CHICAGO, Ill. – The Illinois Tech women's lacrosse team led early and often in a strong win over the Concordia-Chicago Cougars at Stuart Field on Wednesday night.  The Scarlet Hawks won by a final score of 14-9.

How it Happened

• The Scarlet Hawks struck first, as Isabella Rubin scored the game's first goal on a free position shot just 4:54 into the first.  About three minutes of game-time later, Tech scored again.  Alyssa DeLuca recorded the tally after an assist from Madison Meredith.
• Concordia rallied back quickly, however, to tie the game at 2-2.  Within two minutes of each other, Sydney Fuller fed Anna Kellar for the first Cougars goal.  Fuller scored the second goal at 19:54 after an assist by Sandra Acevedo.  And it only took Concordia-Chicago two minutes to score again.  Kellar notched another goal, assisted once again by Fuller and the Cougars led 3-2.
• Tech countered even quicker, though, as DeLuca scored for the second time in the game just 30 seconds later.The Hawks then regained the lead at 15:21 with a Jennifer Young goal from an assist from Shanie Scoles.
• DeLuca continued her great game, recording a hat-trick with 13:31 remaining in the first half after an unassisted goal.  Tech led 5-3.
• The Cougars used similar firepower to draw within one.  Fuller scored for the second time—unassisted—17:18 into the half.
• The Scarlet Hawks rebuilt the lead to two after Meredith joined in on the scoring from a Mallory Tognetti assist.  DeLuca scored her impressive fourth goal of the half just two minutes later and the score became 7-4. With 6:35 to go in the half, Meredith recorded her second goal to put the Scarlet Hawks up four.
• Shanie supplied the assist for DeLuca to score her dominating fifth goal of the game with two minutes in the first half. Tech led 9-4 at halftime.
• Tech opened up the scoring in the second half after seven minutes of play.  Rubin scored after a Scoles assist.
• The Kellar-from-Fuller combination worked again from the Cougars just 30 seconds after the Hawks' first goal of the second half. That resulted in a Kellar hat-trick. Tech still led 10-5.
• Young got the Scarlet Hawks to 11 after an unassisted goal at 22:23 to go in the game.
• Exactly 50 seconds later, Jessica Jaimes scored after an assist from Kellar for Concordia-Chicago.
• Tech led 12-6 after Scoles scored with 12:16 left in the second half.
• Kellar added another assist to her already great game for the Cougars as Sydney LaTurner scored for Concordia-Chicago after nearly 20 minutes of play in the second half
• Tech notched two goals while up a player down stretch.  One went to Scoles after an assist from Young. The other goal was scored by DeLuca to give her a whopping six for the match.
• Concordia-Chicago added two very late goals in the final minute of play, as Margaret Doane and Kellar cut into the deficit.  But the Scarlet Hawks prevailed and won the game after streaky scoring 14-9.

Scarlet Hawk Standouts

• DeLuca scored her six goals on an extremely efficient seven shots on goal. She also collected four ground balls, had one draw control and caused one turnover
• Scoles recorded two goals on eight shots on goal with three assists and six ground balls and seven draw controls
• Meredith scored two goals on three shots with an assist.  She had two ground balls, two draw controls plus a caused turnover
• Young hit her two goals on two shots on goal. She added an assist, two ground balls, three draw controls and a caused turnover
• Rubin added her two goals on four shots on goal. She picked up two ground balls and caused one turnover

Stats to Know

• Tech was 4-5 on free position shots
• Ground balls were in favor of Tech (27-22)
• The Cougars committed 24 turnovers to Tech's 17
• The Hawks finished with 29 shots; the Cougars finished with 19

Up Next

• Tech will once again be at home on Saturday against Augustana at 1:00 p.m.  Live audio, video, and stats will be available. The live audio will be powered by Illinois Media School.