BOCA RATON, Fla. – The ERAU women's lacrosse team suffered their first loss of the season in overtime to the Lynn 14-13.
RECORDS
ERAU | 5-1
LYNN | 4-0
ALL-TIME SERIES
- The Eagles trail the series 3-1 to the Fighting Knights.
- ERAU is 1-0 at home.
- The Eagle lost 17-16 away, in the last match-up during the 2023 season.
HOW IT HAPPENED
First Quarter
- The game remained scoreless for the first three minutes, but the first blow was delivered by the Fighting Knights' Rebecca Clark.
- The Eagles went on to score three goals with back-to-back goals coming from ERAU's top goal scorer, Samantha Reich.
- The Eagles trailed 5-3 at the end of the quarter.
Second Quarter
- The Eagles came out strong with Sallie Squire scoring the first goal, but the Fighting Knights quickly countered with two.
- A three-goal spurt came for ERAU at 7-4 down bringing them back to seven apiece.
- Lynn got the last goal for the half taking the lead back 8-7.
Third Quarter
- Eliana Enners opened the third quarter with a goal off a pass from Kenley Zeruto.
- The quarter went quiet for 10 minutes with both teams' defenses shining. The spell finished with two goals apiece in the last three minutes.
- The quarter finished 10-10.
Fourth Quarter
- ERAU achieved its first lead of the game when Caitlin Gavin opened the quarter with a free position goal just 20 seconds in.
- The Eagles pushed Lynn with three back-to-back goals but they couldn't hold on with the period ending 13-13.
Overtime 1
- Embry-Riddle fought hard but couldn't find the net and the Fighting Knights came away with the golden goal.
NOTABLE PERFORMANCES
- Enners hit two career milestones reaching 100 points and 100 draw controls.
- Reich was the Eagles' leading goal scorer for the evening with four goals, also collecting two ground balls and one caused turnover.
- ERAU dominated the draw control once again, 24 to 6.
UP NEXT
The Eagles look to bounce back on the road against Flagler next Wednesday at 7 p.m.
