The Concordia University Chicago women's lacrosse team (11-1) advanced to the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Tournament championship game with a 17-5 win over Concordia University Wisconsin (4-6) on Wednesday, April 28.
 
Elsewhere, Aurora University defeated Benedictine University to set up Saturday's title game.
 
The game at Concordia Stadium also served as Senior Day and fittingly featured a dominant senior performance. Senior midfielder Elizabeth Cyrwus (Chicago, Ill.) scored six goals, one short of her personal record for a single game. She was honored pregame alongside fellow senior Jacquelyn Bell (Aurora, Ill.) and both were joined on the field by their families.
 
Elizabeth also took double the shots of any other Cougar, with 12 in the game. Never to be outdone, junior Emily Cyrwus (Chicago, Ill.) eclipsed her sibling with seven total points on four goals and three assists. Freshman Jessica Parker (Lake in the Hills, Ill.) and sophomore Nina Naes (St. Louis, Mo.) also scored three goals each, which equaled a season-high for both players. In an unusually quiet offensive performance for the NACC's top scorer this season, sophomore Rylee Orenstein (Walnut Creek, Ca.) scored the final CUC goal of the game for her only tally.
 
The Cougars dominated the ball-control statistics, committing nine fewer turnovers, causing six more, and controlling 14 of 23 draws.
 
Meanwhile, sophomore goalie Ryan McGee (Chicago, Ill.) had a solid, if often quiet, night in the Cougars' cage. McGee, who entered the game with the seventh-best goals-against-average in all of Division III, made nine saves on 16 shots faced.
 
In their final home game of the season, the Cougars put on a great team performance to earn the chance to play not only for a championship but a trip to the NCAA Tournament on Saturday, May 1. The game is scheduled to begin at Aurora at noon.