The Aurora University women's lacrosse team hosted the Eagles of University of Wisconsin–La Crosse Tuesday afternoon for a non-conference matchup. The Spartans improve to 10-5 on the season after defeating the Eagles 12-11 in a closely played contest.
FINAL SCORE: Aurora University 12, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse 11
RECORDS: Aurora University 10-5 overall and University of Wisconsin-La Crosse 6-5 overall
LOCATION: Spartan Athletic Park - Montgomery, Illinois
- The first quarter was back and forth scoring affair with teams trading leads throughout.
- After trailing 1-0 12:50 into the contest, Spartan
Margaret Flanagan scored less than three minutes later to tie the game 1-1.
- The Eagles responded with a goal to take a 2-1 lead with 8:13 left in the first quarter.
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Monique Gibson scored her first of the night to tie the game 2-2.
- Less than two minutes later, UW La-Crosse took a 3-2 lead.
- With 34 seconds remaining in the first quarter,
Monique Gibson and
Danielle Cobbett scored back to back goals to push the Spartans back in front 4-2.
- After the Eagles opened the scoring in the second quarter, AU answered with three goals of their own to give the Spartans a 7-4 lead. Goals coming from
Monique Gibson,
Danielle Cobbett, and
Margaret Flanagan.
- The Eagles answered back with two goals to cut their deficit to within one, 7-6 AU.
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Margaret Flanagan and
Danielle Cobbett would both score their third of the night to give the Spartans a 9-6 lead going into halftime.
- UW La-Crosse scored two goals midway through the third quarter.
- Leading by one, Spartan
Danielle Cobbett scored and was quickly followed by
Bailey Simpson her first of the day. Simpson was assisted by
Monique Gibson.
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Monique Gibson extended the Spartans lead 12-8 to start the fourth quarter.
- The Eagles scored three goals late in the fourth to make it a one goal game.
- With 2:05 left in the half, Spartan goalie
Alexis Crowley stopped the final shots on net and the Spartans were victorious 12-11.
Points: Monique Gibson (6)
Danielle Cobbett and
Margaret Flanagan (4)
Goals:
Monique Gibson and
Danielle Cobbett (4)
Margaret Flanagan (3) and
Bailey Simpson (1)
Assists: Monique Gibson (2) and
Margaret Flanagan (1)
Ground balls: Bailey Simpson (8)
Caused Turnovers: Monique Gibson (4) and
Taylor Sims (3)
Saves:
Alexis Crowley (9)
Next action for the Spartan women's lacrosse team comes on Saturday, April 23 when they host the Concordia University Wisconsin. Game time is set for 11:00 a.m. at Spartan Athletic Park in Montgomery, Illinois.
