HILBERT WOMEN TO PLAY FRANCISCAN FOR WOMEN'S LACROSSE SHOWCASE TITLE

The Hilbert College women's lacrosse team earned a 23-9 victory over D'Youville College in the first round game of the AMCC  Showcase Tournament under steady rain and on a very slippery field. 

With the win, Hilbert moves to the championship game in Steubenville, OH against Franciscan University on Sunday, May 7.

Freshman M Emily Gawlak led the hosts with 11 points and senior M Nikki Schneider added eight. Freshman GK Ashley Repine was credited with nine saves, several off free position shots, to lift Hilbert to the win.

Hilbert held advantages in shots (40-26), and almost doubled the Spartans in shots on goal (32-18), but both teams played even the rest of the way.

Schneider and junior A Marisa Huffman combined for four of Hilbert's six goals in the first 22 minutes of the game.  The Spartans responded with a 3 for 1 trade-off, setting a 7-3 score with almost eight minutes left in the first half.

Gawlak scored a pair of unassisted goals while Huffman, Schneider and freshman M Taylor Corts beat the Spartan goalie before intermission which built a 12-4 score.

D'Youville scored three of the first four goals in the second period which cut the difference to five goals but the hosts put the game away (20-7) with seven unanswered goals with 17-minutes remaining.

Schneider led all scorers with seven goals (1 assist) while Gawlak combined six goals with five assists and 12 draw controls.

Sophomore A Brooklynn Gormel went 2-for-3 in free position shots collecting five goals and a team-high seven ground balls as Huffman closed her career at home with three markers.

Hilbert will travel to Franciscan's campus Sunday, May 7 for a 2pm game. The Barons sport a 8-7 overall record but have won six of their last seven games.