ERIE, Pa. - The Women's Lacrosse team hosted Lock Haven in a PSAC matchup today, Apr. 8, 2023.
The Lakers played strong and defeated the Bald Eagles 14-11.
Quarter One
Meghan Nasman earned the first goal of the game at 6:28 on a free position.
Rachel Plumely passed the ball to Maggie Newton to net the second goal at 5:54.
The Bald Eagles followed with a goal three seconds later.
Newton followed with her second of the game at 4:58.
The Bald Eagles pushed the score to 2-3 at 3:26 on a free-position.
Newton had her hat trick at 2:24.
The Bald Eagles scored the last goal of the quarter at 1:33.
The Lakers had eight ground balls and were 5-6 on their clears.
Quarter Two
Lock Haven tied the game up at four with 14:13 on the clock.
Marlee Antinora grabbed the lead back at 11:59. She was assisted by Whitley Easton.
Lock Haven retaliated at 11:20 and 9:57 to take the lead.
Amanda Bailey scored a man-up goal at 7:20. She was followed by Antinora to bring the lead back to the Lakers 6-7.
The Bald Eagles netted two more at 5:02 and 3:43 to take the lead once again.
Newton scored her fourth to tie the game, 8-8, going into the half at 2:56.
The Lakers won seven draw controls and were 100% on their clears.
Quarter Three
The Lakers scored the first of the quarter to take back the lead at 12:36. Newton claimed her fifth goal while Plumley tallied the apple.
Victoria Gottorff finally got on the board at 11:28 to bring the lead to 10-8.
The Bald Eagles tried to fight back, scoring another goal at 10:11.
Plumley struck again on a man-up opportunity to bring the score to 11-9. Megan Millard was on the assist.
Newton was relentless, scoring her sixth with 45 seconds to go. Gottorff clinched the apple.
The Lakers won six draw controls and were 4-4 on their clears. The score was 12-9 going into the final quarter.
Quarter Four
Lock Haven scored the first of the quarter on a man-up opportunity at 10:52.
Antinora claimed her hat trick at 9:57 assisted by Newton.
Millard netted her first goal of the game on a free-position at 7:24.The score was now 14-10.\
The Bald Eagles capitalized on their 11th goal at 2:25. They still trailed 14-11 to finish the game out.
Highlights
Maggie Newton planted six goals in the net and eight shots on goal.
Stephanie Vanriper had four ground balls.
On the Horizon
The team will head on the road to face IUP on Apr. 12, 2023, at 4:00 p.m.
