Box Score

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, Ohio – The No. 3 seeded Mount Union's women's lacrosse team was defeated by No. 2 seeded John Carroll 22-14 in the semifinals of the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament Wednesday at Don Shula Stadium.

John Carroll (10-5) advances to the title game against the winner of a semifinal between top-seeded Capital and No. 4 seed Otterbein Saturday at the highest remaining seed.

Mount Union (12-5) ends its season and looks at possibly earning one of 13 national at-large bids to next week's NCAA Tournament.

Sam Karr (Newark, Del. / Newark Charter), Eden Kesler (Chagrin Falls / Kenston) and Sydney Bumbarger (Newbury Park, Calif.) each scored three goals to lead the Raiders.

Shannon Burdick and Olivia Gerlach each scored five to pace the Blue Streaks.

The Blue Streaks scored three goals in the game's opening 2:27 to get out to an early 3-0 lead.

Bumbarger got Mount Union on the board with a score at the 10:34 mark of the first quarter but John Carroll came back with another 3-0 run to lead 6-1 with 1:36 remaining in the first quarter.

The Raiders scored back-to-back goals for the first time in the game as Kesler and Katie Clark (Hudson / Walsh Jesuit) scored in the final minute of the quarter as Mount Union closed the gap to 6-3.

The Mount Union comeback continued in the second quarter with a 4-0 run as Madi Karr (Newark Del., Newark Charter), Kessler, Sam Karr and the final goal by Clark gave the Raiders their first lead of the game, 7-6, with 2:11 left in the half. John Carroll scored two more times in the last 1:38 of the period to take an 8-7 lead at the break.

John Carroll started the second half much like the first with a 5-0 run to lead 13-7 with 10:40 left in the third quarter. Mount Union again tried to rally as Sam Karr scored a pair of goals in a span of 1:19 to make it 13-9. Madi Karr scored with 5:44 left in the third to get the Raiders back within three at 13-10. Bumbarger made it a 4-0 Raider run with a score and closed the gap to 13-11. The Streaks stopped the run with a pair of scores and led 15-11 after three quarters.

Mount Union started the fourth quarter on a 3-1 surge as Bumbarger, Kesler and Julia Bates (East Lyme, Conn.) scored, and it was 16-14 John Carroll with 7:16 to play. The Streaks put the game away with a 6-0 run and went on to the 22-14 victory.