free-position goal, giving her four on the season. Additionally, her second goal of the game went down as the game-winning score, her first of the year.
» Sydney Howard recorded her first points she dished her first assist before scoring her first collegiate goal. Her goal with 5:16 remaining in the game was the 18th on the day and tied the previous school record for team goals in a single contest.
» Emerson Henry (Ashburn, Ontario/Donald A. Wilson) led the team with nine draw controls, which tied for the seventh-most in a single game in program history. She is only the third EMU player to record 9+ draw controls in a single game, joining Mackenzie Blackwell (nine times) and Sydney Lawrence (once).
» Maddie Porter recorded 14 saves, which ranks third all-time in EMU single-game history. She has tallied at least 11 stops in all three games this year, including the 18 made against San Diego State in the opener, which ranks second.
Game Notes - TEAM
» The 19 goals scored are the most in a single game in program history, surpassing the 18 scored at Youngstown State (April 21, 2024) and at Delaware State (Feb. 28, 2024).
» EMU twice went on big scoring runs as the seven consecutive goals scored at the end of the third and into the fourth ranks as the third-longest in program history behind a pair of nine-goal runs. The six-goal run in the second quarter tied for the sixth-longest.
» The seven goals scored in the third quarter tied for the most in any quarter in program history with the seven scored in the third at YSU (April 21, 2024) and against Detroit Mercy (April 29, 2023) in the inaugural season finale. The six goals scored in the second rank as the fourth-most in a single quarter.
» The team finished with 23 points on 19 goals and four assists, with stands as the fifth-most in a single game. To get there, eight different players scored at least one goal, which tied for the second-most in a single game (10 at Howard, Feb. 25, 2024) while 10 different players recorded at least one point, which is a single-game record.
» The Eagles were strong in special situations as the team finished with seven free-position goals on 13 shots. The seven goals from the fan are a single-game record, surpassing the six recorded at Butler, March 26, 2023.
» Defensively, the 14 saves recorded rank third all-time in a single game and mark the third game of 11+ saves recorded this year.
Historical Notes
» The game with Presbyterian was the first between the two schools.
» The win marked the first for Maddie Dugan as the program's head coach.
Up Next
Eastern Michigan will play one more game on its Spring Break trip in the Carolinas when the Eagles head north to Boiling Springs, N.C., Thursday, Feb. 27, to take on the Gardner-Webb University Runnin' Bulldogs in a 2 p.m. contest that will be streamed live on ESPN+.
How It Happened
The first quarter saw the Eagles take a 2-0 lead as Kendall Nagle (Sudlersville, Md./Queen Anne's County) and Blackwell (North Beach, Md./Northern) each scored for Eastern. The goal for Nagle came on a free-position shot while EMU was a woman-up to mark her first free-position goal with EMU while Blackwell, who was assisted by Avery Schwab (Dublin, Ohio/Dublin-Scioto), tallied her 96th career goal. Maddie Porter (Montrose, N.Y./Hendrick Hudson) stopped all four shots she faced to keep a clean sheet in the first.
In the second, the hosts ran off four consecutive goals to take a 4-2 lead. With 4:32 remaining in the half, the Eagles went to work and scored six consecutive goals of their own with Blackwell scoring her second to start the run. Bloedow (Prior Lake, Minn./Prior Lake/Stony Brook) followed with a woman-up score, her first goal with EMU and her first in nearly two years, before Kyleigh Dill (Dover, Del./Dover) scored on a free-position shot. The duo traded goals again, this time with Bloedow being assisted by Schwab before Dill scored unassisted. Bloedow added her third of the game with one second remaining in the second to stake the Eagles to an 8-4 lead.
Following a PC goal to open the third quarter, the Eagles picked up where they left off with Dill netting her third of the game for her first career hat trick. After two goals by the home side, EMU would close out the third quarter with another six-goal run to build a 15-7 lead after three. The run started with Katheryn Wilson (Dacula, Ga./Mill Creek) scoring three consecutive goals for her second hat trick of the season as she scored unassisted on her first, was helped on the second by Sydney Howard (Cumming, Ga./North Forsyth), who picked up her first career assist, and then finished the hat trick with her fourth free-position goal of the season. Caitlin Beahm (Toms River, N.J./Toms River North) and Amber Alderman (Lusby, Md./Patuxent) added goals before Blackwell secured her third hat trick in as many games to close the quarter.
