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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Capital University women's lacrosse team (6-2) hosted Mount Union on Saturday and it was a battle of one loss teams. Both teams were evenly matched for much of the game, however the Purple Raiders were able to maintain their halftime lead and just get past the Crusaders with an 18-17 final.

TOUGH MATCHUP

• Capital was first on the board on an unassisted goal from Dana Stover who found the net just over a minute into the contest.
• Shortly thereafter, Luci Kanowsky on a pass from Brooke Delara netted her first goal of the game to increase the Crusader advantage to 2-0.
• The Mount Union offense quickly came up with an answer, scoring three straight goals to take the lead with 21 minutes to play in the half.
• From that point forward the teams traded goals as offerings from Brianna Rampi, Delara, Skyla Caito and Kanowsky all found their mark to give Capital the short term advantage at 6-5.
• In the final nine minutes, Mount Union was able to score four more times to Capital's one, to go into the break with a two goal lead at 9-7.
• The second half featured a flurry of goals and after just over five minutes of play, Mount Union found themselves up 13-9.
• The lead would increase to five but Capital remained on the offensive and slowly began to chip away starting with a score from Delara at the 16:23 mark.
• Stover and Kanowsky scored, closely followed by two goals from Brianna Rampi that shrank the deficit to just one with 10:30 to play.
• The teams traded goals once again with Capital remaining down just one goal after Delara rifled one past the opposing net minder.
• In the final two minutes, chaos ensued as the Purple Raiders tried to hold off the charging Crusaders and after a flurry of turnovers and streaking players, the clock hit zero and Mount Union emerged on top.

KEY STATS

• Delara scored seven points for the afternoon, dishing out four assists and netting three goals to lead all Capital players with 55 points on the season.
• Kanowsky has been a goal scoring machine all year, tallying five more to bring her season total to 38.
• Stover and Rampi each contributed four points, the former scoring four goals and the latter three goals and an assist.
• The Crusaders racked up 34 shots on goal, eight more than the Purple Raiders.
• Capital was 13-15 on clear attempts and scooped up 25 ground balls in the matchup.

UP NEXT

• The Crusaders continue their home stand, facing off against Muskingum on Saturday, April 3rd at 5 p.m.
• For more details on policies and protocols regarding spectator attendance, please visit www.athletics.capital.edu/gameday21.