NOTRE DAME, Ind. - The Illinois Institute of Technology women's lacrosse team played a non-conference match at St. Mary's (Indiana) on Thursday. In a back-and-forth match where neither team led by more than three goals, Tech prevailed 12-11.

How it Happened

• Illinois Tech jumped out to a 2-0 lead before St. Mary's went on a run. The Indiana school scored four of the next five goals to go ahead for the first time in the game.
• The St. Mary's offense continued to impress, piling up eight goals in the half and taking the largest lead for either team of the match at 8-5 just before halftime. The Scarlet Hawks were able to score off of a free position attempt from Isabella Rubin with 29 seconds left in the half, making the score 8-6 at the intermission.
• The two teams traded goals early in the second half before Tech went on a 3-0 to take a lead for the first time since early in the match. Three Isabel Fitzpatrick-Meyers goals over an eight minute span pushed the Hawks ahead 11-10 with 11:32 minutes to play.
• St. Mary's tied the score back up at 11-11 just 15 seconds later.
• The tone of the game changed down the stretch, going to an offensive match to a defensive one. Both teams went scoreless over the next ten minutes before Alyssa DeLuca scored with 1:18 left to play, giving the Scarlet Hawks the lead for good.

Scarlet Hawk Standouts

• DeLuca led the way on offense once again, scoring five times. She also led the team with four draw controls and picked up three ground balls.
• Fitzpatrick-Meyers scored three times.
• Rubin and Sarah Colby each tallied two goals. Rubin also led the team with seven ground balls and an assists.
• Madison Meredith tallied an assists and six ground balls.

Stats to Know

• Tech led in ground balls (35-33), shots (27-18), and free position shots (9-1). Tech was 6-of-9 on free position shots, while St. Mary's was 1-for-1.
• The Scarlet Hawks were an impressive 17-of-19 on clearing attempts. St. Mary's was 19-of-32.
• Tech also won the turnover battle (37-32).

Quotes from the Game

• "I couldn't be more proud with the fight in this team. They never lost composure and never once gave up on each other." - Head Coach Kirk Lamitie

Records

• Illinois Tech: 5-2
• St. Mary's: 2-4

Up Next

• The Scarlet Hawks are out of action until next Wednesday when the team hosts Illinois Wesleyan in another non-conference game. Match time is set for 7:00 p.m. at Stuart Field. Live audio, video, and stats will be available. The audio will be powered by Illinois Media School.