FOREST GROVE – The Pacific women's lacrosse team earned sole possession of the Northwest Conference women's lacrosse title on Sunday as four goal outings from Nicki Leeming and Amy Mayhugh paced Pacific in an 18-5 home victory over Linfield.
 
The scoring got started for Pacific in with 27:26 on the clock as Leeming (Jr., Las Vegas, Nev.) scored an unassisted goal, which set Pacific off on a 4-0 run to open the game. Pacific's second goal came from Mayhugh (Sr., Tigard, Ore.) as Leeming netted the Boxers' third and Paisley Hiefield (So., Portland, Ore.) struck for the fourth.
 
Leeming's second goal of the game came off an assist from Abby Talboy (Jr., Boise, Idaho), while Hiefield's first was assisted by April Lanz (So., Oregon City, Ore.).
 
Kelsey Dammarell put the Wildcats on the board, but Pacific quickly responded with a goal from Talboy on an assist from Lanz, which gave Pacific a 5-1 lead less than 10 minutes into the game.
 
The eventual game winner came with 22:07 left in the opening period when Talboy assisted on a Kara Smouse (Jr., Portland, Ore.) goal that put Pacific ahead 6-1.
 
The next four Pacific goals came from Meg Chapman (So., Woodinville, Wash.) and Lanz, as Chapman scored goals seven and 10, while Lanz struck for goals eight and nine.
 
Linfield scored its second goal of the day with 10:47 left in the first period, but a little over a minute later Chapman netted her 19th goal of the season and set Pacific off on a five-goal run to end the half. Mayhugh scored three of Pacific's final five opening half goals, while Hiefield scored the final goal of the period to send the Boxers to halftime with a 15-2 lead.
 
Leeming assisted on Krista Cave's (Fr., Martinez, Calif.) goal, which opened second half scoring and put Pacific up 16-2. The margin narrowed midway through the second half as Linfield scored twice, but Leeming would net goals 17 and 18 for Pacific to round out the Boxers scoring on the day.
 
Chas Tittle scored the final goal of the afternoon for Linfield as Pacific ran away with an 18-5 victory over the Wildcats.
 
Mayhugh and Leeming both finished with four goals, while Chapman netted three. Hiefield and Lanz were two-goal scorers for the Boxers and the trio of Talboy, Smouse and Cave recorded one goal each.
 
Talboy and Lanz both finished with three assists on the day.
 
Hiefield led all-players with five ground balls, while a trio of Boxers forced two turnovers on the defensive end. Pacific's all-time leader in draw controls, Mayhugh, picked up nine draw controls in the victory over Linfield.
 
Pacific goalkeepers Adrienne Salzwedel (So., Beaverton, Ore.) and Kaitlin Ellis (Fr., Hillsboro, Ore.) both finished with three saves on the day.
 
The Boxers step away from conference play on Thursday to host Colorado College with first draw set for 4:30 p.m.