SOUTH HADLEY, Mass.—Skidmore opened the game with seven straight goals and never looked back on the way to a 15-4 non-league win over Mount Holyoke College, Saturday afternoon.
 
The Thoroughbreds move to 4-3, while the Lyons drop to 2-5.
 
Skidmore College saw four players record multi-goal efforts, including a game-best four from sophomore attacker Cas Szwajkowski. Natalie LaBeau had three goals and three assists, while Allison Byrne and Amanda Orvis had three goals each.
 
The visiting Thoroughbreds opened the game on a fast start, scoring the first seven goals of the contest, including three in the opening three minutes. Byrne grabbed the first tally, collecting a pass from Lilla Seymour, before spinning in the middle and shooting low.
 
Szwajkowski tacked on another score less than 30 seconds later, followed by a free position tally from Byrne at 27:32 to make it a 3-0 game. Byrne capitalized once again off a pass from Seymour for the 4-0 advantage and Swajkowski followed less than five minutes later after caught a swift pass from sophomore LaBeau and sped down the middle for a low shot and the 5-0 lead.
 
Gianna Muscari and Orvis then pushed it to a 7-0 lead with 15:13 to play. Muscari made a great individual effort, carrying the ball into the offensive zone on the clear. Ducking through traffic, she sped into the 8-meter area and banked it in low. Orvis followed just over a minute later with a free position score.
 
The Lyons got on the board at 11:35 as Charlotte Wagner shot the ball up over behind the net on the pass that was redirected into the net by a Skidmore player.
 
Wagner added another score with 6:05 to play, but Skidmore posted two more tallies, including the third from Swajkowski to give the visitors a 9-2 advantage at halftime.
 
In the second half, the Thoroughbreds continued to press, scoring six straight goals to open the frame. LaBeau led the way, grabbing the first tally of the stanza, before adding two consecutive goals following a Swajkowski score. Orvis closed out the scoring for Skidmore at the 4:04 mark with her third of the game and second straight.
 
Wagner went on to score two more goals over the final 2:50, but the Lyons could not gain any more ground before time expired.
 
In goal, Megan Kolopsky earned the win with three saves, Caroline Kenlon played the second half and made four saves.
 
Also for the Thoroughbreds, Amanda Cagnassola had a game-high five draw controls, while Rachel Talanian had five ground balls and four draws.
  
Skidmore owned a 32-17 advantage in shots, while also posting a 13-8 edge in draw controls. Mount Holyoke had a 25-19 advantage in ground balls.
 
The Thoroughbreds are back on the field on Friday at 4pm when they host the University of Rochester in Liberty League action.