Women's Lacrosse Falls To Findlay 17-9

OVERVIEW – FINDLAY

SCORE: Findlay Oilers 17, Northwood Timberwolves 9
RECORDS: Northwood (3-6, 0-3 G-MAC), Findlay (3-9, 2-1 G-MAC)
LOCATION: Hantz Stadium – Midland, Mich.
RECAP: Northwood women's lacrosse drops a 17-9 contest to Findlay Saturday (March 29).

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

• The two teams exchanged the opening two goals of the contest, with Northwood's Gabby Wilson tying the game at 1-1 with her 20th goal of the season.
• Findlay scored the final two goals of the first to lead by two after one period.
• Montana Chuba made the score 4-2 in the second with a goal for the Timberwolves.
• UF responded with three goals in a row to go up by five.
• Northwood's Sam Peterson netted the final goal of the opening half to make the score 7-3 at the break.
• Findlay took control of the game in the third, scoring six straight goals to open up a 13-3 lead.
• The Timberwolves responded with four of the next five goals.  Peterson, Taylor Murrell and two Wilson goals cut the Oiler lead to 14-7.
• UF put up the next three goals to go back up by 10.
• Northwood rounded out the scoring with the final two goals of the game on goals by Paige Schultz and Alyssa Carnes.

GAME STATS

• SHOTS: Northwood 34, Findlay 41
• SAVES: Northwood 17, Findlay 12
• TURNOVERS: Northwood 18, Findlay 16
• CLEARS: Northwood 14/18, Findlay 22/24
• DRAW CONTROLS: Northwood 18, Findlay 11
• GROUND BALLS: Northwood 16, Findlay 20

TOP NORTHWOOD PERFORMERS

• Wilson: Three goals, five ground balls, eight draw controls
• Chuba: Goal, three assists
• Peterson: Two goals, assists, five draw controls

UP NEXT

• Northwood hosts Lake Erie April 4. Game time is set for 2 p.m.