CHICAGO, Ill. -- Outscoring Augsburg University by an 8-3 margin in the second half, including a stretch of five unanswered goals, the Illinois Institute of Technology pulled away for a 13-6 win over the visiting Auggies in a Midwest Women's Lacrosse Conference game on Sunday afternoon.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Illinois Tech 13, Augsburg 6
LOCATION: Stuart Field, Chicago, Ill.
RECORDS: Augsburg 7-4 overall (7-2 MWLC), Illinois Tech 7-3 overall (7-2 MWLC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Illinois Tech used two scoring runs -- a four-goal run over a 4:20 span early in the game, and then a five-goal run in the final 20 minutes of play -- to claim the victory. Illinois Tech outshot Augsburg by a 35-21 margin in the game and had 14 draw controls to Augsburg's seven.
• Annika Hegrenes (JR, Maplewood, Minn./Concordia Academy HS) scored three goals to lead Augsburg, adding two ground balls, a draw control and a caused turnover.
• Allie Tuccitto (SO, Rosemount, Minn./Eastview HS) scored a goal with an assist, adding two ground balls and a draw control.
• Mikayla Jones (JR, Oak Park Heights, Minn./B.E. Emerson Prep HS) scored a goal with two ground balls, two draw controls and a caused turnover, and McKenna Ellena (SO, Wales, Wis./Kettle Moraine HS) scored a goal with a ground ball and two caused turnovers.
• Christina Nelson (SR, Bloomington, Minn./Kennedy HS) had four draw controls, two ground balls and a caused turnover.
• Mikayla Knudson (JR, Zimmerman, Minn./Elk River HS) had two ground balls and three caused turnovers, while Hannah Mincy (FY, Des Moines, Iowa/Urbandale HS) had two ground balls and two caused turnovers, and Kassie Diaz (SR, Bloomington, Minn./Kennedy HS) had two ground balls and a caused turnover.
• Goalie Maddie Seykora (SO, Owatonna, Minn./Owatonna HS) claimed 10 saves, to go along with four ground balls.
• Augsburg had 21 ground balls to Illinois Tech's 18. Illinois Tech converted 16 clears in 19 attempts, compared to 13-of-23 for Augsburg.

FOR THE FOES
• Shanie Scoles scored five goals with a assist, adding six draw controls and a ground ball. Alyssa DeLuca scored three goals with six ground balls, seven caused turnovers and four draw controls, and Madison Meredith scored three goals with an assist, four draw controls and three ground balls.
• Jessica Cochis had three saves in the first half, ad Elizabeth Zia had four saves in the second half for the Scarlet Hawks.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg hosts Loras (Iowa) in an MWLC game on Friday (4/12) at 7 p.m. at Edor Nelson Field.
• Illinois Tech hosts Cornell (Iowa) in MWLC play on Saturday (4/13) at 4 p.m.