Hoersten's third consecutive Hat Trick leads Women's Lacrosse to 12-9 victory over Adrian (Mich.)

ADA — Junior Emma Hoersten (Hilliard/Davidson) posted her third consecutive hat trick to lead the Ohio Northern women's lacrosse team to a 12-9 victory over Adrian (Mich.) on a warm and windy Friday afternoon.

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (2-2 overall), Adrian (Mich.) (2-1 overall).
• Venue: Dial Robertson Stadium - Ada, Ohio.

The Game

• Hoersten finished with 4 goals and an assist or five points and notched her 11th career hat trick.
• Senior Keaghan Burden (Brunswick) had one goal and 3 assists for 4 points to go with seven draw controls.
• The Bulldogs were led by Madeline Turcotte with 5 goals and an assist for 6 points.
• AC got off to a fast start, leading 4-1 just 5:09 into the contest.
• The lead grew to 6-2 after the first quarter and was 8-4 with 3:31 left in the half.
• But the Polar Bears got goals from senior Grace Wilson (Hope, Mich./Dow) and junior Mackenzie Miller (Maumee/Anthony Wayne) to pull within 8-6 by intermission.
• Adrian led 9-7 with 9:44 to go in the game, but the ONU defense took over from there, holding the visitors scoreless for the final 24:44 of the contest.
• Junior Elena Martin (Canfield) would score with 2:45 left in the third quarter to tie the game at 9-all. 
• Hoersten and Martin would score just 28 seconds apart to break the tie and put ONU ahead 11-9 with 10:14 left to play.
• Burden would add an insurance goal for Northern at the 6:51 mark to make it 12-9.
• Freshman Kara Fox (South Euclid/Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin) had 8 saves in goal to help the Polar Bears.
• ONU out-shot AC 28-24 but had the ground ball advantage 26-17.

Notables

• Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Adrian by a 4-1 margin and is now 2-1 in the series at Dial-Roberson Stadium.
• Hoersten has 99 career points and is just one away from 100.
• She is also seventh in career goals with 80.
• Martin has 90 career points and needs 10 more to reach 100.
• Seven different Polar Bears scored goals in the contest.
• Hoersten leads the team this season in goals with 13.
• Hoersten has the ONU career record in free-position goals with 32.
• Burden is first all-time in Ohio Northern history with 175 career points. She is also ONU's all-time career leader with 100 assists and is eighth with 75 career goals.
• Burden has a team-high 18 points on 10 goals and 8 assists this season.
• Martin leads the team with 19 draw controls this year and is third all time with 128.
• Head coach Margo Vandeveld is in her second season at Ohio Northern and has an 11-10 record, a winning percentage of .524.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears are back in action at home at Dial Robertson Stadium on March 8 against Westminster (Pa.) at 1 pm at Dial-Roberson Stadium.