SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts - The American International College women's lacrosse team overcame three separate two-goal deficits to win 20-10 over Saint Michael's College in a Northeast-10 Conference matchup on Saturday, April 23.

FAST FACTS:
Final Score: AIC 20, Saint Michael's 10
Records: AIC improves to 3-11 overall and 1-10 in the NE10; Saint Michael's drops to 1-14 on the season with a 0-11 mark in conference play
Location: Ronald J. Abdow Field, Springfield, Massachusetts

KEY STATS:
Saint Michael's:
Erin Stolz: Three goals, one assist
Darby Rich: Three goals
Hope Msumba: Loss (0-8), five saves in 30:00
Abby Cole: Four saves in 30:00

AIC:
Liz Day: Five goals, three assists, four draw controls
Kathryn Moody: Five goals
Antonella Mikolyuk: Two goals, three assists, nine draw controls
Molly Leavitt: Two goals
Robin Trombly: Two goals, two caused turnovers
Sam Giordano: One goal, one assist
Jessica Stone: Win (3-11), 14 saves

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• After both teams struggled to score early on, the Purple Knights broke through with two goals in a 1:27 stretch. AIC responded with solo efforts from Robin Trombly and Liz Day, and five saves by Jessica Stone kept the score 2-2 after one.
• Saint Michael's scored two quick tallies early in the second, but just 22 seconds after the guests went ahead 4-2, Day scored a free position goal, and followed it up with another to tie the game.
• Darby Rich and Erin Stolz each scored, pushing the Purple Knights back ahead 6-4 with 5:48 left in the half, but AIC grabbed control of the game thereafter. Molly Leavitt struck just 20 seconds after Stolz, and Day set up Kathryn Moody on a power play to tie the game 6-6 at 10:21. Antonella Mikolyuk then found Jordyn Galgay for a strike sixty seconds later to put AIC ahead for the first time. Day connected with Leavitt, and Madi Bis finished the half with a free position goal at 14:57, giving the hosts a 9-6 lead at the break.
• Though Hannah Bishop scored early for the Purple Knights, the third belonged to AIC. AIC scored eight times in the frame, including a pair by Mikolyuk and four by Moody, the latter two of which Mikolyuk set up. Day and Trombly each scored as well as AIC led 17-8 at the break.
• In the final quarter, AIC put a bow on the win, as Kaitlyn Morris and Sam Giordano each hit the net, and Day punctuated the contest with a free position goal at 14:37 for the 20-10 win.

NOT AN ORDINARY ROOKIE:

• Mikolyuk's nine draw controls put her at 79 for the season.
• That total is second in AIC's program history for a single campaign, behind only the 92 won by Cheyenne Carden in the 2015 season.
• It also ranks 10th in a career in the history of the team.

HAVE A DAY:

• Day's free-position strike in the last moments of the game not only gave AIC 20 goals for the game, it was her 20th goal of the season.
• She now has 50 career tallies.

NEXT UP:

• AIC's home finale is Wednesday, April 27 against The College of Saint Rose at 7:00 p.m.