Freshman Sydney Kilgore ties the school record with 8 goals to lead Women's Lacrosse past Heidelberg 23-9
By Tim Glon
TIFFIN — Freshman Sydney Kilgore (Pleasant Plain/Little Miami) tied the school record with eight goals to lead the Ohio Northern women's lacrosse team to a 23-9 victory at Heidelberg on Wednesday night at Hoernemann Stadium.
The Polar Bears improve to 5-7 overall and are 5-7 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Student Princes fall to 0-11, 0-11.
Kilgore tied the school record of eight goals set by Maddie Storr in the program's inaugural season against Urbana in 2016.
She also set a school record with two man-down goals, scoring them just four minutes apart as ONU led 8-4 midway through the first half.
Kilgore also broke the school's single-season scoring record with 66 points and 20 assists this season.
Kilgore had six goals in the first half to give Northern a 14-8 lead at intermission.
HU scored the fist goal of the second half to get within 14-9.
The Polar Bears would hold the Student Princes scoreless for the final 27:41, tallying the game's final nine goals.
Senior Annie McArn (Bay Village/Western Reserve Academy) and freshman Avary Snyder (Uniontown/Lake ) also had hat tricks with four and three goals, respecitvely.
Ohio Northern out-shot Heidelberg 39-25 and had a 26-22 advantage in ground balls.
ONU will return to action on Saturday with a 1 pm contest at Marietta.