Franklin Springs, GA – The Emmanuel Women's Lacrosse team hosted the Life University Running Eagles in non-conference play this afternoon. The two teams were evenly matched from the start, with the Lions outlasting an Eagles run late to earn the 16-14 win. With the win, the Lions improve to 7-7 on the season. 

Demi Czynski got the scoring started for the Lions, finding the net early in the first to take the 1-0 lead. The Eagles quickly responded to tie things up, but Taylor Schubert answered with a goal, assisted by Paige Murphy to make it 2-1, Lions with 9:38 to go in the first. Paige Murphy was next to score to give the Lions a 3-1 lead, and it was a goal she'll always remember as it marked her 200^th goal in a Lion uniform. The Eagles responded with a 4-0 scoring run to take a 5-3 lead, but the Lions answered the bell. Schubert scored her second of the afternoon to cut the Eagles lead to 5-4, and Kristie Fisher found the net (assisted by Murphy) to knot the game up at 5-5 to end the quarter. 

The Lions grabbed the lead to start off the second quarter with a goal by Meghan Jennings (assisted by Mikaela Austin). The Eagles responded with a goal to tie the game at 6-6, but Fisher answered back (assisted by Murphy) to make it 7-6, Lions with 9:50 to play in the 2^nd. Murphy grabbed her 2^nd score of the game to make it 8-6, Lions but the Eagles responded to make it 8-7. With 6:00 to play in the quarter, Murphy scored to give the Lions a 9-7 lead, but the Eagles scored the next two to tie things up again to end the half knotted at 9-9. 

Jennings started off the 3^rd with a score to give the Lions a 10-9 advantage. Murphy found the net for her 4^th of the day (assisted by Madison Pena) to make it 11-9, Lions with 6:47 to play in the quarter. The Eagles scored the final goal of the quarter to end the 3^rd with the Lions leading 11-10. 

The Eagles scored first in the 4^th to tie the game at 11, but Schubert answered with a goal (assisted by Murphy) to give the Lions a 12-11 lead. Murphy scored her 5^th of the day (assisted by Fisher) to make it 13-11, Lions but the Eagles found the net to cut the Lions lead to 13-12. With 5:52 to play, Jennings scored to give the Lions a 14-12 lead, and Murphy followed that up with a goal, assisted by Czynski to make it 15-12, Lions. Czynsk scored to make it 16-12 (assisted by Murphy) to put the pressure on the Eagles, but Life answered to score the final two goals of the game to make the final score, 16-14, Lions. 

Paige Murphy led the way in both goals and assists, with 6 goals and 5 assists for a total of 11 points. Meghan Jennings and Taylor Schubert each collected 3 scores, with Kristie Fisher adding 2. Emily Dawson had 12 saves on the afternoon. 

Next up the Lions will close out the regular season with their home finale against Southern Wesleyan on Friday, April 18 at 12PM. For more information on Emmanuel University athletics, visit goeulions.com.