The opening five minutes essentially told the story as the John Carroll University women's lacrosse team got out quickly to defeat Adrian College, 18-6, in the 2017 season and home opener at Don Shula Stadium in University Heights, Ohio.

Grace Curatolo lead all scorers with five goals and four assists. Gina Vilsack contributed four goals, followed by Colleen Grombala with three), Meghan Harte, Alexis Guage, and Brooke McQuinn with two a piece.

Scoring for Adrian were Jenna Carter with three, Emily Smith with two, and Annika Nuler with one.

John Carroll started the game with four goals in the first five minutes, and eventually pushed out to a 6-0 lead midway through the opening half. Two of those goals were put in the net by Vilsack. A strong Blue Streak defense prevented the Bulldogs from scoring within the first 18 minutes of the half.

After Adrian got on the board, the Blue Streaks turned up the volume and scored six more times in the final ten minutes. Heading into the second half, JCU had a 12-1 lead.

JCU scored twice in the opening two minutes of the second half to push the advantage to 14-1. From that point on, the Blue Streaks cruised to the victory.

McQuinn was spectacular on defense, setting single game program records for ground balls (9) and caused turnovers (8). The team also set a single game record with 20 caused turnovers.

The Blue Streaks will take their 1-0 record to Ohio Wesleyan for a Wednesday afternoon match up before returning home on March 4 to face Wittenberg.