DENVER, Colo. – Despite being held to their lowest scoring output of the season, the No. 7 ranked Regis University women's lacrosse team (7-0) secured a 10-5 win over the No. 23 ranked New York Institute of Technology Bears (4-2) to remain unbeaten this season.
 
How It Happened: Regis may have only scored 10 goals in the first true home game of 2019, a season-low, but the Rangers defense also matched a season-low for goals allowed (5). NYIT drew first blood with a goal 4:56 into the game. RU responded with a goal from redshirt-senior Sarah Lugo less than a minute later. 
 
Another goal for the Bears gave the visitors a 2-1 lead until senior Wendy Donier lasered a ball into the back of the net to tie the game at two goals apiece. Regis closed out the half on a 5-0 run to take a 7-3 lead heading into halftime. 
 
Out of the break, and with a man-up advantage, senior Sarah Myres extended the lead with a free-position goal to put the Rangers in front, 8-3. About ten minutes later, NYIT scored their fourth goal of the game, ending a 26+ minute streak in which the RU defense did not allow a goal. Junior Andrea Macalalad answered with her first goal of the game coming off a feed from sophomore Kyleigh Peoples, and the final Regis goal came from Myres with 1:26 remaining in the game. The Rangers won the ensuing draw control and ran out the clock, earning their seventh win of the season, remaining undefeated in 2019. 
 
Game Notes: Macalalad (1 G, 2 A, 1 GB)  and Myres (3 G, 2 GB, 4 DC) were the point leaders for RU with three points each, Peoples (1 G, 1 A, 1 GB, 1 CT, 2 DC), Donier (2 G, 4 GB, 4 CT, 3 DC), and Lugo (2 G) each chipped in with two points in the match. Defensively, Regis caused 16 turnovers and managed to secure 22 ground balls. Donier and redshirt-junior Jessica Berg were the leaders with four caused turnovers each. Berg scooped up two ground balls while Donier snagged a team-high four ground balls. Sophomore goalkeeper Elle Crawford had a busy day in net making 11 saves and allowing only five goals. She also tallied four ground balls in the match to go along with her seventh win of the season. 
 
Up Next for the Rangers: The No. 7 ranked Regis University women's lacrosse team will open up Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference play on Friday when the Fort Lewis College Skyhawks make their way to Denver. The game will begin at 3:30 pm on the Regis Lacrosse Field.