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14
Winner Lake Forest LFC 4-2
11
Aurora AURORA 1-4
Winner
Lake Forest LFC
4-2
14
Final
11
Aurora AURORA
1-4
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Lake Forest LFC 2 4 5 3 14
Aurora AURORA 3 3 3 2 11

Game Recap: Women's Lacrosse |

Spartans fall to Foresters

The Aurora University women's lacrosse team returned home ro Spartan Athletic Park against Lake Forest College. The Spartans battled with the Foresters but would fall 14-11.

The Basics
FINAL SCORE: Lake Forest College 14, Aurora University 11
RECORDS: Aurora University 1-4 overall; 
LOCATION: Spartan Athletic Park in Montgomery, Illinois.
 
How it happened
- The Spartans jumped out to a 1-0 lead 46 seconds into the game with a goal from Caley Russell. Danielle Cobbett assisted on the first of her six on the game.
- AU and LFC would trade goals in the period with Sydney Mann and Brianna Peck scoring on assists from Cobbett.
- After one quarter, AU led 3-2.
- After LFC took a 4-3 lead, Peck scored a power play goal to tie the game 4-4.
- Trailing 6-4, Kenly Axvig scored on the power play with 2:57 left in the half.
- Peck then scored her second of the game with 1:10 left to tie the game at six.
- The teams went to halftime tied 6-6.
- Power play goals from Cobbett and Peck in the third fueled the AU scoring but LFC out-scored AU 5-3.
- The third AU goal in the third period came from Peck, her fifth of the day.
- AU trailed 11-9 after three periods.
- The Spartans kept the game within two on goals from Axvig and Mann.
- Lake Forest had enough to keep the Spartans at bay and defeated AU 14-11.

Spartan Leaders
Points: Danielle Cobbett (7) and Brianna Peck (6)
Goals: Brianna Peck (5)
Assists: Danielle Cobbett (6)
Ground balls: Brianna Peck, Kenly Axvig and Grace Pelletier (5)
Caused Turnovers: Caitlin Cron, Brianna Peck and Cassidy Pfisthner (3)
Draw Controls: Brianna Peck (9) 
Saves: Meghan Ginty (6)  and Alexis Crowley (3)
 
Up Next
Next scheduled action for the Spartan women's lacrosse team comes on Saturday, March 16 when they host University of Wisconsin River Falls. Opening draw is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. at Spartan Athletic Park in Montgomery, Illinois. 
 
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