PORTLAND, Ore.—Redlands University outscored Lewis & Clark College women's lacrosse 5-0 in the second quarter and held off a late Pioneers charge to earn a 12-7 non-conference win on Wednesday night. 
 
THE BASICS
 
Redlands 12, Lewis & Clark 7
(Lewis & Clark 3-1)
(Redlands 4-1) 

HOW IT HAPPENED
 
In a rematch of their most lopsided game in their first varsity season, Lewis & Clark proved how far they've come. The Pioneers and Bulldogs were tied 2-2 after the first quarter and Lewis & Clark tied the Bulldogs 5-5 in the second half. 
 
First year goalie Kaitlin McRae made 10 saves and helped keep the team in the game with three saves in each of the first three quarters. She also led the Pioneers with five ground balls. 
 
First year Mack Searle notched her fourth-consecutive hat trick to begin her career. Searle led Lewis & Clark with three goals and tacked on an assist, six draw controls and one ground ball. 
 
Sophomore Sage Swegle added two goals on three shots. Junior Kate Meinhard scored the first goal of the game and led Lewis & Clark with eight draw controls. She also chipped in four ground balls. Sophomore Aviana Gonzales posted one goal and one assist and one of the team's six caused turnovers. 
 
April Bryant scored a hat trick to lead four Bulldogs with multiple goals. The visitors piled a 26-9 shot advantage. 
 
Lewis & Clark jumped out to a great start, as Meinhard caused a turnover, scooped up the ground ball and scored just 33 seconds into the game. Redlands briefly took a 2-1 lead with just over five minutes to go in the quarter, but Gonzales responded just over a minute later to tie the game at 2-2 with 4:23 left in the first. 
 
The Bulldogs took the lead just over two minutes into the second quarter and scored three goals in 1:45 to grab a 6-2 lead with 8:07 to go in the quarter. They added one final tally to go into the break leading 7-2.
 
Redlands scored the first two goals of the third, within the first three minutes, and looked like they were going to run away with the game.  
 
After not scoring for over 30 minutes, Lewis & Clark scored three goals in a 1:56 span to get back into the game. 
 
Searle scored two goals in a 53-second span to make it 9-4 and Swegle added a goal 63 seconds later to bring Lewis & Clark within four heading into the final quarter. 
 
Searle set up Swegle for a goal 2:38 into the fourth to bring Lewis & Clark back within three (9-6) but that's as close as they would get. 
 
Redlands scored back-to-back goals to push the lead to 11-6 and even a Searle goal wasn't enough to spark a comeback. 
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• The two teams met last season in Redlands and the hosts defeated Lewis & Clark 22-2. 
• Lewis & Clark held a 15-8 advantage on draw controls and finished 2-2 on draw controls, compared to 2-8 for Redlands. 
• Both teams had strong nights on clears. Lewis & Clark finished 15-19 and Redlands ended the night 17-21. 
• Sophomores Finley Allen, Lauren Elliott, Ally Vargas-Buell, Kate Corsaro, Gonzales and Meinhard all posted a caused turnover.
• Meinhard and Searle each scored free position goals. 

WHO'S NEXT 
 
Lewis & Clark will travel to Le Grande, Oregon on Saturday to take on Eastern Oregon University at 1:00 p.m.