The Aurora University women's lacrosse team won a key non-conference road contest on Tuesday afternoon at Hope College, defeating the Dutch 10-9, a game that went down to the final seconds. In the win, Spartan Margaret Flanagan reached 100 career points.


FINAL SCORE: Aurora University 10, Hope College 9
RECORDS: Aurora University 3-0 overall; Hope College 1-2
LOCATION: Holland, Michigan
 

- After almost 10 minutes of scoreless back and forth action, the Spartans struck first.
- Bailey Simpson scored twice, two minutes a part to give AU a 2-0 lead.
- The Spartans led 2-1 after one quarter played.
- 15 seconds after Hope tied the game, Spartan Caley Russell put AU ahead on an assist from Hannah Martindale.
- Just 30 seconds later, Simpson collected her hat trick and AU led 4-2.
- The Spartans led 4-3 going to halftime.
- Midway through the third, Monique Gobson scored twice 30 seconds a part and AU held the largest lead of the game 6-3.
- Following two Hope goals, Gibson scored to collect her hat trick and give AU a 7-5 lead just before the end of the third.
- Hope scored three goals in the first 1:11 of the fourth and led the Spartans for the first time in the game 8-7.
- Gibson answered 30 seconds later to tie the game and started a 3-0 AU run.
- With 8:36 left in the game, Margaret Flanagan scored to put AU ahead 9-8. The goal was her 100th career point.
- 1:03 later at 7:33, Hannah Martindale scored the eventual game winning goal giving the Spartans the 10-8 advantage.
- Hope scored with 5:48 left to bring the game to a one score contest.
- The AU defense clamped down in the final minutes, allowing just two shots wide, both in the final nine seconds of the game to seal the victory.
- AU won 10-9.


Points: Bailey SImpson and Monique Gibson (4)
Goals: Monique Gibson (4) and Bailey SImpson (3)
Assists: Bailey Simpson, Hannah Martindale and Jalyn Yaukovitz (1)
Ground balls: Jalyn Yaukovitz, Monique Gibson, Grace Pelletier and Caitlin Cron (3)
Caused Turnovers: Monique Gibson (3)
Saves: Alexis Crowley (6) 
 

Next action for the Spartan women's lacrosse team comes on Thursday, March 9 when they travel to Kalamazoo College with opening draw set for 4:00 p.m. (est) / 3:00 p.m. (cst) in Kalamazoo, Michigan.