AURORA, Ill. – The Capital University women's lacrosse team traveled to the central time zone on Wednesday, taking on the Spartans of Aurora University. The Comets continued to shine as they picked up their fifth win to start out the season, remaining undefeated in the early going and holding Aurora at bay, 17-11.

The Purple and White came out swinging, breaking out to a 5-1 lead within the first fifteen minutes. Freshman phenom Grace Osborn did not skip a beat in her debut season as she recorded two goals and one assist in just the first quarter. Cap continued to build their lead in the second, heading to the locker room with the scoreboard showing 8-2 in their favor.

In the second half, the Spartans began to wake up and put a little pressure on the Comets, scoring five goals in the third quarter. However, Cap came back harder with six, extending the lead by one more and having a clear advantage as the final fifteen minutes were added to the clock. The final quarter provided some entertainment as Aurora broke out with three straight goals, followed by another soon after the ensuing Capital goal. However, this was little cause for concern to the Purple and White as they responded with two more goals of their own to close it out. When it was all said and done, Capital put another notch in the win column, 17–11, and moved to 5-0 on the season. Aurora dropped to 1-2. 


RECORD BREAKING PERFORMANCE
Graduate midfielder Brooke Delara marched her way into the record books this afternoon, surpassing Regan Hanood's career assists number of 133. Delara entered the day with 132 career assists to her name. Following today's five, she now sits with 137, alone atop the assists leaderboard. She now sets her sights on the career points record where she currently sits second all-time with 265, just 37 short of Kathryn Walton's 302 mark. With at least 12 games left in the season this is certainly a reachable feat.


BY THE NUMBERS
Along with her record breaking five assists, which qualified her for game leader, Delara also led the team in points with eight (three goals, five assists). 

Luci Kanowski led the game in goals with seven. These made up all seven of her points. 

Freshman Grace Osborn added to her stellar season total with five goals. This now gives her 28 goals for the campaign and her career. Additionally she had one assist for a total of six points. She also led the game with five ground balls and nine draw controls.

Bee Kuehn locked up her fifth win of the season, remaining undefeated in the cage. She made eight saves.


THE OPPONENT
Danielle Cobbett led the Spartans in goals with four. Monique Gibson led Aurora in assists and points with three assists added to two goals for a total of five points. Bailey Simpson picked up the most ground balls, grabbing four. 

Jenna Ford and Alexis Crowley shared time in the cage for the Spartans. Ford made four saves and allowed ten goals. Crowley made two saves and allowed seven goals.


UP NEXT
The Capital women return home on Saturday, facing the Dutchmen of Hope College for a 1 p.m. draw. Game information, tickets, livestream, and statistics are available at athletics.capital.edu!