Richmond Cruises Past VCU, 15-6, Morton Ties Individual Single-Game Record

Saturday, March 7

Richmond, Va. / Cary Street Field

Noon

University of Richmond

4-2, 1-0

VCU

4-3, 0-1

Richmond

VCU

Alexis Morton ties single game record with 11 points and 8 assists

Richmond Cruises Past VCU, 15-6, Morton Ties Individual Single-Game Record

03/07/2026 | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

RICHMOND, Va. – Richmond's women's lacrosse team opened Atlantic 10 play at VCU on Cary Street Field on Saturday afternoon. The Spiders earned a 15-6 win over the Rams.

Senior Alexis Morton tied the single-game program record with 11 points and eight assists. Morton is only the fourth Spider in program history to reach 11 points in a game and only the second to tally eight assists in a single game. The last Spider to reach 11 points was in 2018 when Kim Egizi faced George Mason and in 2021 when Rachel Ziemba faced George Mason.

"We can always count on VCU to challenge every possession. They showed up ready to compete," head coach Anne Harrington said. "We were proud of our four quarters of play today as we opened our conference schedule with a win. Our draw unit got us a lot of extra possessions. We did a great job sharing the ball offensively and giving Alexis some nice targets for her feeds. I'm excited to continue building our chemistry as we move into this next part of our season."

With the win, Richmond improves to 4-2 overall and 1-0 in conference play. VCU falls to 4-3 and 0-1 in the A-10.

Morton paced the team with a career-high 11 points on three goals and eight assists. Meaghan Rode netted four goals and an assist, and Bridget Lonsinger recorded a hat trick. Juliana Stanley tallied two goals, while Anya Wardle collected two assists. Charlotte Edwards, Stella Axe and Keating Hopkins each scored a goal, and Emma Kroneberger added an assist.

In the draw circle, Rode collected 11 draw controls. Richmond's draw unit went 20-3, two of which VCU earned on violations.

On defense, Mia Valerio led the team with three caused turnovers, one ground ball and one draw control.

In goal, Abby Francioli tallied eight saves in 54:46 of play, collecting two ground balls and causing one turnover. Ally Gouveia played 5:14 between the pipes.

Richmond started the first quarter with a quick goal at the 13:38 mark to lead 1-0. VCU responded to tie the game, but three straight goals from the Spiders gave Richmond a 4-1 lead to close the first quarter. At the start of the second quarter, the Spiders outscored the Rams 3-1 to take a 7-2 lead into halftime.

To start the second half, both teams exchanged a pair of goals to make it 9-4. With a five-goal run by four different scorers, Richmond extended the lead to 14-4. Although VCU added two more goals, the Spiders sealed the 15-6 win.