Lacrosse | 4/10/2015 11:01:00 PM

Box Score HARDEEVILLE, Sc. - - Ave Maria Women's Lacrosse defeated Saint Andrew's University 11-10 on Friday afternoon in a neutral site game, hosted by SCAD. AMU is now 3-8 overall; 2-5 in NWLL. The Lady Gyrenes will conclude their regular season on early Sunday afternoon against #1 SCAD at 11 a.m.

AMU started the game rocky as the Knights scored the first three goals of the game. AMU slowly started to pick up speed as Catie Cox (Chesterfield, Mo.) went on to score the next three goals for AMU in a six minute span. The Knights kept a narrow one to two goal lead for the rest of the half. AMU went into halftime trailing 4-5.

The second half saw 6 lead changes. With 6:00 minutes left in the game, AMU was trailing by two. Lydia Buckley (Saint Louis, Mo.) and Kaylin Mayeski (Naples, Fla.) found the back of the net in the next four minutes to tie the game.  With 1:35 seconds left to go in the game, the Lady Gyrenes gained possession and was able to hold the ball for the last shot. Abby Castro (Miami, Fla.) found her way into the eight meter striking zone; before getting fouled and was granted a free position shot with four seconds on the clock. Castro scored with one second remaining to cap the win.

Cox led Ave with five goals, seven ground balls, and three draw controls. Buckley added three goals, while Castro added two goals, four draw controls and one assist. Kaylin Mayeski scored one goal and assisted on two others.

Goalie, Hannah Camerota (Enfield, Conn.) made six saves for the Blue and Green.