SOUTH EUCLID, Ohio – On Friday afternoon, Notre Dame College bounced back in a big way with its season-high goal output for a home game in a 17-3 win over Alderson Broaddus University. The Falcons set season-highs in caused turnovers and groundballs, as well. Senior Megan Dano recorded her 100th career points and set career-highs with seven groundballs and four caused turnovers.
 
NDC started fast and scored in the first minute. Alderson Broaddus won the opening draw but then turned it over, leading to a goal by sophomore Jocelyn Storm, with an assist from junior Kendal Johnson.
 
AB would tie the game at one, with 11:16 on the first quarter clock, but Notre Dame responded by scoring four straight to end the quarter. Less than a minute after Alderson Broaddus' first goal, freshman Ella Scoville won the draw control and Johnson put the Falcons right back on top, with an assist from senior McKenna Kincaid.
 
NDC goalkeeper Annika Duncan saved a shot and, on the other side of the field, the Falcons had four chances at a goal. A shot was saved, one hit the post and another was wide. The Falcons maintained possession and then Dano found Storm to put NDC up 3-1.
 
Dano now has 101 points in her career at NDC. Throughout her time in South Euclid she has always been one of the most willing passers, ranking second in program history with 58 assists to go along with 43 goals.
 
"Dano was one of the first transfers that I got in my time here… we knew we were getting someone special," said head coach Ben Morhac. "To get 100 points is obviously really special. She works really hard and is a true teammate."
 
Sophomore Piper Hammond and Storm both scored before the end of the quarter to give NDC a 5-1 advantage.
 
Notre Dame's defense locked down the Battlers in the second quarter. They caused seven turnovers in a 15-minute span, which included three by sophomore Lexington Carson.
 
Almost immediately after AB won the first draw control of the second stanza, Hammond caused a turnover. Junior Charlotte Vari scored her first goal of the game, with an assist by Scoville. Vari would follow up two minutes later with another goal.
 
Senior Jamira Mashore scored the final two goals of the first half to give the home team a 9-2 lead at the halftime break.
 
In NDC's three wins, prior to Friday, the Falcons had outscored their opponents, 13-1, in the third quarter. Friday's game was no different. Notre Dame came out firing in the third, scoring six goals on an efficient nine shots on target.
 
Dano and Vari had already scored in the first five minutes of the quarter, and then Vari passed to Dano for the goal that put NDC up by 10, 12-2, with 8:24 on the clock. Later in the quarter, freshman Grace Rotter, Scoville and sophomore Grace Nickoloff all found the net as NDC led 15-2 at the end of the third.
 
The Falcons' defense did not let up as they caused seven turnovers in the second half. On the offensive end, Nickoloff and Scoville each had a goal in the fourth.
 
Storm and Vari led the team with three goals, each. Dano, Scoville, Mashore and Nickoloff all scored twice. Vari, Johnson and Kincaid combined for six of NDC's 10 assists on the day. Hammond led the squad with five draw controls, Scoville added three, while Kincaid and Rotter each had two. On the defensive side, Dano totaled four caused turnovers and Carson added three.

Notre Dame looked to be hitting on all cylinders as the home team caused a season-high 17 turnovers, grabbed 32 groundballs while went 11-for-11 on clear attempts.

"You see the growth, game-by-game," Morhac said. "It comes down to [the mindset] of, you're never out of the game, support each other and play hard all the way through. We've seen the growth and the things we need to work on, but we are getting there."
 
The Falcons will stay home to face the University of Charleston, on April 13, at 3 p.m.