Box Score Washington, D.C. - Robert Morris University women's lacrosse fell in a hard-fought back and forth battle with George Washington, 10-9 on Saturday afternoon. Freshman Annie Sachs led the Colonials in scoring for the fifth time in six games, posting two goals and two assists.

Trailing 5-1 just under eleven minutes into the game, the Colonials responded after a timeout by Head Coach Katy Phillips, rallying to take a 6-5 lead at the end of the first half. Kerri Sayrafe and Sachs each posted two goals in the first half.

"We needed a timeout to regroup and refocus on our goals for the game, " said Phillips. "We wanted to focus on gaining possession right off the draw to allow our fofense to get some momentum going."

The momentum after the timeout included both goals by Sachs, a goal by Sayrafe, Mackenzie Gandy and the go-ahead goal by Katie Breeze, putting RMU ahead 6-5 at the halftime break.

George Washington came back strong in the second half with a pair of goals to regain the lead, 7-6. Shannon Lynch scored her first goal as a Colonial to tie the game 7-7, before RMU & George Washington traded goals once again. GWU went up 8-7 before Maggie Stella tied the game 8-8. George Washington again retook the lead and Clio Kerr struck to tie things up 9-9.

Two minutes after Kerr tied the game, George Washington scored to take a 10-9 lead with 3:54 to play. Robert Morris was unable to convert in the final minutes to force overtime.

Freshman goalkeeper Katelyn Miller made 10 saves, eight coming in the second half.

"We had a slow start in the first half which put us in a hole," said Phillips. "We held them scoreless for the final 19 minutes in the first half."

"Once we started working together, our defense was forcing the [kind of] shots that Katelyn wants to see."

Senior defender Megan Wolfgang and freshman Meghan Crouse were strong on defense, Wolfgang causing three turnovers and collecting two ground balls. Crouse also picked up a pair of ground balls, caused two turnovers and won four draw controls. 

The Colonials (3-4 overall) return home for a Monday night game on March 13, at 5:00pm vs. Liberty University at Joe Walton Stadium.

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