WAVERLY, Iowa - Wartburg women's lacrosse opened Midwest Women's Lacrosse Conference play at home on Tuesday, Mar. 28 with a 12-5 win. The Knights are now 2-6 overall and begin the MWLC season 1-0.
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Game Summary
- First Period
- After no goals for the first eight minutes, Lindsay Langford and Olivia Christianson scored back-to-back goals to make the score 2-0 with 6:09 left in the first
- Monmouth scored just over a minute later to cut the lead in half
- Britta Solheim closed the first with an unassisted goal that made the score 3-1 after one
- Second Period
- The Scots scored two goals in the first five minutes of the second period to tie the game at three
- After Monmouth took a 4-3 lead, Wartburg responded with a goal from Beka Gershenoff and then another goal this time from Langford with an assist to Solheim
- Wartburg led 5-4 at the break
- Third Period
- The Knights offense stayed hot in the second half, as Solheim scored two unanswered goals to start the third
- Neither team score again until 5:24 left in the third, when Solheim found Langford for another goal
- Knights led 8-4 after three periods
- Fourth Period
- It was Solheim with an assist to Langford to start the fourth quarter and then roles were reversed for the next goal as Langford found an open Solheim for a score
- Monmouth scored its only goal of the second half with just over seven minutes left in the game to make the score 10-5
- Both Gershenoff and Langford added another goal to make the final score 12-5
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Top Performers
- Solheim
- Eight points
- Nine draw controls
- Six groundballs
- Three caused turnovers
- Langford
- Six points
- Two groundballs
- One caused turnover
- Jordan Lorenzen
- Four caused turnovers
- Four groundballs
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Notes/Streaks
- Knights remain undefeated all-time against Monmouth
- New career high in assists and total points for Solheim
- Alyson Hasner earned the win in goal
- New career high in goals and points for Langford
- New career high in caused turnovers and groundballs for Lorenzen
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Next Time Out
The Knights will continue MWLC play this weekend with a road matchup against Lake Forest on Sunday, Apr. 2 at 1 p.m.
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