In the fourth, Beahm scored her second and made it seven in a row for the Eagles, a run that tied for the third-longest in program history. After two goals from the Blue Hose (16-8), both Bloedow and Howard scored on free-position goals before Blackwell netted her fourth of the game (one goal in each quarter) to cap the EMU scoring and post the most goals in a single game in program history. The hosts added a free-position goal with three seconds remaining to bring about the 19-10 final score.
Game Notes - INDIVIDUAL
» To say it was a career day for Payton Bloedow might be an understatement. The junior transfer, who had played 13 career games with one goal scored, finished the game with four goals on four shots to record her first hat trick, her first multiple-goal game and her first score since netting one at Elon, March 25, 2023, while playing for Stony Brook. Additionally, she scored one goal as EMU was one woman-down, marking just the third short-handed goal scored in program history.
» Payton Bloedow's third goal of the game came with one second remaining before halftime, the latest an Eagle has scored in a quarter in program history. The previous latest goal came with six seconds remaining in the second quarter against Xavier, April 17, 2024, when Skylar Hilmer found the netting.
» Mackenzie Blackwell scored four goals, including one in each quarter, to mark her third hat trick of the season in as many games. The team's leader with 11 goals this season, Blackwell has tallied 20 career hat tricks for the Eagles and 26 career multiple-goals games in 34 played. Additionally, Blackwell has now scored 99 career goals.
» Kyleigh Dill entered the game with a career-high two goals in a single game and two points in four different games. She finished with three goals on three shots to record her first career hat trick and her fifth career multiple point game. The last time she scored multiple goals came Feb. 15, 2024, at Duquesne when she netted two. Additionally, the last time she recorded multiple points in the same game was April 17, 2024, against Xavier.
» Katheryn Wilson posted her second career hat trick with three goals against PC after netting four in the opener with San Diego State. Wilson, who scored three consecutive goals for the Eagles in the second quarter, scored one free-position goal, giving her four on the season. Additionally, her second goal of the game went down as the game-winning score, her first of the year.
» Sydney Howard recorded her first points she dished her first assist before scoring her first collegiate goal. Her goal with 5:16 remaining in the game was the 18th on the day and tied the previous school record for team goals in a single contest.
» Emerson Henry (Ashburn, Ontario/Donald A. Wilson) led the team with nine draw controls, which tied for the seventh-most in a single game in program history. She is only the third EMU player to record 9+ draw controls in a single game, joining Mackenzie Blackwell (nine times) and Sydney Lawrence (once).
» Maddie Porter recorded 14 saves, which ranks third all-time in EMU single-game history. She has tallied at least 11 stops in all three games this year, including the 18 made against San Diego State in the opener, which ranks second.
Game Notes - TEAM
» The 19 goals scored are the most in a single game in program history, surpassing the 18 scored at Youngstown State (April 21, 2024) and at Delaware State (Feb. 28, 2024).
» EMU twice went on big scoring runs as the seven consecutive goals scored at the end of the third and into the fourth ranks as the third-longest in program history behind a pair of nine-goal runs. The six-goal run in the second quarter tied for the sixth-longest.
» The seven goals scored in the third quarter tied for the most in any quarter in program history with the seven scored in the third at YSU (April 21, 2024) and against Detroit Mercy (April 29, 2023) in the inaugural season finale. The six goals scored in the second rank as the fourth-most in a single quarter.
» The team finished with 23 points on 19 goals and four assists, with stands as the fifth-most in a single game. To get there, eight different players scored at least one goal, which tied for the second-most in a single game (10 at Howard, Feb. 25, 2024) while 10 different players recorded at least one point, which is a single-game record.
» The Eagles were strong in special situations as the team finished with seven free-position goals on 13 shots. The seven goals from the fan are a single-game record, surpassing the six recorded at Butler, March 26, 2023.
» Defensively, the 14 saves recorded rank third all-time in a single game and mark the third game of 11+ saves recorded this year.
Historical Notes
» The game with Presbyterian was the first between the two schools.
» The win marked the first for Maddie Dugan as the program's head coach.
Up Next
Eastern Michigan will play one more game on its Spring Break trip in the Carolinas when the Eagles head north to Boiling Springs, N.C., Thursday, Feb. 27, to take on the Gardner-Webb University Runnin' Bulldogs in a 2 p.m. contest that will be streamed live on ESPN+.
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