CLEVELAND, Tenn. – Lewis University's women's lacrosse team's second half rally came up a little short in its 15-10 loss at Lee University on Sunday afternoon in Cleveland, Tenn. The Flyers drop to 1-3 on the season while the Flames are now 4-2.
The game was tied at three when Lee took control scoring four times in the span of 5:23 to take a 7-3 lead.
Skylar Lucich (Mundelein, Ill./Mundelein) brought Lewis to within 7-4 with 2:13 left in the opening half but a goal by Giselle Gonzalez with 0:07 remaining in the stanza gave the Flames an 8-4 lead at halftime.
Lindsey Traub (Indianapolis, Ind./Bishop Chatard High School) scored her second of the day to cut Lee's lead to 8-5 1:15 into the second half but back-to-back goals from Kelsey McGowen and Dariana Blanton gave the Flames their largest lead of the afternoon at 10-5.
The Flyers wouldn't go away scoring three goals in less than three minutes as Traub,
Alyson Jines (Temecula, Calif./Temecula Valley High School) and
Meltonique Bowen (Pembroke Pines, Fla./Flanagan) each scored to make it 10-8 with more than 15 minutes to play.
The sides trade the next two goals as Lee still lead 11-9 after a goal from
Emily Meredith (Cranberry Township, Pa./Seneca Valley) with 11:58 to.
Lee got back-to-back goals from Brittney White to extend their lead to 13-9 and then Bowen added her second of the contest to cut the Flame lead to 13-10 with 7:18 remaining.
Lee iced the game with two goals in the final 3:03 as Blanton and Shayna Ryan both scored for the final tallies.
Lewis was outshot in the contest 30-27 and 25-22 in shots on goal. The Flyers scooped up 14 ground balls in the contest and won 13 draw controls.
Traub led Lewis with three goals while Bowen and Jines had two goals apiece.
Paige Bracey (Apex, N.C./Apex) won four draw controls,
Jamie Rieger (Park Ridge, Ill./Maine South) caused two turnovers and scooped up three ground balls.
Brigid Fornek (Lawrenceville, Ga./Grayson) made 10 saves in goal.
The Flyers are back in action next Saturday as they travel to Aurora University to take on the Spartans at 4 p.m.
