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Box Score

Kalamzaoo, Mich. (April. 2, 2017) – The North Central College women's lacrosse team ended their weekend by winning their second game in as many days, defeating Kalamazoo College 13-8 in their final game prior to commencing College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) play, at Mackenzie Field on Sunday afternoon.

On the heels of a dominant performance in which she accumulated a career single-game high of five goals, junior Emily Zadny picked up where she left off, scoring the opening goal of the game less than two minutes after play began.

Kalamzaoo bounced back in the form of two goals of their own, but their inability to contain the Cardinals' attack and senior Madison Maas resulted in a North Central 3-0 run, with all goals coming from Maas. Maas' final goal, coming with 2:51 left in the half, saw her capitalize on an assist from Zadny, and put Cardinals ahead of the Hornets 4-2.

While Cardinals gave up one more goal before halftime, freshman Christina Truver added to their lead with 1:14 remaining, while with 39 seconds left to play, Zadny scored again and boosted North Central's lead to 6-3 going into halftime.

The Hornets came out of halftime with renewed vigor, scoring the opening two goals and making it a one-point game. Thankfully for the Cardinals, Maas opened their scoring for half with 18:25 left to play, following a ground ball from Truver and a successful clear attempt.

Taking advantage of the fact North Central had played the previous day, Kalamazoo continued to apply pressure and added two more goals, bringing the score to a 7-7 stalemate with 14:47 remaining.

Thankfully for North Central, they were the better conditioned team and it showed in the form of back-to-back goals from Truver, with the first coming with 9:32 on the clock. Her second came on a free-position shot with 9:13 remaining, following Zadny obtaining the draw control.

North Central closed the game out in impressive fashion, as freshman Mynk Richardson-Clerk made her presence felt. After collecting a ground ball, Richardson-Clerk added the lead with 6:46 remaining. She then proceeded to win the draw control and dish the ball off to Truver, who found Maas in scoring position with 5:26 left in the contest.

Following another successful Richardson-Clerk draw control, Maas scored on a free-position shot with 4:12 on the clock, giving North Central a comfortable 12-7 lead.

The icing on the cake for the Cardinals came when senior Nikki Merriss scored their final goal of the contest, 16 seconds prior to the end of the game.

Maas, who is now the fifth-highest goal scorer in program history, led the team with six goals, while Truver contributed three. Truver also led the team in assists along with Zadny, as they both finished with one. Freshman Nelle Scranton had a game-high four ground balls, while senior Anicia Mattingly obtained four draw controls, leading the Cardinals in that category.

Defensively, Zadny, Scranton and freshman Rebecca Claussen each recorded one caused turnover, while senior Kat Schultz finished with 12 saves.

North Central have just over a week to recover and prepare for their opening CCIW contest, when face Elmhurst College (0-8) on April 12 at Langhorst Field. Game time is 7:00 p.m., and live stats can be found here.