WINCHESTER, Va. - Visiting Washington & Jefferson was victorious in its 2010 season opener Sunday afternoon with a 13-10 non-league women's lacrosse victory over Shenandoah.

The Presidents (1-0) jumped out to a 9-5 lead by halftime over the Hornets (0-2) and then held on for the victory.

Shenandoah rallied from a 12-5 deficit with four of the last five goals (and also had a goal called back for an illegal stick), but could not dig itself out of the hole it dug for itself in the first half.

With the Hornets leading 3-2 following a Sara Mucciaro goal at 23:26 of the first, W&J reeled off five unanswered to take a lead it would not relinquish.

Mucciaro finally ended this spurt with goal off of a Sydney Anderson assist 6:52 before halftime, but the damage was done.

The Presidents scored two of the final three goals of the first, and added three straight in the first six minutes of the second half to take that seven-goal advantage with just over 24 minutes to play.

Mucciaro had half of the hosts goals with Jennie Ott and Morgan Fields adding two each.

Anderson, who had three goals last week, led all players with two assists. Fields also had one.

SU held a 30-13 advantage in groundballs and also took 32 of the game's 53 shots.

The Hornets are back in action on Tuesday at home against Division II Shepherd.

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