Verona, Wis. - Playing a second consecutive game with only 11 active players, the Illinois Tech women's lacrosse team jumped out in front 1-0 two minutes into their match at Edgewood. Unfortunately for the Scarlet Hawks, that would be their only lead of the day, as the short-handed squad was overwhelmed by the Eagles 17-4 Saturday afternoon. The Scarlet Hawks dropped to 3-9 overall and 0-3 in NACC play. Edgewood remained unbeaten in conference play at 3-0 and improved to 7-6 overall.

Edgewood's Emma Raupp tallied six goals in the match, increasing her conference-leading total to 63 goals on the season. Kelly Hitchcock scored twice for the Scarlet Hawks, and remained in second place in NACC goal scoring with 57 tallies. 

The Scarlet Hawks were outshot 33-15.

Illinois Tech will need to win at least two of their final three conference matches, and then get some help along the way if they hope to qualify for the NACC postseason tournament this year.

First Quarter (Edgewood 5 - Illinois Tech 1)
Hitchcock staked the Scarlet Hawks to an early 1-0 lead when she scored on a feed from Faith Busche at 13:01 of the first quarter. Kerry Costello of Edgewood would answer for the Eagles, scoring one minute later to tie the match at 1-1. It would remain tied for the next 4:32 before Edgewood's Raupp scored her first goal of the match at 7:31 for a 2-1 Eagles lead. Christine Eloe extended the Edgewood lead to 3-1 with an unassisted goal at 5:29. Raup and Costello would each add their second goals of the match over the final four minutes of the opening quarter, giving the Eagles a 5-1 lead after one period of play. 

Second Quarter (Edgewood 6 - Illinois Tech 1)
In a quarter that saw the Eagles outshoot the Hawks 12-3, Edgewood was able to convert on half of those shots, scoring the first six goals of the second quarter, completing a run of eleven unanswered goals from 12:03 of the first quarter. Antonia Martinez would break the Edgewood streak with a goal on a helper from Busche with 59 seconds remaining in the half.

Third Quarter (Edgewood 3 - Illinois Tech 1)
Edgewood's Natalie Skaife scored at 13:47 of the third quarter to resume the Eagles' offensive attack. Costello and Lily Drinkwine would add individual tallies in the quarter to extend the Edgewood lead to 14-2 before Hitchcock scored unassisted with two seconds remaining in the quarter.

Fourth Quarter (Edgewood 3 - Illinois Tech 1)
Edgewood's Tatyan Ryan scored a pair of goals in just over two minutes to put the Eagles in front 16-3 in the fourth quarter. Raupp would add her sixth of the match at 6:57 to extend the Eagles' lead to 17-3. Martinez would close the scoring in the match and for the Hawks with her second goal of the match at 4:11, with an assist from Mya Huddleston.

Scarlet Hawk Standouts

• Kelly Hitchcock with 2 goals scored, 8 ground balls, 6 caused turnovers and 8 draw controls.
• Antonia Martinez with 2 goals, 1 caused turnover and 3 draw controls.
• Faith Busche with 2 assists, 5 ground balls, 1 caused turnover and 1 draw control.
• Mya Huddleston with an assist and 2 ground balls.

Eagles Watch

• Lily Drinkwine led all scorers with 7 points on 2 goals and 5 assists.
• Emma Raupp had 6 goals, 4 ground balls and 4 draw controls.
• Kerry Costello with 3 goals, 1 assist, 2 ground balls and 3 draw controls.
• Mackenzie Fruit with 2 assists, 3 ground balls and 4 caused turnovers.
• Christina Eloe with 2 goals, 1 assist and 4 draw controls.
• Alexis Vogt with 8 saves on 12 shots on goal.

Inside The Box Score

• Edgewood outshot Illinois Tech 33-15.
• Illinois Tech had 23 turnovers in the match; Edgewood had 18.
• Illinois Tech was 0-2 on free position shots, while Edgewood was 1-2.
• Illinois Tech won the draw control battle 12-11.
• The Eagles were whistled for 3 yellow cards and 1 green card; the Scarlet Hawks were assessed a green card.

Up Next
The Scarlet Hawks will travel to Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Tuesday evening to take on an MSOE program in their first-year season. The conference match starts at 7:00 PM.