Box Score QUICK STORY: The No. 1 SCAD women's lacrosse team dominated No. 8 Benedictine in the 2018 NAIA National Invitational Tournament on Wednesday in Grand Rapids, Michigan by 15 points (25-10).
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RECORDS: The Bees remain undefeated on the season with a 13-0 record. The Ravens end the season with a 13-2 record.
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HOW IT HAPPENED? The Ravens scored the first goal of the game at the 26:13 mark but the Bees answered with three goals in quick succession to take a 3-1 lead.
Taylor Vaccaro scored SCAD's first goal of the tournament at the 26:00 mark.
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Benedictine took a 5-4 lead with 15:02 remaining in the first half but SCAD scored 10 of the next 11 goals to take a 14-6 lead into the second half.
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SCAD scored the first seven goals in the second half to take a dominating 21-6 lead. Both teams scored four more goals in the last 15 minutes of the second half as the Bees went on to win by 15 points (25-10).
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BOX SCORE: Sydney Knego led the way for the Bees, scoring seven goals and two assists for a game-high nine points.
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Jo Mitchell totaled seven points with six assists and one goal while Vaccaro tallied five points with four goals and one assist.
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Shannon Flaherty,
Drew Dowgiallo and
Tess St. John scored three goals each with Flaherty adding two assists for five points.
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Mitchell won a game-high seven draw controls while Casey Summerson added six. Mitchell nabbed six ground balls and caused three turnovers. Knego,
Olivia Stahl and Mitchell caused three turnovers each.
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Goalies
Maggie Lortz and Cameron Dolan split time in the cage and totaled four and one saves, respectively.
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WHAT'S NEXT? The Bees will either play No. 4 Lawrence Tech or No. 5 Keiser on Friday, May 11 in the NAIA National Invitational Semi-Finals.
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