RIVER FOREST, ILL. — Wrapping up their Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) regular season play, the Concordia University Chicago (CUC) women's lacrosse team faced off with Aurora University. In a heated battle with the Spartans, the Cougars fell in this conference match-up 15-5.
Inside The Box Score:
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Securing her fourth hat trick of the season was Rylee Orenstein (Walnut Creek, Calif.) with three goals
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Kelli Pietrowski (Wheeling, Ill.) and Kate Johnson (Lincoln, Neb.) also had goals of their own
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Chloe Schaafsma (Lockport, Ill.) led in caused turnovers with four and Orenstein and Sarah Ludwig (Roselle, Ill.) both picked up four ground balls apiece
The first quarter of play was a Spartans-manned ride as they went up on the Cougars 5-0. However, before it ended, Johnson was able to secure her fifth goal of the season. This was thanks to a Spartans turnover and Orenstein ground ball that allowed Johnson to grab this opportunity.
The Spartans started off quarter two with another goal to take their lead to 6-1. The Cougars would then get the ball on their side and Pietrowski would score an unassisted goal to make it 6-2. Aurora scored two more goals at 8-2; But a groundball pick up and goal from Orenstein would make it 8-3 going into the half.
Aurora continued a consistent trend of goals as they took their lead all the way to 12-3. The Cougars would then respond by drawing a free position attempt and Orenstein connected to make it 12-4.
Orenstein came out hot in the fourth quarter and immediately won the draw control. After that, she made a b-line to the goal and smacked in another one for the Cougars, securing her hat trick for the afternoon 12-5.
The Spartans would not allow another goal in for the remainder of the game. This would leave the final with Aurora defeating CUC with a final score of 15-5.
The Cougars will be wrapping up regular season play as they host University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire on Saturday at 2 p.m. With the Cougars currently sitting at third in the NACC, there is a possibility that they will clinch into the conference tournament. This will be dependent on other game happening in the conference this week. Updates on this and everything else CUC women's lacrosse can be found at cucougars.com.
