Lake Wales, Fla. – Heading into the final quarter of Saturday's Sun Conference contest holding a two-goal lead, the St. Thomas University Women's Lacrosse Team fended off a comeback effort by host Warner University in a 13-12 triumph.

INSIDE THE MATCHUPS:
Final: St. Thomas 13, Warner 12
Records: St. Thomas (4-9, 2-2 Sun Conference) | Warner (6-11, 0-5 Sun Conference)
All-Time Series: STU leads 5-0

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Jenna Lytch gave the Bobcats an early 1-0 lead with a man-up goal before Paige Peters and Gia Honahan countered back-to-back goals by the Royals with a pair of scores to make it 3-2. Warner scored the final goal of the quarter to create a 3-all score.
• The Bobcats pushed ahead 5-3 behind strikes from Honahan and Hailey Josleyn, only for a 3-0 Warner run making it 6-5. Kylie Lubrant ended the run with a goal, only for two more scores for the host extending their advantage to 8-6 at halftime.
• STU held the host off the scoreboard for the entire third quarter while getting goals from Josleyn (twice), Lytch and Honahan to make it 10-8.
• Warner knotted the score behind a 2-0 start to the fourth quarter, tying it again at 11-all before Peters and Paige Beardsley scored back-to-back goals to make it 13-11. The Royals scored the final goal of the contest.

NOTEWORTHY:

• Peters fueled the Bobcats behind seven points off two goals and five assists, adding two ground balls and one caused turnovers.
• Josleyn scored three goals
• Lytch forced four turnovers.
• Honahan chipped in three goals on top of five ground balls.
• Lubrant tallied six draw controls.
• Kaitlyn Atchinson stopped nine shots in the win.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:

• The Bobcats took 41 shots, 27 on goals versus 30 shots for the host with 18 on target.
• STU forced 29 turnovers while recording 22 of their own.
• St. Thomas held a 26-23 advantage in ground balls.
• The Bobcats won 15 draw controls while Warner won 12.

UP NEXT:
The Bobcats host Ave Maria on Thursday, April 23 in aa 7:00 pm matchup.