The Illinois Tech Women’s Lacrosse team played its third game in the state of Michigan on March 15 against Hope College. Illinois Tech overcame a large Flying Dutch run to defeat the home team 10-9.

Records

• Illinois Tech 4-0
• Hope 1-2

How it Happened

• Illinois Tech started things off with an Isabel Fitzpatrick-Meyers goal less than three minutes into the match.
• After Hope answered three minutes later, the Scarlet Hawks went on a 4-0 run to take a 5-1 advantage with 9:46 left in the half. Three of the four tallies came courtesy of Isabella Rubin.
• Hope answered with a fierce run. The Flying Dutch scored the half’s last five goals to take a 6-5 lead at halftime. The hosts also scored eight minutes into the second half to take a 7-5 lead.
• After being held scoreless for over 20 minutes, the Scarlet Hawks offense came to life. Rubin scored at the 14:17 mark before scoring twice more at the 7:34 and 6:11 marks, taking the lead back for Illinois Tech at 8-7.
• Hope would respond, scoring two goals over the next minute of action to take the lead back.
• With 4:26 to play, Alyssa DeLuca netted her first goal of the game to tie things back up at 9-9.
• Less than a minute later, Rubin scored her seventh goal of the match on a free position shot to take a 10-9 lead with 3:44 to play. Hope was held without a shot the rest of the way as Illinois Tech held on for the victory.

Scarlet Hawk Standouts

• Rubin had one of her best games as a Scarlet Hawk. The sophomore scored a career-high seven goals while also adding a team-high six caused turnovers, four ground balls, and three draw controls.
• DeLuca (five ground balls, three caused turnovers), Madison Meredith (three ground balls, three draw controls), and Fitzpatrick-Meyers (two ground balls) all tallied one goal.
• Abbie Reynolds moved to a perfect 4-0 in net.

Stats to Know

• Illinois Tech continues to clear at a highly successful rate. The Scarlet Hawks were an astounding 15-of-18 in clearing attempts compared to 14-of-22 for Hope.
• Fouls (Hope 29, Illinois Tech 27), ground balls (Hope 28, Illinois Tech 26), and draw controls (Hope 11, Illinois Tech 10) were all nearly even.
• The Scarlet Hawks outshot the Flying Dutch 35-21.

Up Next

• Illinois Tech will oppose Midwest Women’s Lacrosse Conference foe Hamline University on Saturday, March 18 at 2 p.m. for the first home contest of 2017. The contest at Stuart Field will have live audio, video, and stats. The live audio will be powered by Illinois Media School.