Women's Lacrosse battles Mount Union for full 60 minutes in 17-9 setback
By Tim Glon
ADA — Junior Kaitlin Thomson (Johns Creek, Ga./Chattahoochee) had a hat trick with three goals and senior Annie McArn (Bay Village/Western Reserve Academy) had two goals and two assists to lead the Ohio Northern women's lacrosse team in a 17-9 loss to Mount Union on Saturday afternoon at Dial-Roberson Stadium.
The Polar Bears fall to 2-3 overall and is 2-3 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Purple Raiders improve to 4-0, 4-0.
Northern battled back from an early 3-0 deficit on goals 46 seconds apart by and freshman Noel Orioli (Westerville/North) to make it 3-2 with 18:13 left in the first half.
Freshman Sydney Kilgore (Pleasant Plain/Little Miami) scored with 12:43 left in the half to make it 5-3.
Mount Union ended the half on a 7-0 run to lead 12-3 and scored one minute into the second half to make it 13-3.
The Polar Bears played hard the full 60 minutes and despite trailing 16-4, outscored MtU 5-1 in the final 17:03 of the contest.
Statistically, the game was fairly even.
Mount Union out-shot Ohio Northern 26-23, held a 14-13 advantage in draw controls and edged ONU in ground balls 22-21.
Northern won the turnover battle by forcing MtU into 25 while committing only 23.
The Polar Bears will return to action on Wednesday with a 7 pm contest at Baldwin Wallace.
