Paced by career days from Kaitlyn Cerasi and Stephanie Croke, the UMass women's lacrosse team picked up its second Atlantic 10 win of the year with a 22-14 victory over VCU at Garber Field on Sunday afternoon. Cerasi had a career-high five goals, while Croke had a career-high five goals and a career-best eight points overall. Overall, the Minutewomen (7-3, 2-0 A-10) had nine players register goals with Haley Connaughton (3 goals, 1 assist), Emma Dotsikas (2 goals), Kiley Anderson (2 goals, 2 assists) and Olivia Muscella (2 goals) all registering multiple tallies on the day. Anderson also tied her career high with 16 draw controls which was just two shy off the school record set by Hannah Murphy in 2017 against VCU. In goal, Lauren Hiller made her first start of the year making four saves in 49 minutes to pick up the win. Gina Carroll closed out the final 11 minutes of action making three saves. VCU (4-5, 1-1 A-10) was led by Sky Hyatt who scored a game-high six goals while adding a team-best six draw controls. Molly Baricikowski added three goals, while Keriann McTavish had a goal and three assists. Ria Peralta took the loss in cage making six saves in the first half while allowing 16 goals. Gillian Belfiore started the second half making two saves. UMass jumped out to an early 4-1 start in the first nine minutes of play, but a three-goal burst by VCU tied the game at the 18:25 mark. That was as close as things got the rest of the day as the Minutewomen then scored seven straight goals and 12 of the next 13 taking a 16-5 lead into halftime. The Rams cut the deficit under 10 in the first seven minutes of of the second half, but UMass was able to extend the lead back to 21-10 on Connaughton's third of the day at the 14:03 mark. A string of yellow cards in the final five minutes of play gave the Rams several man-up advantages including a pair of non-releasable penalties which led to two of VCU's final three goals of the game. Overall, UMass held a 40-to-30 advantage in shots and won 24-of-37 draw controls. In the first half, the Minutewomen won 17-of-22 draws which led to the early offensive outburst. UMass will remain at home next weekend hosting George Mason on Saturday, March 29 (3 PM) and Saint Joseph's on Sunday, March 31 (1 PM). Admission is free to both and they will be streamed live on ESPN+