Senior midfielder Monique Lipton scored her first collegiate hat trick and added an assist to pace the University of Mary Washington field hockey team to a 9-2 victory at Meredith College on Saturday afternoon in Raleigh, N.C. The Eagles improve to 7-4 on the season.

Lipton started the scoring with an unassisted tally at 3:57, and junior Mackenzie Proffitt added another less than a minute later, and senior Caroline Porter added her first of the year on a Lipton assist at 5:41.

The Eagles applied pressure from the start of the second quarter, as Kenzi Reece scored on an Olivia Perrin assist just 29 seconds into the quarter. Reece scored again on a Lauren Boucher assist at 18:22, and the Eagles held a comfortable 5-0 lead at halftime.

Lipton opened the third quarter with another score at 31:45, and junior Hannah Jadgchew added a penalty stroke at 33:17. Lipton added her third score at 35:25, before the Avenging Angels scored. Katie Craddock scored on a Reece assist to cap the third quarter scoring. Meredith scored the lone goal of the fourth.

The Eagles led in shots, 41-9, as well as penalty corners, 9-4. UMW goalkeeper Tori Winans made one save while sharing time with Lena Chandler and Erin Roy (one save).

UMW will return to action on Wednesday when they Eagles host #2 Salisbury University at 4:00 p.m.