The Lady Hawks cruised to a 22-6 win over St. Vincent Monday evening to open the week in Florida.

Shorter improves to 4-2 on the year, while the Bearcats slip to 1-1.

Hannah Pridemore got things started for Shorter, scoring the game's first goal with 28:37 on the clock, to spark a 7-0 run to start the game. She followed shortly after with her second score of the contest on a pass from Shelby Beverly; who then made it 3-0 on her first goal of the night minutes later. Morgan Perrone and Morgan LeBlanc then went back-to-back to extend the lead to five with 22:03 remaining, before McKinley Puckett found the back of the net and added an assists for the 7-0 score.

St. Vincent halted the run with their first goal of the night with 15:11 to play in the first half. Only to have the Lady Hawks answer with four straight to make it an 11-1 game with ten minutes to play. Over the final five minutes, the Bearcats added a second goal of the period; while Shorter tacked on three more – one from LeBlanc and two from Pridemore – to take a 14-2 lead into halftime.

The Lady Hawks opened the second half with back-to-back goals from Perrone and Pridemore to extend their lead to 16-2 with 25:47 remaining. While, over the next twelve minutes the teams traded goals, with St. Vincent added three to cut into the lead, 18-5, but that was as close they'd get as Shorter rattled off four straight – including the first of the year from Bailey Skiles and Aubrey Geiger – to give the Lady Hawks a 22-5 advantage.

The Bearcats added a final goal in the final seconds for the 22-6 final score.

In total, the Lady Hawks outshot St. Vincent 31-20 and held a 29-15 advantage in the shots on goal; while leading ground balls 22-19 and in draw controls 18-8.

Pridemore led the attack with six goals and an assist; while LeBlanc added five goals, Puckett finished with four points (3g, 1a), and Crystal Marshall added two goals and four assists.

Catherine MItchner earned the win, making eight saves in goal for Shorter.

The Lady Hawks will be back in action Wednesday afternoon from Davenport, Fla. as they take on Moravian College at 3:00pm. And, will return home Saturday, March 11, to take on North Greenville at 2:00pm at Ben Brady Field.