ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The No. 7 ranked Indiana Tech women's lacrosse team traveled to Ann Arbor, Michigan for WHAC matchup with RV Concordia University on Saturday afternoon, where the Warriors would pick up their first win in conference play with a close comeback victory over the Cardinals.
The Cardinals would open the game, scoring the first four goals and leading 4-0 in just under ten minutes of action.
Brooke Buhr would find the back of the net for the Warriors before the end of the quarter to give the Warriors momentum heading into the second. Down 1-4, Tech would get hot on both sides of the ball. The Warriors would not allow a goal in the second quarter with some stifling defensive play and would score seven times on the offensive side with
Michelle Farrell leading the charge. Farrell would put in five shots in the second period to give the Warriors the lead, as Tech would take advantage of their man up situations, scoring five of their seven second period goals on the powerplay. The Cardinals would fight back in the third outscoring the Warriors 3-1, but Tech would still hold the lead heading into the fourth quarter up 9-7. In crunch time, the Orange & Black would leave little doubt as they opened the quarter with a 4-1 run, courtesy of two goals from
Dani Macomber, the second of which put the Warriors up 13-8 with just over six minutes to play. Concordia would manage to score two goals near the end, but it was too little too late, as Tech holds on for the 13-10 victory. Farrell's six goals led the Warriors on offense as she finished with seven total points in the contest, in addition to seven draw controls, two ground balls, and two caused turnovers. Buhr would also play a stellar game for Tech as she stuffed the stat sheet, finishing with seven draw controls, four ground balls, three caused turnovers, two goals, and one assist. Picking up the win in goal for the Warriors was
Kat Hoff, as she made seven saves, while also picking up four ground balls, and causing one turnover.
The Warriors improve to 6-3 on the season 1-1 in WHAC play as they get set for another WHAC road contest in their next game. Tech will play Bethel University in Mishawaka, Indiana on Wednesday, March 27
th at 5pm.
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