BELOIT, Wis. – Keeping their conference tournament hopes alive, the MSOE women's lacrosse team answered a fourth quarter push from Beloit College with hat-tricks from Chloe Ninmann, Ashlyn Bode, and Joce Katte.

RESULT
MSOE RAIDERS – 12

Beloit - 11

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Bode got MSOE (3-11, 3-4 NACC) off to a hot start, striking 1:38 into the game but not before Beloit (7-4, 4-3 NACC) answered a minute later. Katte would get her day started just a few minutes later as the Raiders held the advantage much of the first quarter until 2:30 remained and the Buccaneers scored to tie. The Raiders would head into the second with the lead after getting a man advantage and Bode finding Vayda Flower to lead 3-2.
• The Raiders continued offense roll as Bode fed another teammate inside, this time Ninmann, just 37 seconds into the second quarter beginning. Katte tacked on her second goal of the day midway through to lead 5-2, but the Buccaneers went on a hot streak to with halftime approaching to tie the game at five. Katte would not let the tied game last long, completing the hat-trick with under a minute to play in the first half to lead 6-5 at the break.
• After a slow first five minutes to start the second half, the Buccaneers tied things back up on a man-up opportunity. Bode and Ninmann both connected on goals within 30 seconds of each other to give the Red & White a two-goal lead but was a cut down to one with free-position goal from the Buccaneers to make it 8-7. Ninmann closed off her hat trick with under six minutes in the third to bring it back up to a two-goal lead, while Bode finished hers 49 seconds later with the Raiders a man down to make it 10-7. The Buccaneers cut the deficit one last time before the fourth beginning, making it a 10-8 game.
• The pairing of Bode and Ninmann continued to be lethal as Ninmann struck again to extend the lead back to three with 10:40 remaining in the game. After another Buccaneers answer and a timeout, they began to pick up the momentum, eventually tying the game at 11 with 3:34 to play. As the clock began to wind down, the hot hand of Ninmann got even hotter, striking one right down the middle to take the lead with 20 seconds remaining to seal it.

MSOE STAT TRACKER
Goals – Chloe Ninmann (5)
Assists – Ashlyn Bode (3)
Ground Balls – Joce Katte & Ashlyn Bode (3)
Caused Turnovers – Three with two
Saves – Molly Benjamins (7)

WHO'S ON DECK
The Raiders will host the final game of the regular season in a winner takes all match against Concordia University Wisconsin on Wednesday, April 23^rd, with action set to begin at 7:00 PM.

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