MINNEAPOLIS -- The Augsburg College women's lacrosse team was able to rally twice from multi-goal deficits, but Aurora University scored the final three goals of the game to claim a 10-7 win over the hosts in a Midwest Women's Lacrosse Conference game on Saturday afternoon.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Aurora (Ill.) 10, Augsburg 7
LOCATION: Edor Nelson Field, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 5-3 overall (2-2 MWLC), Aurora 4-4 overall (3-0 MWLC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Trailing 4-1 after the opening 7:32 of the game, Augsburg rallied with five of the next six goals to tie the game at 5-5 with 11:34 left in the first half. Aurora took a 7-5 lead at halftime, but the Auggies rallied again to tie the game at 7-7 with 23:27 left. Aurora took the lead on a goal with 13:46 left, then scored twice in the final two-and-a-half minutes to secure the victory.
• Midfielder Delaney Everett (JR, Brooklyn Center, Minn./Champlin Park HS) a strong all-around game for the Auggies, scoring three goals with two assists, while also claiming four caused turnovers, three draw controls and two ground balls.
• Mikayla Knudson (FY, Zimmerman, Minn./Elk River) scored two goals, while adding four draw controls and a ground ball. Demey Everett (FY, Brooklyn Center, Minn./Champlin Park HS) scored a goal with two caused turnovers and two ground balls, and Helena Nguyen (JR, Maple Grove, Minn.) scored a goal with four caused turnovers, two draw controls and a ground ball.
• Dezera Sieracki (SR, Wyoming, Minn./Centennial HS) contributed two assists, along with four caused turnovers and two ground balls.
• Defensively, Christina Nelson (SO, Bloomington, Minn./Kennedy HS) had six ground balls, six caused turnovers and a draw control, and Jesse Heusinkveld (JR, Mound, Minn./Mound-Westonka HS) had four ground balls and two caused turnovers.
• Rachel Frantz (SR, Mounds View, Minn./Irondale HS) contributed two caused turnovers and two ground balls, Mikayla Jones (FY, Stillwater, Minn.) had two draw controls and a caused turnovers, and Izzy Snow (SO, Golden Valley, Minn./Robbinsdale Armstrong HS) and Ashley Pettipiece (JR, Mounds View, Minn./Irondale HS) had a ground ball and a caused turnover each.
• Goalie Marissa Guillou (JR, Burnsville, Minn./Apple Valley HS) had eight saves and three ground balls.
• Aurora outshot Augsburg by a 23-17 margin in the game, while also claiming 33 ground balls to Augsburg's 26. Augsburg had 13 ground balls to Aurora's five. Aurora converted 17-of-28 clearing attempts, while Augsburg converted 14-of-24.

FOR THE FOES
• Lauren Whitfield scored three goals with two assists to lead Aurora, while also adding five caused turnovers, two draw controls and nine ground balls.
• Andrea Colford scored three goals with four ground balls and a draw control, Kenny Hughes scored two goals with five caused turnovers and four ground balls, and Taylor Arcivar scored two goals with an assist, three caused turnovers, two ground balls and two draw controls.
• Reilly Armstrong collected six saves in goal for Aurora.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg hosts Benedictine (Ill.) on Sunday (3/26) at 1 p.m. at Edor Nelson Field.
• Aurora travels to face Hamline on Sunday at 2 p.m.