Photo GalleryLourdes earned its first Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference victory in program history on Saturday afternoon, as the Gray Wolves defeated Aquinas 10-4 at Wildcat Stadium.
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Alyssa Long (Auburn, N.Y./Auburn H.S.) scored five times and added an assist for a six-point day and the Gray Wolf defense was solid throughout.Â
Kiley Ketteman (Cincinnati, Ohio/Anderson H.S.) made 11 saves in goals, helping Lourdes earn the win despite being outshot 27-17.
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"Kiley had a spectacular game," head coach
Paul Sieben said afterwards. "Our defense played with a high intensity and they played especially well a man down. Offensively we made some good cuts, had a variety of shooters, and our shooting percentage both from the field and from the free position went up."
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Klarque Scott (Chicago, Ill./Montini Catholic H.S.) scored from the free position just two minutes into the game and Lourdes never trailed in the contest.Â
Lolo Garza (Sylvania, Ohio/Southview H.S.) scored her first of two goals nearly nine minutes later.
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After the Saints found the scoreboard with 18:48 to play in the first, Long scored the first of her five goals. Lourdes led 3-2 heading into the final 12 minutes of the first half before scoring five more times to build an 8-2 advantage heading into intermission.Â
Anna Zofchak (North Canton, Ohio/Hoover H.S.) and
Haley Brown (Temperance, Mich./Bedford H.S.) each score their only goal of the game during the run.
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Long increased the lead to seven just over three minutes into the second half before Aquinas tallied a pair of goals in 39 seconds to pull within five. Long's final goal of the game came with 15:16 to play and neither team would find the back of the cage the rest of the way.
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Aquinas outshot Lourdes 17-4 in the second half, but Ketteman made five second half stops, helping Lourdes earn the win.
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Hannah Cullis (Fort Worth, Texas/Central H.S.) led Lourdes with seven ground balls while Scott collected three of the Gray Wolves' four draw controls.
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Theresa Micallef led Aquinas (0-5, 0-2 WHAC) with two goals while Alyssa Chartier and Theresa Micallef had four ground balls each. Courtney Rosol earned five draw controls for the Saints.
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Lourdes (4-3, 1-1) will take to the road on Wednesday evening as the Gray Wolves head to Beverly, Mich. to take on Lawrence Tech. The opening draw is set for 8 p.m. at Detroit Country Day School.
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