Marian University women’s lacrosse (3-7, 1-0 NACC) defeated Illinois Tech 13-6 in its first NACC game of the season.

• Marian opened the scoring with a pair of goals before Tech netted a woman-up goal at the 2:26 mark to put the Sabre lead at 2-1.
• The Sabres ended the first quarter with a pair of goals in the final 57 seconds to spur a dominating finish to the first half for Marian.
• Entering the second quarter ahead 4-1, the Sabres would shut out the Scarlet Hawks and score five goals of their own to lead 9-1 at halftime.
• Marian opened the second half with the first three goals scoring a woman-down, woman-up, and even-strength goal.
• This capped off 10 unanswered goals for the Sabres spanning back to the final minute of the first quarter and put Marian ahead 12-1.
• The Scarlet Hawks would trail 12-3 at the end of the third quarter scoring a pair of woman-up goals in the final 1:08.
• The Sabres opened the scoring for the final quarter before Tech would net three unanswered goals to finish the game and settle the final at 13-6.

• Marian outshot Illinois Tech in three of the four quarters and finished with a 32-24 advantage.
• The Sabre defense was able to force 28 turnovers and had 12 ground balls.
• Illinois Tech held a 15-7 edge for draw controls.
• The Sabres improved to 3-1 on the season when scoring double-digit goals.
• Marian has won the last three meetings against Tech with this being the largest margin of victory for the Sabres.

	Senior Kayla Kolpitcke scored four goals to go with four ground balls and three draw controls.
	Senior Gwen Kosirog (3-6) stopped 10 shots for her third performance this season with double-digit saves.
	Senior Nicole Stachon had four goals and a pair of draw controls.