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Kaedance Stubbs scans the offense
Colin Blume
13
Winner Wis.-River Falls UWRF 5-2
12
Lewis & Clark LCWLAX25 5-2
Winner
Wis.-River Falls UWRF
5-2
13
Final
12
Lewis & Clark LCWLAX25
5-2
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Wis.-River Falls UWRF 4 1 4 4 13
Lewis & Clark LCWLAX25 4 5 1 2 12

Game Recap: Women's Lacrosse | | Brian Hauge

Lacrosse Falls in Nail-Biter to UW-River Falls

Aviana Gonzales and Mack Searle record hat tricks; Kaitlin McRae records career-high 14 saves and Kaedance Stubbs grabs three ground balls, causes turnover on defense.

PORTLAND, Ore.- In a back-and-forth battle at Griswold Stadium, Lewis & Clark College women's lacrosse built a four-goal halftime lead before the University of Wisconsin–River Falls rallied to hand the Pioneers a narrow 13-12 loss Thursday night.
 
THE BASICS
 
UW-River Falls 13, Lewis & Clark 12
(Lewis & Clark 5-2)
(Wisconsin-River Falls 5-2)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

Sophomore Aviana Gonzales led the Pioneers' offense with five goals and one assist, converting all five of her shots. First-year Mack Searle added three goals and one assist, along with a game-high six draw controls. Gonzales has posted five hat tricks to open the season, while Searle has six in the first seven games.

Junior Kate Meinhard scored twice, and sophomores Evelyn Burnett and Sage Swegle each added one goal to round out the Pioneers' scoring.

Goalkeeper Kaitlin McRae anchored the defense with a career-high 14 saves in a complete-game effort. The first-year also recorded four ground balls. Sophomore Lauren Elliott added two ground balls and three caused turnovers, while first-year Kaedance Stubbs collected three ground balls and caused one turnover. Sophomore Finley Allen contributed four ground balls, four draw controls and one assist.

Lewis & Clark opened strong with a 3-0 run in the first quarter. Searle got the Pioneers on the board at 14:14 with a free-position goal. Gonzales doubled the lead at 13:19 with another free-position score before Burnett made it 3-0 at 9:06 on an assist from Gonzales.

UW–River Falls responded with three straight goals to tie it at 3-all. Kinlee Knutson scored at 8:06, followed by Elizabeth Clough at 5:30 and Brooke Glumack at 3:48. Meinhard briefly put the Pioneers back in front with an unassisted goal at 3:37, but Glumack's second goal with 14 seconds left in the quarter made it 4-4.

The Pioneers dominated the second quarter, outscoring the Falcons 5-1 to take a 9-5 lead into halftime. Gonzales started the surge at 14:49 off a Searle assist. Searle followed with a free-position goal at 13:38. Despite playing a player down due to a penalty, Gonzales scored again at 8:55 off an assist from Allen.

Meinhard converted a free-position shot at 4:16, and Searle added another at 1:20 to give Lewis & Clark its largest lead of the night at 9-4. Glumack answered for the Falcons with 43 seconds left in the half.

Momentum shifted in the third quarter, as UW–River Falls outscored Lewis & Clark 4-1. Molly Pierce began the comeback at 12:28, followed by goals from Samantha Hayek (11:45), Murphi Specht (7:04), and another from Hayek (4:29) to tie the game at 9-all. Gonzales stopped the run with a free-position goal at 36 seconds, giving the Pioneers a 10-9 lead heading into the fourth.

The final quarter featured intense back-and-forth action. Hayek tied it at 10-10 with a free-position goal at 13:36. Swegle briefly regained the lead for the Pioneers at 10:19, but Hayek tied it again at 8:12. Avery Watzke gave the Falcons their first lead at 4:12, 12-11.

Gonzales netted her fifth goal with a free-position shot at 3:30 to tie it again, but Specht scored the eventual game-winner on a free-position goal with 1:24 remaining. Despite a late push, the Pioneers couldn't find the equalizer.

BY THE NUMBERS 
  • Meinhard finished with a game-high five ground balls, had five draw controls and five shots, all on goal.
  • The Pioneers dominated draw controls in the first half, 13-3, while the Falcons took nine of 13 in the second half.
  • Searle had a game-high five free position shots to go with her game-high six draw controls.
  • Elliott led the team with three caused turnovers. Swegle and Gonzales had two, while Stubbs, Meinhard, and first-year Ava Mullen had one.
  • Gonzales maintained a perfect shooting percentage for the second straight game, scoring on all five of her shots against the Falcons and a 7-for-7 in the last two.  
  • The Pioneers scored one woman-down goal, while three of the Falcons' goals were woman-up, including the final two of the game.
WHO'S NEXT
 
Lewis & Clark travels to the Midwest to face Elmhurst University on Sunday at 10 a.m. Pacific/12 p.m. Central time.
 
 
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