Salt Lake City, Utah--Another career day for Mikala Anderson helped Westminster's women's lacrosse team defeat UCCS for their fourth conference win.  Westminster scored eight points in both halves for a 16-13 win and improve to 5-4 overall and 4-2 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC).

Madison Ingman and Katie Adams, Westminster's leading scorers, each scored in the opening two minutes to put the home side ahead by two.  UCCS scored three unanswered goals to take the lead, 3-2.  Goals from Audree Erekson and Brenlee Fordham regained the lead.  Daisy Mele caused a turnover at midfield, picked up the ground ball and scored to cap off a 6-2 run giving Westminster the lead at half-time, 8-5.

Westminster made a 5-2 run to start the second half and held their largest lead of the game, 13-7, and looked to be cruising towards a win.  With 10 minutes remaining, two UCCS and one Westminster player received yellow cards.  Allison Lambert scored a man-up goal for Westminster.  UCCS scored the next four goals, scoring two of them a man-down and one a man-up, to cut the Griffin's lead to one-point.  Fordham and Hendershott each scored a goal for some breathing room and the Griffins held on to win, 16-13.

Anderson came up big for a second straight game.  She faced 44 shots, 31 on goal, and made 18 saves to set a new individual career high and tie for the most saves in a single game in program history.  She made 12 saves during the first half, caused two turnovers and picked up four ground balls.

Ingman scored five goals and had two assists after a couple of quiet games.  She was 2-3 of free-position shots, and all of her shots were on goal.  She led the team with seven points.

Erekson, Hendershott and Fordham each had four points.  Erekson and Fordham each scored twice and recorded two assists.  Hendrshott scored three times and assisted one goal.

Mele was strong defensively.  She led the team with seven ground balls and four caused turnovers.  One of those caused turnovers led to her single goal of the game.  

Adams picked up five ground balls and caused one turnover.  She also led the team with 7 draw control wins.

Westminster's next game is at Colorado Mesa on April 14 at 1 p.m.  The game will be broadcast on the RMAC Network and live stats will be available online.