Marian University women’s lacrosse (2-10, 1-4 NACC) was tied at halftime with MSOE but fell to the Raiders 14-8.
 

• MSOE opened the scoring with a 2-0 lead before sophomore Justice Cole scored back-to-back goals to even the score at the end of the first.
• The Raiders retook the lead with 12:50 left in the second quarter but Marian quickly responded.
• Freshman Talia Bellotti was able to find the back of the net twice in a row to give Marian its first lead of the game.
• The two squads traded goals the rest of the quarter with freshman Elizabeth Van Ryzin scoring twice to put the score at 7-7 going into halftime.
• The Raiders then scored the first three goals of the third quarter to quickly take a 10-7 advantage.
• Bellotti was able to trim the Sabre deficit to two headed into the fourth quarter, but MSOE added four goals in the final quarter to put the final at 14-8.

• MSOE had a 33-18 advantage for shots with each team having six in the final quarter.
• The Sabres had a tough time on the clear only going 14-of-26 (.538).
• The Raiders had a slim 28-27 edge for ground balls and a 16-8 advantage in draw controls.
• Each team had four chances on free-position attempts with Marian scoring once and MSOE twice.
• MSOE takes a 2-1 lead in the all-time series with back-to-back wins.
• This was the first meeting between the two teams at Smith Field.

	Freshman Talia Bellotti had the first hat trick of her career to go with three ground balls and just as many draw controls.
	Sophomore Justice Cole had the first hat trick of her career and has scored five goals in the last two games.
	Sophomore Emma Johnson (2-9) made six of her seven saves in the first quarter.