The Aurora University women's lacrosse team hosted the visiting Knights of Calvin College on Saturday, February 28, AU's 2015 home and season opener. The Spartans lost by a close 14-12 margin.
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The teams took the field and Calvin jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead 10 minutes into the game. The Spartans got going on offense at 17:47 with a goal from
Andrea Colford, her first of her career.
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Over the next 10 minutes, the Spartans and Knights traded scores with AU getting unassisted tallies from
Kenny Hughes,
Lexie Wright and Colford. With 7:50 to play, AU trailed 5-4.
Calvin scored the final three goals of the first-half and took an 8-4 lead into halftime.
The second-half started off with a bang as Calvin scored 16 seconds in to take a 9-4 lead. AU answered right back with three consecutive goals, from Hughes, a free-position goal from
Rachel Cochran and the combo matched up with Hughes scoring off a Cochran assist. With over 25 minutes left, AU trailed 9-7.
Over the next 10 minutes though, Calvin out-scored AU 4-2 to push their lead to four at 13-9. The two AU goals were from Hughes and
Danielle Morgan on a free-position shot.
AU maintained pressure on the Knights and added a pair of goals from Hughes and Wright to get back within two at 13-11 with almost nine minutes left to play. After a Calvin goal, AU would score one more time with 11 seconds to play as Colford added a hat-trick to her first collegiate game highlights.
When the final horn sounded, AU fell 14-12. With the loss, AU is 0-1 on the season. Next action for the Spartan women's lacrosse comes on
Tuesday, March 3 when they travel to Kalamazoo College. Game time is set for 7:00 p.m. (EST) in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
