SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. -- Mount Holyoke College senior Emi Bisson continued her scoring rampage with a season-high 13 points on six goals and seven assists, leading the Lyons to a record-tying 23-5 victory over Gordon College on Monday evening.
Mount Holyoke (4-0) tied the program record for goals in a game, established with a 23-11 win over Norwich University in 2008.
The Lyons are 4-0 for only the second time in team history and the first since the 1994 team started off 7-0. It is also Mount Holyoke's first four-game win streak since the 2013 season, when the Lyons went 13-4 and won the ECAC Championship.
Bisson tied her career high in goals and collected her second-most assists and points in a game in her career. She has eight or more points in all four games this season and leads the NEWMAC in points per game (9.75) and assists per game (4.75).
Sophomore Helena Robinson (Gales Ferry, Conn.) had a career-high four goals and an assist, and first-year Molly McSharry (West Orange, N.J.) also tallied four goals, while first-year Grace Bird (Deerfield, Mass.) added three goals to the Lyons' cause. Senior Marielle Welch (Silver Spring, Md.) tied a career-high with two goals.
Hannah Bilowz scored twice for the visiting Fighting Scots (0-3).
Sophomore Juliana Spaulding (Wakefield, Mass.) led off the scoring with a feed from Bisson 61 seconds into the contest. Spaulding finished with a game-high five caused turnovers.
Bisson and Bird made it 3-0 before the game's second minute had transpired or Gordon had attained possession.
Gordon won the following draw and got on the scoreboard with a goal by Jocelyn Noyes to make it 3-1. Senior Elle Mader (Cincinnati, Ohio) scored on a feed from Bisson to start a 3-0 MHC run before Bilowz scored to close the gap to 6-2 after one quarter.
Mount Holyoke outscored Gordon 7-1 in the second quarter with a 13-2 shot difference, with Robinson scoring three times in the period.
The Lyons outscored Gordon 6-0 in the third quarter to expand the lead to 19-3 as they continued to coast to victory.
Mount Holyoke had a 43-16 advantage in shots and achieved a 10-27 edge in turnovers, paired with a 24-11 advantage in ground balls. Kayla Davidson stopped 13 shots on goal for the Fighting Scots.
Sophomore Valeria Bolanos (Newington, Conn.) made seven saves over three quarters for MHC; sophomore Theo Gillette (Portland, Ore.) allowed two goals while making their collegiate debut in the fourth quarter.
Mount Holyoke will open NEWMAC play on Saturday at 1pm at Smith College. Gordon will play at Nichols on March 17 at 7pm.
