Purchase, N.Y. (Mar. 27, 2018) - Manhattanville College (3-4) scored the final two goals of the first half and four of the first five in the second on its way to a 19-9 win over Alvernia University (0-7) Tuesday afternoon in non-conference women's lacrosse action at Manhattanville.

Alvernia pulled within a goal at 6-5 when Rachel Judge scored with 4:31 left in the first half, but Manhattanville countered a minute later then went up 8-5 with the final goal of the half with under a minute to go.

The Valiants scored the first goal of the second half, but Judge countered with an unassisted goal.

Manhattanville then ran off three straight goals in a two minute span to take a 12-6 lead with 23 minutes left.

Alyson Keene scored twice for Alvernia and Brittany Defibaugh added a goal as the Wolves cut the gap to four goals, 13-9, but the Valiants scored the final six goals of the game to make it 19-9.

Keene and Judge led the Wolves with three goals apiece.  Samantha Rothman made 17 saves in 60 minutes.

Alvernia opens the conference schedule on Thursday when it hosts Stevenson University.

Manhattanville 19, Alvernia 9