ST. LOUIS – The No. 14 UIndy women's lacrosse advanced to its fourth consecutive GLVC title game on Friday, defeating third-seeded Missouri Western in the league semifinal on the campus of Maryville University.
 
The Greyhounds battle top-seeded and No. 6 Maryville on Sunday at 12 p.m. ET for the 2024 conference crown. UIndy has won all three GLVC championships in league history.
 
It was a balanced effort for the Hounds in the win, with 11 different players recording a ground ball and eight with a caused turnover. Freshman netminder Ava Graham was impressive in her postseason debut, finishing with seven saves, five scoops, and two caused turnovers.
 

See y'all Sunday!

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INS & OUTS
As it has much of this spring, the UIndy defense was a force of its own amidst weather factors on Friday afternoon. Once the Griffons evened the score at two apiece with 2:34 left in the opening quarter, the Greyhounds outscored their counterparts, 7-0, over the next 36+ minutes to pull away for good.
 
Megan Dunn and Joey Fowler each scored twice during that stretch, with Sage Da Silva finding the back of the cage immediately after halftime with an exclamation point.
 

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Dunn and Fowler capped off their respective hat tricks in the fourth quarter, the latter of which was assisted from Mackenzie Winn for her third of the contest.
 
The Griffons coughed up possession 11 times in the middle frames, with the Greyhounds scoring five times off those turnovers.
 
INSIDE THE BOX
- Ella Fornek led the team with three draw controls, while adding two ground balls and one caused turnover.
- With three more points, Dunn now sits 13 from tying the single-season program record of 118 held by Abigail Lagos in 2022.
- Winn now has 99 points this season, sharing the team lead at 49 assists with Dunn.
- Caroline Krauch opened the scoring with a goal less than three minutes into the contest.
- Both teams were whistled for 20 fouls each, with UIndy drawing nine cards compared to Missouri Western's eight.
 
MORE NOTES
UIndy now leads the all-time series, 6-0 … there was a 35-minute lightning delay with more than 11 minutes left in the game.
 
UP NEXT
The Greyhounds seek their fourth straight GLVC title on Sunday, as well as revenge after the Saints snagged hosting honors after a close 13-11 victory at Key Stadium last weekend.