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#3 Women’s Lacrosse Breezes Past Gyrenes, 23-12

Score: No. 3 Keiser 23, Ave Maria 12
Records: No. 3 Keiser (9-3, 3-1 MSC), Ave Maria (4-8, 0-3 MSC)
Location: Multi-Purpose Field, West Palm Beach, Fla.

No. 3 Keiser Women’s Lacrosse kept the Gyrenes out of reach for the majority of the game en route to a 23-12 win at home on Friday.

Keiser 6, Ave Maria 1

• The Seahawks jumped out to an early 2-0 lead, with 11:44 on the clock. Goals were scored by Rachel McLaughlin and Lena Finkelstein.
• Keiser stretched their lead to 6-0 with 6:34 remaining, as Ashtyn Stoor, Valeria Lomaglio, Mia Dyson, and Finkelstein scored.
• With 14 seconds remaining in the period, Monrae Prentice got Ave Maria on the board, cutting the lead to 6-1.

Keiser 11, Ave Maria 5

• Ave Maria trimmed the lead to 6-2, scoring with 13:50 on the clock.
• KU added two goals by both McLaughlin and Hayley Frew with 12:02 left, increasing the lead to 8-2.
• The Gyrenes tacked on a goal at the 11:31 mark.
• Lomaglio got the goal back, scoring with 10:22 remaining to make it a 9-3 game.
• Emma Davis responded for Ave Maria, scoring a man-up goal with 6:41 on the clock.
• Keiser tallied two goals by both Frew and Sydney Passaro, upping their lead to 11-4 with 3:06 left.
• The Gyrenes scored at the 1:30 mark slicing the lead to 11-5 going into the half.

Keiser 16, Ave Maria 8

• The Seahawks opened the period with four consecutive goals, increasing the margin to 15-5 with 7:27 remaining.
• The Gyrenes tallied a free-position goal with 5:25 remaining.
• Leanza Gibaud scored with 3:09 left to extend the KU lead to 16-6.
• Ave Maria ended the period on a 2-0 run, shaving the lead to 16-8 heading to the fourth.

Keiser 23, Ave Maria 12

• Madison Andrews tallied her first of the afternoon with 13:45 on the clock.
• AMU would respond with back-to-back goals to cut the KU lead to 17-10 with 9:19 left.
• Chloe Foley picked up her first goal before Andrews scored her second at the 8:26 mark to extend the Keiser lead to 19-10
• Following a Gyrenes goal, the Seahawks put together a 4-0 run capped by Haley Knudsen with 2:11 left in the game.
• Ave Maria would score the final goal with 21 seconds left in the game as Keiser would hold onto a 23-12 win.

• 3: Bridget Reddington led the Seahawks with three assists on the evening. 
• 4: Finkelstein and Lomaglio tallied four goals each in the contest.
• 4/6: Cassidy Green made four saves and a team-best six groundballs.
• 5: Rebecca Gibson led Keiser with five caused turnovers in the game.
• 6: The six points recorded by Finkelstein were good for a team-high and career-best for the Junior.
• 31: The Seahawks recorded a program-best 31 caused turnovers in the game.
• 35: Keiser outshot Ave Maria 35-24 on the day.

No. 3 Keiser
Points: Finkelstein (6)
Goals: Finkelstein/Lomaglio (4)
Assists: Reddington (3)
Draw Controls: Andrews/Lomaglio (5)
Ground Balls: Green (6)
Caused Turnovers: Gibson (5)
Saves: Green (4)

Ave Maria
Points: Davis (6)
Goals: Eldridge (5)
Assists: Davis (4)
Draw Controls: Seiler (10)
Ground Balls: McConologue (10)
Caused Turnovers: Eldridge (5)
Saves: McConologue (9)

Keiser will have a week off before hosting Life on April 8 at 2:00 p.m. in West Palm Beach, Florida at the Multi-Purpose Field.

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Gyrenes Score 12 on #3 Keiser

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.- The Ave Maria University lacrosse team had one of their best showings against a national powerhouse in recent memory Friday evening, as the Gyrenes battled the No. 3 Seahawks of Keiser University in West Palm Beach. Ave Maria hit double digits in goals against Keiser, the 2021 NAIA national champions, for the first time since the 2018 season on Friday despite dropping a 23-12 decision.

Keiser surged out of the gate, as five different players scored in the first quarter and the Seahawks jumped out to a 6-0 lead. The Gyrenes finally got on the board in the closing moments of the opening frame, as Monrae Prentice found the back of the net with 14 seconds left in the quarter.

Ave Maria played the Seahawks essentially even in the second quarter, with Keiser only able to extend their lead by one goal. Emma Davis was a busy Gyrene in the second, assisting on both of Hannah Shaffrey’s goals then scoring her first of the day. Orianna Eldridge added AMU’s final goal of the half, a tally assisted by Claire Ichniowski that accounted for an 11-5 Keiser lead at halftime. 

Once again, a Keiser surge opened the lead back up, as four Seahawk goals in the first eight minutes of the second half increased the KU edge to 15-5. Ave Maria answered by scoring three of the final four goals in the quarter, including two from freshman Abigail Seiler. Eldridge also added her second goal of the day during the frame, scoring on a Shaffrey assist that built on her existing school record.

Eldridge and Davis accounted for much of Ave Maria’s offense in the fourth quarter, as the Gyrenes scored four times in the final 15 minutes. Eldridge had a hat trick of goals in the fourth quarter alone, while Davis scored once and assisted on both of Eldridge’s last two goals. Ichniowski added her second assist of the day on Eldridge’s first tally. Keiser scored seven in the final quarter to stymie any Gyrene chance at a comeback. 

Davis tied a school record in the losing effort, becoming just the fourth player in school history to record four assists in a single game. Mackenzie Tourville set the initial record in 2016, and Shaffrey has done so twice this season, in games against Webber and Culver-Stockton. 

Powered by her fourth quarter hat trick, Eldridge led the Gyrene scoring with five goals, while also causing five turnovers. Seiler added ten draw controls to go with her two goals. Hannah McConologue also set a new school record with ten ground balls in a single game, doing so while making nine saves from the goalkeeper position. 

Friday’s game was Ave Maria’s final road game of the season, with the final three games coming at Gyrene Field. The first of these games comes Wednesday evening, when the Gyrenes welcome the Warriors of Webber International University to Ave Maria. Opening draw at Gyrene Field is scheduled for 6:00 p.m.