St. Davids, Pa. (Mar. 9, 2016) - Senior attack Julie Sutton scored four goals--including the 100th of her career--as Alvernia University (2-0) defeated Eastern University (0-3) by a 17-7 score Wednesday afternoon in non-conference women's lacrosse action at Eastern.

Sutton hit 100 with her first goal of the game with just under two minutes left in the first half and becomes the 10th player in team history to reach 100 career goals.

Junior Abby McCarthy paced the offense with six goals in the game and nine total Crusaders registered at least one point.

McCarthy broke a 2-2 tie with her second goal of the game and the Crusaders scored four straight to close the first half and take a 6-2 lead into the break.

Eastern scored two of the first three goals of the second half to momentarily close the gap, but Sutton's second of the game started a stright of five straight for the guests that put the game out of reach.

Colleen Reilly went the distance in net for the Crusaders and made 13 saves.

Alvernia plays the second of four straight games on the road next Wednesday at Swarthmore.

Alvernia 17, Eastern 7