GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.— Courtney Havel and Courteney Murray led nine Colorado Mesa University goal scorers in a comprehensive and well-rounded 17-6 Maverick women's lacrosse win over visiting Westminster University here at Community Hospital Field.
 
The Mavericks improved to 4-4 overall and to 3-0 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference with their third straight victory while the Griffins fell to 3-5 overall and to 0-3 in league play with their third straight defeat.
 
Havel, the reigning RMAC and Co-National Offensive Player of the Week, scored four times and becomes the first RMAC player to the 30-goal mark this season while Murray recorded her second career hat trick while adding two assists to put up a career-high five points.
 
Justine Anderson, Ali Bryant and Carson Dickey all added two goals each as well as the Maverick implemented a running clock for most of the second half in the wire-to-wire win.
 
The Mavs' defense also shined as they held the Griffins to just 19 total shots and without an assist.
 
CMU defender Sydney Skinner caused four turnovers and had the same number of groundballs while starting goalie Heather Hawkins made seven saves while allowing just three goals before giving way to Shannon Murphy early in the fourth quarter with the game well in hand.
 
The Mavericks, who have now won 20 straight games over the Griffins since 2015, got out to a hot start taking a 5-0 lead with goals from five different goal scorers in the first 14:06.  Murray scored one of those and added both of her assists on Anderson and Bryant goals earlier in the quarter.
 
The Griffins did get on the scoreboard in the final minute of the first quarter before the Mavs scored five more times in the second, taking a 10-3 lead with just 0.6 seconds remaining on Havel's second goal.
 
Caroline Ohngemach, who also had a game-high six draw controls, Havel and Dickey then scored to build the Mavs' lead to 13-3 by the mid-point of the third quarter.
 
Ella Freemon, Emme Rezoski, Avery Irlbeck and Bryant in the scored goals in the fourth quarter as the Mavs were able to fully use their bench.
 
Dickey and Kenzie Streby also finished the game with two assists while the Mavs scored four times on free position shot attempts.
 
CMU finished with a 15-11 advantage in draw controls and had a 24-17 edge in groundballs.  They also took 33 shots and were a solid 23-for-25 on clear attempts.
 
Six different Griffins scored goals but none had more than one.  Grace Szwedko had four draw controls while Marianna Dick had five groundballs and three caused turnovers to lead the Griffin defense.
 
CMU will remain at home for two games next weekend, hosting CSU Pueblo on Friday night (Mar. 28) at 7 p.m. as the second half of a men's and women's doubleheader that will see the Maverick men take on Concordia University Irvine at 4 p.m.

The Maverick women will also host Fort Lewis next Sunday (Mar. 30) at 1 p.m.