GENEVA, N.Y.—Junior attack Maddie Montgomery scored five goals, becoming the 25th player in program history to record 100 goals, as the nationally-ranked William Smith College lacrosse team recorded its 500th victory in program history. The Herons cruised to a 15-2 victory over Rensselaer Polytechnic on Boswell Field at David J Urick Stadium.
 
William Smith has won nine straight games and is 13-1 overall this season with an 8-0 mark in Liberty League play. Montgomery led the way for the Herons recording seven points on five goals and two assists. The Queensbury, New York, native added a team-high four draw controls and three ground balls. Katherine Murray scored four goals and Anna Murphy added a hat trick in the win. Payton McMahon, Kelsie Worth and Emily Griffin had three caused turnovers each. Maura Smeader played all 60 minutes in goal and made seven saves.
 
The Herons' defense smothered RPI's offense, limiting it to a season-low two goals and 15 shots. William Smith caused 14 turnovers for the second time this season.
 
The Engineers, who were receiving votes in this week's IL Women/IWLCA Poll, are now 9-4 overall this season with a 5-3 mark in Liberty League play. Megan Shay and Claire Shemo scored the RPI goals. Rylie Maready won a game-high five draw controls and Olivia Kimball had a game-high four ground balls. Kimball played 41 minutes in goal and made 10 saves. Julianna Lucas came on in relief and made two saves.
 
Montgomery opened the scoring at the 13:35 mark of the first quarter. Her first goal of the game was an unassisted tally. After some unsettled play, William Smith took a 2-0 lead with just over two minutes left in the frame. McMahon fired home a shot from directly in front of the cage. Her 23rd goal of the game was assisted by Allie McGinty. Just under a minute later, Montgomery pocketed her 48th goal of the season. The unassisted strike gave William Smith a 3-0 lead at the end of the first quarter.
 
The Herons extended their lead to five goals just over six minutes into the second quarter when Murphy and Murray scored 12 seconds apart. Murphy's 38th goal of the year was assisted by McMahon and Murray's 27th goal of the year was assisted by Montgomery. Murray added her second goal of the game 30 seconds later. McMahon was credited with an assist on the goal. Off a free position attempt, McMahon found Murray on the opposite side of the eight-meter fan, and the first-year fired home the shot into the back of the net. With 7:05 left in the first half, McGinty rolled to the front of the cage and buried her 27th goal of the season. Shay snapped the William Smith run with her 37th goal of the year. She beat two defenders and slipped a shot past Smeader.
  The Herons seized control of the game with a six-goal third quarter. Molly Davis opened the frame converting on a free position attempt. It was her 21st goal of the season. With 8:01 left in the frame, Montgomery completed her hat trick. Her 49th goal of the season was unassisted. One minute later, Montgomery set up Murphy's 39th goal of the year, giving William Smith a 10-1 lead. Murphy completed her hat trick with her 40th goal of the year. McGinty was awarded an assist on the goal. With her second assist, McGinty now has 41 on the year, fourth on the Herons' single-season list. Montgomery closed out the quarter with back-to-back goals extending her season total to a team-leading 51 goals. Her fifth goal of the game was her 100th career goal. She is tied with Summer Kent '98 for 24th on the school's career list. Montgomery needed just 29 games to hit the milestone. Lisa Boehmer had a golden scoring opportunity for the Engineers in the closing seconds of the third quarter, but her shot hit the crossbar.  
Murray completed her hat trick with 13:22 remaining in regulation. It was her 29th goal of the year. The Herons slowed the game down in the fourth quarter holding the ball for extended possessions. RPI snapped William Smith's seven-goal run when Claire Shemo beat Smeader for her 10th goal of the year. Murray closed out the scoring with her 30th goal of the year.
 
The Herons finished the game with a 35-15 edge in shots and a 24-18 advantage in ground balls. Both teams had 10 draw controls. William Smith was 20-for-21 clearing the ball and RPI was 17-for-24 on its clearing attempts.
 
The Herons will be back in action tomorrow, April 22, when it welcomes Union to Boswell Field. The opening draw is scheduled for 3 p.m.