WASHINGTON, D.C. - Madeline Kelly scored four goals and dished out 10 assists in a 25-2 victory over Wilkes on Senior Day for Catholic women's lacrosse this afternoon. Kelly was one of five seniors honored post game for their contributions to the program. 

All four healthy seniors contributed to the score sheet with Jessie Lee adding three goals and an assist, Caroline Regan scoring two goals, and Lauren Bendo adding her first goal of the season. Mia Perkell, the fifth honored senior, was injured in the preseason. 

Eight players scored at least two goals while 11 different Cardinals found the back of the net against Wilkes. Maddie McDevitt, Izzy Fiore, and Ellie Verrill recorded hat tricks, while Tori Wilsey and Lindsay Sawyer chipped in with two goals each. Henley Bredemann, Peyton Wozniak, and Reagan Laubner all had two assists for the Cardinals. 

The Cardinals wasted no time, scoring the first nine goals of the contest in just under seven minutes of game action. Fiore scored in the opening minute, followed by Kelly, Bendo, Bredemann, Lee, and Verrill as Catholic took a 6-0 lead in the first five minutes. Verill scored her second goal with 9:58 on the opening quarter clock before McDevitt and Wilsey got on the board. Wilkes would get goals from Brooklyn Pedana and Megan Bell in the first quarter to cut it to 9-2, but the Colonels were held scoreless over the final 49:12. Verill completed a first-quarter hat trick with 3:18 left before McDevitt and Sawyer pushed the lead to 12-2, starting the running clock. 

Catholic scored six goals in the second to take an 18-2 halftime advantage as Lee, Brigid Brown, Regan, Kelly, and Fiore scored in the quarter. Wilsey made it 19-2 in the third, starting the second half scoring before Kelly dished out three consecutive assists to Lee, Regan, and Sawyer, making it 22-2 after three. 

Kelly would score two of the three fourth-quarter goals, while assisting on the final goal from McDevitt to give her 10 assists and 14 points on the day. 

Defensively, Catholic forced 22 turnovers and allowed just four successful clears while having a 25-11 edge in ground balls and an 18-12 edge in draw controls. 

Lee and McDevitt each won five draw controls for Catholic while Bendo caused a team-high three turnovers and picked up five ground balls. Verill added two caused turnovers and Lee and Kelly each picked up three ground balls. 

QUICK HITTERS

• Kelly's 14 points and 10 assists tie the Landmark Conference record for points and assists in a conference game. Her 14 points ties Jackie Salvatore's (Moravian) record set vs. Goucher in 2024 and her 10 assists ties Katie Thompson (Elizabethtown) and Salvatore's record for assists in a Landmark Conference game. Kelly's 14 points are the most-ever in program history while her 10 assists fell one shy of Katie Buonpastore's record of 11 assists at Mary Washington in 2009. 
• Fiore's three-goal day continues a streak of six straight games with at least two points. She has three or more goals in four of her last six games after becoming the 32nd player to surpass 100 points in program history last week. 
• Lee is now eight points shy of reaching 100 for her Catholic career and is four draw controls shy of moving into sixth all-time. 
• McDevitt, Wilsey, and Lee all reached 20 goals this afternoon, giving Catholic six players with 20 or more goals this season, one shy of last season's total. 

Catholic will host a Landmark Conference Semifinal contest on Thursday at 4 p.m. on Carlini Field.