SAN RAFAEL, Calif.- Dominican women's lacrosse wrapped up their home schedule with another match-up against the Flyers of Lewis University Thursday evening on senior day. Brooke Vafi and America Vizcaino were honored before the game with their friends and family at midfield for senior day. The Pengs were able to jump out to a big lead early on, and that early lead provided to be just enough as they defeated the Flyers 11-8.

The Penguin trio of Olivia Johnson, Morgan Newkirk, and Kyra Evans led the offense today as they all finished with two goals apiece. Newkirk got the game started with a sweet goal taking advantage of a man-up opportunity, and then scored again midway through the first when Johnson fed her a nice ball which she capitalized for a goal.  

Speaking of Johnson, her two goals came early in the second when the Pengs offense looked unstoppable. Dominican started the game scoring eight straight goals and went into halftime with an 8-1 lead.

On the flip side, the Pengs defense was stout once again making life tough early on for the Flyers. The team as a whole forced 13 turnovers with Johnson forcing a game high four while Evans and goalie Natalie Oyler were tied for second with two each. Oyler led the Pengs on the back end calling out formations and coming up with eight saves.

The Pengs will now have a week off before traveling back to the Midwest that starts with McKendree University March 27^th at 2 p.m. CDT.