ELON, N.C. - The Elon University women's lacrosse team won their first home game of the season against the Winthrop Eagles with a dominating 23-4 victory on Wednesday, Feb. 20, inside Rhodes Stadium. The win marks the second-most goals scored in a game and the largest victory in program history. THE RUNDOWN Elon raced out to a 7-0 lead with 22:55 left in the first half before Winthrop could get on the board. After the Eagles scored, though, Elon kept the momentum with Kaley Thompson capping a run with 17:35 left in the first half made the score 11-1 to begin the running clock on the way to a halftime score of 14-3. The second half started with a goal by Winthrop's Lauren Asher to make the score 14-4, but Elon went to score nine consecutive times during the remainder of the game. Freshmen Cate Mackel and Gillian Curran each scored their first goals wearing an Elon jersey with the win over the Eagles. HIGHLIGHTS Sophomore Mae McGlynn led Elon with five goals with one assist and Kaley Thompson had four goals with four assists. In all, a total of 11 Elon players scored for the Phoenix. Thompson and Curran also both had eight draw controls. A host of Phoenix also scored twice in the game with Grace Simpson, Blair Kessler, Bella Feldman, Summer Larese and Melissa Birdsell all finding the back of the net. For Winthrop, Mia Creighton finished the game with two goals while Lauren Morris and Lauren Asher each tallied once. Alaina Gerani finished with a team-best three ground balls. NOTES -Elon's previous largest victory came on Jan. 31, 2015, when it beat Kennesaw State 24-8. The 24 goals in that game mark the most in program history. -The 23 goals marks the most by a CAA program since Feb. 25, 2015, when Delaware beat La Salle 24-6. -The eight draw controls for Kaley Thompson and Gillian Curran are the third-most in a single game behind only Stephanie Asher's 10 against Coastal Carolina and nine against Virginia Tech during the 2018 season. -Wednesday's win is Elon's first since April 23, 2017, when it beat Hofstra 15-7. -The 14 first-half goals mark the most in a single half for the Phoenix since it scored 13 in the first half of the April 23 win over Hofstra. -After Wednesday's game, Elon now leads the CAA in goals per game (14.0), draw controls per game (13.67) and goals against average (6.67) -Mae McGlynn is now tied with Alyssa Parrella of Hofstra for the CAA scoring leader with 13 goals on the year. -Paulina DiFatta's 7.31 goals against average is now also tops in the CAA. -With 31 points in the game, it marks the most in a game by a CAA program thus far this season and the most by a CAA program since Towson had 35 on Feb. 18, 2018, against Georgetown with JMU finishing with 31 points on the same day against UConn. -Kaley Thompson's eight points in the contest are the second-most by a CAA athlete this season and the four assists are the most. Her four assists tied for the most in a game in program history. UP NEXT The Elon women's lacrosse team will be back in action with back-to-back away games at Liberty on Feb. 23 and Davidson on Feb. 27. The next home game is set for March 3 against ACC-rival Duke.