[Women's Lacrosse] St. Ambrose rolls through rival Augustana
St. Ambrose wasted little time Tuesday night at Thorson-Lucken Field against Augustana in a non-conference game. The Bees scored their first goal 45 seconds into the match and rolled from there, defeating the Vikings 17-5 in Rock Island, Ill. SAU is now 7-2 on the year, while Augie drops to 4-4.
Lauren Hoesly got the goal scoring started for St. Ambrose as they would put up eight goals in the first quarter and allow just one shot in the period by Augustana. Goals from Maddie Wiltrout, Sarah Diehl, Audrey Warner, and Anabelle Brown followed to give SAU a 5-0 lead with 9:59 remaining in the first quarter. Hoesly and Diehl would net their second goals of the day, and a goal from Morgan Curzon to close out the period gave the Bees an 8-0 lead heading into the second.
The Vikings would strike first early in the second quarter, but Curzon answered back with another goal. St. Ambrose would score three straight to close out the period with Warner scoring in between goals from Allie Ruggiero to take a 12-1 halftime lead.
The home team would get the first goal out of the break to make it a ten-goal game, but SAU would get goals from Curzon, Mackenzie Zions, Curzon again, and Claire Jeffers to take a 16-2 lead with 2:39 left in the third quarter. Augustana would score two goals late in the period to make it 16-4 heading into the final frame.
Goals were hard to come by in the fourth quarter, with each team scoring just once. Brown netted her second of the day for the Bees, while Margaret Cecilio got on the score sheet for Augie to account for the final score.
Curzon finished with a game-high four goals, and five Bees finished with two (Brown, Hoesly, Warner, Diehl, and Ruggiero). Warner had a game-high three assists, followed by Ruggiero with two. Wiltrout, Curzon, and Zions also assisted on goals for SAU.
Maggie Samson got the win in goal for St. Ambrose. Katie Burr made three saves in just over 29 minutes in net, and Julieanna Hess played 15 minutes in goal. The SAU defense limited Augustana to just 11 total shots with 8 on goal. Curzon caused four turnovers, while Maura Healy and Warner each caused three.
The Fighting Bees will play their last regular-season home game on Saturday, April 2nd, facing off against KCAC opponent St. Mary at noon.