WAVERLY, Iowa – Wartburg lacrosse is in action at home again this week on Sunday, Mar. 20 against Marian University.
Sunday, Mar. 20 – 12:00 p.m.
– Waverly, Iowa – Wartburg Lacrosse Field
Wartburg Knights (1-5, 0-0 MWLC) vs Marian Sabres (0-4, 0-0)
Last Time Out
Wartburg secured its first win of the season in the first home night game in program history on Tuesday, Mar. 15 against Clarke University in overtime.
The first quarter of this back-and-forth contest was dominated by Wartburg, who closed the first period on a 3-0 run to take a 3-1 lead.
Britta Solheim netted her first goal of the season off an assist from
Olivia Christianson to get the offense started.
Ellie Johnson and
Bri Greiskalns followed that up with unassisted goals of their own.
Clarke answered in the second period with Emily Moran scoring four of Clarke's five second-period goals. Solheim scored again in the second to keep the Knights afloat, but it was all Clarke in the second as they took a 6-4 lead into halftime.
Wartburg tied the game back up with 10:47 left in the third after two goals from Greiskalns, one was unassisted the other was assisted by Solheim. Greiskalns was far from over in the third as she assisted Christianson's first goal of the season and then scored two more of her own.
Kirsten Mahoney closed the third period with a goal to make the score 10-7 Wartburg heading into the fourth.
The Pride again responded with a big period offensively that saw Clarke score four unanswered goals to take a 11-10 lead with 5:29 remaining.
Ellie Johnson found the net for her first score of the game with just 4:02 left in regulation.
Neither team was able to pull away in the remaining minuets of regulation and the game was sent to overtime. After a timeout,
Lindsay Langford scored the game-winning goal in the first overtime to secure the first win of the season.
Alyson Hasner recorded nine saves and three groundballs in her first career win at goalkeeper.
Season Leaders
Greiskalns leads the Knights in goals with 23, assists with four, and total points with 27. The junior's 23 goals leads the Midwest Women's Lacrosse Conference by 10+ goals. She has also recorded team-highs in groundballs, caused turnovers and draw controls.
Solheim, Mahoney and Christianson all scored their first goal of the season against Clarke.
Hasner was named MWLC Defensive Player of the Week for the second time this season earlier this week. The freshman goalkeeper leads the conference in saves with 62 saves and over 200 shots faced. Hasner earned the first win of her career against Clarke with a nine save performance.
Series History
This will be the second matchup in program history with Marian, who enters the contest 0-4. The first matchup came during the 2019 season where Wartburg won 23-12 behind a school record 10 goals from Greiskalns.
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