Box Score WALESKA, Ga. – Three goals in the last three minutes of the game propelled No. 7 SCAD women's lacrosse past No. 5 Reinhardt University for the 18-15 win.
RECORDS: The Bees improve to 7-2, 4-0 AAC while the Eagles are now 6-2, 3-1 AAC.
HOW IT HAPPENED: With less than three minutes remaining and the game knotted at 15-all back-to-back-to-back goals from
Aly De Caro (El Dorado Hills, Calif. / Advertising and Branding),
Clark Haas (Pensacola, Fla. / Fashion Marketing and Management), and
Julia Luff (Portsmouth, N.H. / Fibers), off assists from
Keagan Plume (Glen Arm, Md. / Architecture) and
Sophia Milia (Birmingham, Mich. / Business of Beauty & Fragrance) (2) gave SCAD the 18-15 upset win.
The Bees took an early lead when Milia found the back of the net with 11:37 on the clock to go up 1-0 in the first quarter.
Reinhardt tied the game a minute later, but the Bees answered with three more goals from Luff (2) and Haas to go up 4-2 at the end of the first quarter.
SCAD scored three goals to the Eagles' four in the second quarter to maintain a one-goal lead (7-6) going into the half.
The first goal of the third quarter (RU) tied the game for the third time (7-7). SCAD answered with back-to-back goals from Luff to go up 9-7. The Eagles scored two more goals in the quarter, but the Bees totaled three – Luff (2) and
Tatum Crouch (Easton, Md. / Fashion Marketing and Management) – to take a 12-9 lead into the final quarter.
Reinhardt outscored SCAD 6-3 to tie the game for the fourth and final time, with 3:19 remaining on the clock. The Bees scored three unanswered goals to win 18-15.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE: Luff dominated the offense with seven goals and one assist for a game-high eight points.
Milia totaled a game-high six assists and one goal for seven points.
De Caro tallied four goals, with Crouch adding three and Haas two.
Hannah Smith (Vienna, Va. / Illustration) had one goal and tied a game-high seven ground balls.
Haas totaled six ground balls, with Luff adding two caused turnovers.
Goalie
Tracy Richards (Poway, Calif. / Visual Effects) captured 11 saves in her 60 minutes of work.
WHAT'S NEXT? The Bees remain on the road to face Point University on Saturday, March 26 at 1:00 p.m.