
Keiser: Women’s Lacrosse Marks History With Program’s First Win!
via press release – photo via Keiser web site
Game Information
Score: Keiser 11, Asbury 10
Records: Keiser (1-9), Asbury (3-7)
Location: Wilmore, Ky.
Keiser Highlights
- The Seahawks outscored the Eagles by the total of 11-10, capitalizing on the team’s first win in program history during the inaugural season.
- Dakota Zdun led the scoring for Keiser, tallying four goals in the contest to lead the Seahawks in points as well with four.
- Maria Johnson finished the contest with a hat trick as well, capping off the three-goal performance with the game-winning goal with 1:36 remaining in the contest.
- Mary Reich notched the win in goal for Keiser, recording 15 saves in the victory.
- Asbury struck first with 18:31 left in the first half when Hadley Slucher recorded her first goal of the game to give the Eagles the 1-0 advantage.
- Keiser scored three unanswered goals to claim the 3-1 advantage as Zdun, Frankie Parshall and Johnson tallied one goal apiece to give Keiser the two-goal lead with 9:28 in the half.
- The Eagles stormed back, scoring five consecutive goals to take the 6-3 lead at the break.
- Zdun wasted no time in the second half, scoring her second goal of the game to pull the Seahawks to within 6-4.
- Parshall and Amanda Hartman jumped on board the comeback train, scoring consecutive goals to tie the contest at six apiece with 16:27 left to play.
- Asbury and Keiser traded the next four goals, knotting the contest at 8-8 as Hartman and Johnson tallied both of the Seahawks’ goals during the stretch.
- Zdun delivered her hat trick with 6:03 left on the clock, giving the Seahawks their second lead of the half and third overall.
- Slucher tied the contest at 9-9 with 5:04 remaining, setting up for the dramatic down-to-the-wire finish.
- With 3:48 to play, Zdun found the back of the net for her fourth goal, providing Keiser with the 10-9 lead over the host squad.
- Ashley Byrd would not let Asbury go away quietly, scoring the equalizer with 3:01 remaining in the game.
- As overtime loomed in the distance, Johnson ripped the go-ahead goal into the back of the net with 1:36 remaining to lift Keiser to the 11-10 victory.