MOUNT VERNON, Iowa – Lacrosse fell to Cornell College 7-2 on Wednesday, Apr. 26 in a low scoring defensive battle. The Knights are now 2-11 overall and 1-5 in Midwest Women's Lacrosse Conference.
Game Summary
- First Period
- After almost eight minutes of scoreless play, Cornell scored the first goal in a man-down disadvantage
- Neither offense was able to score in the first period and Cornell led 1-0 after one quarter
- Second Period
- With 10:05 left in the second, Cornell tacked on another goal to make it 2-0
- After seven minutes of scoreless play, the Rams scored again with 3:05 to go in the half
- Lindsay Langford got the Knights on the board with an assist from Addie Nabholz to bring the score to 3-1 at halftime
- Third Period
- Britta Solheim scored under a minute into the second half to cut the lead to one
- Cornell scored two goals in a minute to take a 5-2 lead with 12:32 left in the third
- Both defenses stood tall as the final 12 minutes were scoreless and the score remained 5-2 Cornell
- Fourth Period
- There were no goals in the final period until 2:04 left to play when Cornell scored two more goals in under a minute
- Cornell won 7-2
Top Performers
- Solheim
- Goal
- Three draw controls
- Two grounballs
- Langford
- Nabholz
Notes/Streaks
- The all-time series moves to 5-3 with Wartburg still leading
- Snaps Wartburg's two game winning streak over Cornell
- Seventh straight game with a goal for Solheim and Langford
- Olivia Christianson, Maggie Winders and Faith Hatch all had one caused turnover
- Alyson Hasner recorded 11 saves in goal
Next Time Out
The Knights will close the regular season on Saturday, Apr. 29 on the road against Hamline University at 1 p.m.
