GEORGETOWN, Ky. - The (6) Lawrence Technological  University women's lacrosse team got a huge 10-5 win on the road versus the (9) Georgetown College Tigers on Friday night. 

HIGHLIGHTS

• Four Blue Devils scored in the win
  • Ashley Sherry and Abbey Smentowski each had three goals
  • Gabi Mitchell led the team in points for the second game in a row with two goals and four assists
  • Anna Gagnon had two goals
• Defensively, the Blue Devils had a strong defensive stand, limiting GC to only one goal in the first half
  • Abby Barnewold and Sherry had four ground balls
  • Axey Vang and Barnewold each had three caused turnovers
  • Dorie Coggin had seven saves for a 58% save percentage

HOW IT HAPPENED

The game started off slow, with the first five minutes scoreless from either team. However, Ashley Sherry, with an assist from Gabi Mitchell opened up the game for LTU at the 25:31 minute mark. Despite this break in the standoff, Georgetown netted a response only a minute later. After 12 minutes of silence from either team, LTU turned up the heat with a goal from Gagnon at the 11 minute mark. Then, two minutes later, Smentowski added a goal to push the lead 3-1 and forced the Tigers into a timeout. Two more goals were scored following this timeout from sticks of LTU to push the game 6-1 into the half. 

The second saw Georgetown open scoring at the 26th minute mark, with a much more immediate responses from both team. Smentowski was the first Blue Devil to score in the second at the 19 minute mark, followed by a Georgetown goal. Then, after a defense stand followed by a caused turnover by Bella Van Buren, LTU cleared the ball for another goal from Smentowski with an assist from Mitchell. Again, GC responded minutes later, yet, LTU came right back at them with another goal from Sherry and assist from Gabi Mitchell.

Georgetown was forced to take another timeout, but LTU came out firing on all cylinders, with Sherry getting it past the keeper on a free position shot. With three minutes to go, Georgetown desperately tried to come back, scoring one more goal to narrow their deficit by five, but after a save from Coggin and a good clear by the defense, LTU fought to keep the ball, even forcing several turnovers in the last moments of the game.

The women's lacrosse team prepares for their next match against the (3) Unviersity of the Cumberlands on Sunday, where the draw is set for 1:00 p.m.. There will be a live feed and live stats for this match, which links for each can be found next to the game on the women's lacrosse page at LTUathletics.com