INDIANAPOLIS - The Marian women's lacrosse continued their conference win streak with a 18-3 win over the Madonna University Crusaders. The Knights are now 4-3 overall and 2-0 in conference.

Marian took the reigns early in the game with three unanswered goals in the first five minutes of play to force a Madonna time-out and bring the score 3-0. Ella Grace Giedd scored the first two goals to leave Ashlynn Gray the third. The Knights quickly came out of the Crusaders' time-out to score seven more goals on the board to strengthen their lead. Giedd had two more goals in the quarter, while Katie Murphy had three, and both Gray and Tori Farkas had one to bring the score 10-0 at the end off the first quarter. 

The Crusaders pushed at the Knights lead in the second quarter scoring one goal which was quickly answered by Taleah Nool to keep the difference to 10 goals. At the 3:19 mark Madonna attempted to rally back to decrease the lead with a goal by Stringham. In hopes of keeping the 10 goal lead alive Rylie Boezeman got her first goal of the night to bring the score 12-2 going into the half.

In the third quarter the goals slowed down for Marian to only score two goals to strengthen their lead. Murphy got the first goal of the quarter at the 12:37 mark, and Farkas got her second goal of the day at the 5:19 mark to bring the score 14-2 going into the final quarter.

In the final attempts to push at Marian's lead Madonna's O'Connor scored the Crusaders last goal of the day. Once the starters were pulled the Knights went on a four-goal run with Delaney Koles having one and Alex Dean having the final three goals of the game to secure the 18-3 win over the Crusaders.

Offensively for the Knights, Mason and Giedd lead the team in goals with four each in the win. Katelynn Gray lead the team in assists with three. The Knights dominated the circle with 15 draw controls in the win, and were lead by seven wins by Katelynn Gray. Madeline Dumke lead the team in ground ball recoveries with three and Giedd lead the team in caused turnovers with three. In goal, Katherine Hirsch took the win allowing two goals and one save in her first half of play. Grace Coyne took over goal in the second half, allowing one goal and having three saves.

The Knights are back in action on Saturday, March 23rd at home against Siena Heights (Mich.) with the first draw set at 4:00 p.m.

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