The Aurora University women's lacrosse team traveled to River Falls, Wisconsin, taking the field for the first time in over a week when they squared off against University of Wisconsin - River Falls. AU trailed the Falcons 8-4 heading into the locker room, but outscored the hosts 8-3 the rest of the way. Olivia Dahlberg led the Spartans with three goals, including the game-winner in the second overtime period, to give AU the 12-11 victory.

FINAL SCORE: Aurora University 12, UW-River Falls 11 - Overtime
RECORDS: Aurora University 2-4  overall; UW-River Falls 2-2 overall
LOCATION: Ramer Field - River Falls, Wisconsin


 - The Falcons took only 30 seconds to get on the board, but Olivia Dahlberg answered back for AU less than a minute later in the first with a free-position goal.
- With 11:59 to go in the first, Kenly Axvig gave the Spartans their first lead at 2-1 after finding the back of the net.
- After UWRF tied the score at two, Kielly Reeve scored a free-position goal of her own for AU at the 9:35 point in the first.
- UWRF closed out the first with three-straight goals to give the Spartans a 5-3 deficit going into the second.
- That lead stretched to 6-3 for the Falcons, before Sydney Breitenstein made it 6-4 after ripping one into the back of the net for AU off an assist from Sydney Mann.
- The Falcons took an 8-4 lead going into the halftime break.
- Coming off a timeout from AU early in the second half, Brianna Peck joined the scoring fun in the third to cut the AU deficit to 8-5.
- Axvig collected her second goal later in the third, but another goal from the Falcons made it 9-6 heading into the final quarter of play.
- Nicolina Smith secured a free-position goal early in the fourth, before Breitenstein scored her second goal off an assist from Dahlberg to make it a one goal game at 9-8.
- UWRF later took a 10-8 lead in the fourth.
- At 6:28 in the fourth, Dahlberg continued her strong day with a free-position goal, before back-to-back goals from Caley Russell and Peck gave the Spartans an 11-10 lead.
- With 37 seconds remaining, the Falcons tied the score at 11 to send the game into overtime.
- UWRF out shot Aurora 4-1 in the first overtime, but neither team managed to find the back of the net.
- In the second overtime, AU's Dahlberg scored the game-winning goal with 2:01 remaining off another assist from Mann, ending a back-and-forth contest.


Points: Olivia Dahlberg (4) and Sydney Mann (3)
Goals: Olivia Dahlberg (3), Sydney Breitenstein, Kenly Axvig and Brianna Peck (2)
Assists: Sydney Mann (3) and Olivia Dahlberg (1)
Ground balls: Lorelei Babich (4), Brianna Peck and Kielly Reeve (2)
Caused Turnovers: Lorelei Babich, Kielly Reeve and Caley Russell (1)
Saves: Rachel Wickey (6) and Alexis Crowley (2)
 

Next scheduled action for the Spartan women's lacrosse team comes on Saturday, March 15 when they travel to University of Wisconsin Lacrosse Opening draw is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. Lacrosse, Wisconsin.