Box Score ADRIAN, Mich. – Backed by a National Women's Lacrosse League single game record for points from
Kendall Guthrie, the sixth-ranked Indiana Tech women's lacrosse team advanced to the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference semifinals with a 23-5 defeat of Lourdes at O'Laughlin Stadium on Wednesday.
Despite having to travel two hours for a "home" WHAC playoff game, the Warriors (9-4) took care of business, scoring 11 goals in the first half and 12 in the second for the first round thumping.
In the first 16:20, Tech scored seven unanswered goals to put the game out of reach early on.
Aubri Hazen got the scoring started just 24 seconds into the contest and
Autumn McMillin and Guthrie followed in the next minute for the 3-0 lead. Three straight free position shots were then converted by
Alexa Winter,
Lauren Allard and Guthrie for the 6-0 advantage and a McMillin goal from Guthrie made it 7-0 and the rout was on.
Jessie Frost finally got the Gray Wolves on the board at the 14:59 mark.
Alexis DiGiovanni converted the Warriors fourth free position shot of the contest at the 11:52 mark which pushed the lead back to seven. Faith Fisher added a Lourdes tally but Guthrie found Winter with a stellar pass less than a minute later for the 8-2 lead. Guthrie then tallied season goals number 60 and 61 to head to halftime up 11-2.
Both teams tallied 12 shots in the half while Tech won ground balls, 12-9 and draw controls, 8-5 while failing to clear three times and converting all four of their free position shots. Lourdes failed just one clear attempt but went 0-for-4 on free position attempts.
The Warriors won the opening draw in the second half, but careless passes gave the Gray Wolves an easy transition, leading to a Molly Porterfield goal just 35 seconds into the half. Tech wasn't going to let the Gray Wolves back in the contest as Winter and Allard added unassisted goals while Winter then converted Tech's fifth free position shot of the contest and Guthrie followed with her fifth goal of the contest, with an assist from Allard, to make it 15-3.
Katie Cerveny found the back of the net for Lourdes fourth goal of the game but Guthrie added two more goals and assisted on a Winter tally to push the lead to 14, 18-4. Fisher converted a free position attempt for the visitors with 12:03 to play to score the Gray Wolves final tally before Tech salted the game away.
Tayler Campbell got in on the scoring with two goals while Hazen added another and Guthrie set the record with back-to-back tallies in the final 30 seconds of play.
Guthrie finished the contest with 12 points, the most in a single game in NWLL history, scoring nine goals and adding three assists. Winter finished with six points on five goals and an assist while Allard, Hazen, Campbell and McMillin added two goals each.
Meaghan Eldridge got the start between the pipes and got her sixth win of the season, allowing just two goals and making seven saves in the first 30 minutes of play.
The Warriors advance to face second seed Aquinas at 7:30 p.m. in Grand Rapids, Mich. on Friday, Apr. 11. The game will be played on the campus of Davenport University with the winner advancing to Saturday's championship game against the winner of top seeded Davenport and fifth seed, Siena Heights.