Hoersten, Burden lead Women's Lacrosse in rainy 16-15 loss to Trine (Ind.)

ADA — Junior Emma Hoersten (Hilliard/Davidson) and senior Keaghan Burden (Brunswick) each had hat tricks to lead the Ohio Northern women's lacrosse in a tight 16-15 loss to Trine (Ind.) on a wet Wednesday afternoon.

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (1-2 overall), Trine (Ind.) (2-0 overall).
• Venue: Dial Robertson Stadium - Ada, Ohio.

The Game

• Hoersten finished with 4 goals and notched her tenth career hat trick.
• Burden earned her eighth career hat trick, finishing with 3 goals and 3 assists for 6 points.
• The Polar Bears got off to a 3-0 start, with junior Mackenzie Miller (Maumee/Anthony Wayne) making it 3-0 just 2:09 into the game.
• Trine would answer with a 3-0 run to tie the game up at 3-3 at 5:46 of the first.
• ONU responded with another 3-0 run, led by senior Grace Wilson (Hope, Mich./Dow) with 2 goals and senior Alise Callahan (Cedarburg, Wis.) with 1 goal, to take a 6-3 lead with 9:31 left in the half. 
• TU would lead at halftime 7-6. 
• Junior Elena Martin (Canfield) would score the opening goal of the second half at 14:00 to tie the game at 7-all. 
• Each teams would then trade 5-0 runs, with Trine leading 12-7 midway through the third and ONU tying the game at 12-all with 13 seconds left in the quarter.
• Burden led ONU's run with 3 goals during the span.
• TU would go on another 3-0 run in the first 5:00 the 4th period before Hoersten and junior Lydia Lehman (West Chester/Lakota West) each scored to make it 15-14 with 2:00 left in the game.
• The Thunder won the ensuing draw control and scored with just 38 seconds left to make it 16-14.
• Hoersten answered with 17 seconds left, but TU won the final draw control and ran out the clock to hang on for the win.
• Freshman Kara Fox (South Euclid/Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin) had 9 saves in goal to help the Polar Bears.
• Alyssa Keptner had 5 goals to lead the Thunder.
• TU out-shot ONU 33-29 but ONU had the ground ball advantage 15-11.

Notables

• Hoersten has 93 career points and is 7 away from 100.
• She is also seventh in career goals with 76.
• Martin has 88 career points and needs 12 more to reach 100.
• Seven different Polar Bears scored goals in the contest.
• Burden and Hoersten lead the team this season in goals with 9.
• Martin leads the team with 16 draw controls this year and is third all time with 125.
• Burden is first all-time in Ohio Northern history with 171 career points. She is also ONU's all-time career leader with 97 assists and is eighth with 74 career goals.
• Hoersten has the ONU career record in free-position goals with 30.
• Head coach Margo Vandeveld is in her second season at Ohio Northern and has a 10-10 record, a winning percentage of .500.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears are back in action at home at Dial Robertson Stadium against Adrian (Mich.) on Friday at 5 pm.