No. 11 Ohio State Holds On For 13-11 Win Over No. 15 Vanderbilt 

Markwordt's 10 points propel Buckeyes to first ALC win of season

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The 11th-ranked Ohio State women's lacrosse team withstood a late-game rally by No. 15 Vanderbilt to clinch a 13-11 win Sunday at the Vanderbilt Lacrosse Complex in Nashville. Led by 10 points from Alayna Markwordt, the Buckeyes improved to 9-3 on the season and 1-2 in the ALC. The Commodores fell to 7-5 overall and 1-3 in the conference.
 
Markwordt's 10 points off five goals and four assists are a season high, one off her career best, and paced Ohio State to its second win over a ranked opponent this season and its third-consecutive victory in the all-time series vs. Vanderbilt. Cara Facchina, Mary Kate Facchina and Jennifer Porretto each added two scores, while Kirsten Donahue and Katie Chaseadded singles to account for all the Buckeye scoring.
 
Despite registering her first game without a point in 2012, Gabby Capuzzi commanded a game-high five draw controls and added a pair of caused turnovers. Tori DeScenzaearned the win in goal with 11 saves to her credit for the rookie netminder's fourth double-digit outing of the year.
 
The Buckeyes jumped out to a 3-0 lead over the first 7:32 of action as Markwordt's first two tallies sandwiched one scored off her first assist to Mary Kate Facchina. The senior attacker would have a hand in seven of Ohio State's eight first-half goals, helping the team maintain at least a two-goal lead for the balance. Katie Mastropieri led Vanderbilt's charge with three goals in the opening period as the Commodores traded scores with the Buckeyes until the teams headed into halftime with an 8-6 OSU lead.
Ohio State exploded out of the gate, putting back four goals in a row in the second half to build its largest lead of the game at 12-6 with 15:45 to play. Donahue started things off with an unassisted goal less than two minutes into the period before the Facchina sisters took over and Mary Kate added her second before older sister Cara rattled off two back-to-back with all three coming off Markwordt assists.
 
Vanderbilt would score five of the final six goals in the game, pulling to within two at 3:34 but the comeback ended there. Alex Priddy had three-consecutive goals in the run before the Buckeyes' Porretto stepped in to break up the momentum at the 5:12 mark. Two more Vandy scores in less than two minutes down the stretch accounted for the final 13-11 margin.
 
The Buckeyes finished with advantages in shots (30-24) and draw controls (15-11), while forcing nine of Vanderbilt's 16 turnovers.