COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Capital University women's lacrosse team (5-2, 0-0 OAC) hosted Allegheny (0-5, 0-0 PAC) on Friday night in a game that gave the Comets a great test in playing under pressure. Cap found themselves down 12-6 at the half but would make quite the comeback in the third quarter, scoring seven straight goals to take the lead. From there, it was a close contest until the end, with CU sneaking away with an 18-15 win.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Capital started very slow in the first half, being outscored 7-4 in the first quarter and 5-2 in the second. Grace Osborn (2), Ava Vendetti, and Andi Henry were the ones to get the Comets on the board in the first quarter. Osborn also had both goals for Cap in the second quarter. This left CU facing a 12-6 deficit at the half. 

However, one should never count the Comets out as the Purple and White would string together seven straight scores coming out of the locker room and take a 13-12 lead with three minutes left in the third quarter. Osborn accounted for three goals with Henry taking two, and Vendetii and Heather Stoner scoring the last pair. All-in-all, it ended up being a 7-1 scoreline in the third quarter for CU, leading to a tie game at 13-13 heading into the final 15 minutes.

Cap would secure the win by putting up five more in the fourth and holding Allegheny to just two, making it an 18-15 final score. Henry had two of those goals, joined by Vendetti, Brenna Todd, and Osborn with one each.

THE NUMBERS
Grace Osborn was the leading goal-scorer for the Comets with seven, accounting for all of her points. She also collected seven draw controls with four caused turnovers and two ground balls. 

Andi Henry had nine points off of five goals and four assists, giving her over 100 points in her Capital career. Additionally, she grabbed two ground balls, one draw control, and one caused turnover.

Ava Vendetti accounted for three goals to total three points while also taking three draw controls.

Heather Stoner scored two goals and added one assist for a total of three points. She also scooped up two ground balls and caused one turnover. 

Brenna Todd tallied one goal and one assist for two points, with two ground balls and one caused turnover as well. 

The defensive front was led by Grace Wolfe with three caused turnovers and two ground balls with Alexa Krzynowek (2 GB), Riley Johnson (2 GB), Rylee Jarvis (1 GB), Leah Leno (1 GB), and Holly Stoner (1 DC) also getting in on the action.

Sydney Scott made her first appearance of the season, causing one turnover while playing on the attack.

Emily Serafinchon (5-2) secured her fifth win of the season with 14 saves and six ground balls.

UP NEXT
The Comets hit the road on Wednesday to play Denison at 5 p.m. in Granville.