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Carly Ross
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Carly Ross anchored the comeback for JCU. 
14
Wooster WOOW 11-2, 3-1 NCAC
17
Winner John Carroll JCUW 5-5, 3-1 OAC
Wooster WOOW
11-2, 3-1 NCAC
14
Final
17
John Carroll JCUW
5-5, 3-1 OAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Wooster WOOW 3 6 2 3 14
John Carroll JCUW 4 2 6 5 17

Game Recap: Women's Lacrosse | | Luke Potosky, Senior Staff Writer

Women's Lacrosse Roars Late to Defeat Fighting Scots at Home

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, Ohio -- After winning three of their first four Ohio Athletic Conference contests, John Carroll Women's Lacrosse hosted the Wooster Fighting Scots in the final non-conference game of the 2022 season.

After a back-and-forth affair for most of the evening, John Carroll surged back to defeat Wooster 17-14 on April 13 at Don Shula Stadium.

The game began with scoreless gridlock as neither team mustered enough offense to get the ball past their opponents' respective goalies.

However, after a Wooster yellow card presented a woman-up opportunity, Lainey Donalson connected with Jenna Ginsberg to cash in the first score of the contest. Just over a minute later, Caylin Perryman maneuvered her way past the defense for a goal to make it 2-0 at the 7:42 mark.

Wooster responded with two goals in the next two minutes, but Mary Doherty found Ginsberg for her second goal of the game at the 3:49 for the Blue Streaks to regain the lead.

The Fighting Scots capitalized with another swift score, but it was the Blue Streaks who held a 4-3 advantage through one quarter after Shannon Burdick found the back of the net.

Wooster opened the second quarter with two quick goals before JCU tied it at five apiece when Burdick linked with Doherty at the 12:37 mark.

Two more scores from the Fighting Scots saw the visitors earn a two-goal advantage, but Olivia Gerlach found the back of the net  to shrink the deficit to 7-6 at the 9:42 mark.

Thanks to some stout defense from Wooster, the Blue Streaks were held scoreless the remainder of the first half, and the Fighting Scots added another two goals to go into halftime up 9-6.

After Wooster scored the first goal of the second half to go up 10-6 & obtained their largest lead of the game, the Blue Streak offense snapped out of their short scoring drought & flipped a switch.

Two goals from Alex Heishman just 30 seconds apart saw the four goal deficit suddenly trimmed to two at the 7:51 mark.

After that, Heishman returned the favor to her teammate Perryman; and just a few moments later, Olivia Hanulak tied the game 10-10 with 4:07 left in the period.

The Fighting Scots responded to stall the 4-0 run, but the Blue Streaks were unfazed as they added another two scores from Carly Ross to end the third period up 12-11.

Less than a minute into the last quarter, Wooster tied the game; but Ross kept her hot streak going with another pair of goals to make it 14-12 at the 8:50 mark.

The goals kept coming for the Blue & Gold as they tallied three goals in the next three minutes coming from Perryman, Burdick, and Ginsberg; giving them their largest lead of the game at 17-12.

The Fighting Scots added two goals at the end, but it wasn't enough as the Blue Streaks prevailed victorious.

Ross (4), Ginsberg, & Perryman each tallied at least three goals for the Blue & Gold. Seven different Blue Streaks added assists on the night as well. Ross (4), Gerlach (4), Weiner, & Doherty each added at least three ground balls.

"Right before we got going, they scored a goal and I was playing defense on the girl who scored," Ross began. "It was way too easy of a goal. I told the defense that I was mad, and that this wasn't us. We turned it around from there. We did a great job riding and getting turnovers. We forced dropped passes, we saw it and went after it. We worked as a team more than we ever have before." 

Maddie Munding added five saves on the night as well, earning the win.

"In the second half, we were able to flip the switch and get the energy going," said Munding. "In the second half, everyone's energy changed. I went out there with high energy and high hopes. I knew what my potential was, and I decided to play to it tonight. That's what I'm going to do from here on out."

Both teams matched up relatively even in the stat books, but the biggest disparity came from John Carroll's 18-5 advantage in caused turnovers.

John Carroll reached the .500 mark with the win, and improved to 5-5 on their season. This was their second non-conference victory as well.

The Blue & Gold have a quick turnaround as they travel to Ada to take on Ohio Northern on Friday, April 15.
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