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Women's Lacrosse

Women's Lacrosse: Mount Union Advances to Second Straight OAC Championship Game With Win Over Otterbein

Box Score

ALLIANCE, Ohio - The No. 18 Mount Union women's lacrosse team advanced to their second consecutive Ohio Athletic Conference championship game with a 11-4 win over Ottterbein Wednesday night at Mount Union Stadium in Alliance.

The Purple Raiders (17-0) were led by Taylor Pensyl (Kent/Kent Roosevelt) who scored four goals while Susie Kraus (Sewickley, Pa./Quaker Valley) and Marjie McNamara (Champlin, Minn./Champlin Park) each added three goals.

Casey McHenry (Hudson/Hudson) made four saves in goal to run her record to 10-0 on the season.

Otterbein (8-7) was led by Annie Kelly who scored two goals and handed out an assist in the loss.

Pensyl got the scoring started with her first goal less than a minute into the game. Otterbein came back to tie the game 1-1 at the 19:24 mark.

The Raiders added four more goals in the first half, two by Kraus, to lead 5-1 at the break.

Mount Union opened the second half with three goals to extend the lead to 8-1. Otterbein made a final push with three consecutive goals to cut the lead to 8-4 but the Raiders put the game away with three goals to make the final count 11-4.

The women's lacrosse team will play the winner of No. 2 seed John Carroll and No. 3 seed Baldwin Wallace for the OAC Championship at 1:00 pm on Saturday, May 2 at Mount Union Stadium.

 

 

SCORING

1 2

FINAL
Mount Union (17-0) 5 6

11
Otterbein (8-7) 1 3

4

OTT SCORING: GOALS: Annie Kelly 2, Rebecca Carter 1, Nicole Coccagno 1.
ASSISTS: Annie Kelly 1, Katy Williams 1.

MTU SCORING: GOALS: Taylor Pensyl 4, Marjie McNamara 3, Susie Kraus 3, Michelle Tegethoff 1.
ASSISTS: Kolbie Haines 1, Emily Sendker 1, Bethany Snider 1, Susie Kraus 1. 

Shots: MTU 24, OTT 11

Turnovers : MTU 25, OTT 28

Draw Control: MTU 11, OTT 6

Saves: MTU 4, OTT 7

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Players Mentioned

Kolbie Haines

#8 Kolbie Haines

M
5' 4"
Junior
Susie Kraus

#33 Susie Kraus

A
5' 7"
Junior
Casey McHenry

#11 Casey McHenry

GK
5' 2"
Junior
Marjie McNamara

#10 Marjie McNamara

M
5' 4"
Freshman
Taylor Pensyl

#3 Taylor Pensyl

M
5' 8"
Junior
Emily Sendker

#25 Emily Sendker

A/M
5' 9"
Sophomore
Bethany Snider

#32 Bethany Snider

A/M
5' 3"
Junior
Michelle Tegethoff

#18 Michelle Tegethoff

M
5' 6"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Kolbie Haines

#8 Kolbie Haines

5' 4"
Junior
M
Susie Kraus

#33 Susie Kraus

5' 7"
Junior
A
Casey McHenry

#11 Casey McHenry

5' 2"
Junior
GK
Marjie McNamara

#10 Marjie McNamara

5' 4"
Freshman
M
Taylor Pensyl

#3 Taylor Pensyl

5' 8"
Junior
M
Emily Sendker

#25 Emily Sendker

5' 9"
Sophomore
A/M
Bethany Snider

#32 Bethany Snider

5' 3"
Junior
A/M
Michelle Tegethoff

#18 Michelle Tegethoff

5' 6"
Sophomore
M