Tacoma, Wash. — The Lawrence University women's lacrosse team battled into the final minutes Monday, but Pacific Lutheran pulled away late for a 7-5 win over the Vikings.

Lawrence stayed within striking distance throughout the afternoon and got a balanced scoring effort, with Annika Solberg leading the way with two goals. Savannah Larsen, Emma Perry and Evelyn Pryadkin each added a goal for the Vikings, while Mackenzie Igel-Harri paced the offense with two assists. Bella Krull-Collins also recorded an assist.

The Vikings struck first when Solberg found the net off a feed from Igel-Harri with 7:22 left in the opening quarter, giving Lawrence an early 1-0 edge. Pacific Lutheran answered with a pair of goals in the second period to take a 2-1 lead into halftime.

Lawrence evened the score in the third quarter when Perry scored off another assist from Igel-Harri with 7:30 remaining, but Pacific Lutheran answered just over six minutes later to carry a 3-2 lead into the fourth.

The Lutes built their advantage early in the final quarter, scoring twice to push the margin to 5-2. Lawrence responded with a free-position goal from Pryadkin, set up by Krull-Collins, and later got within 6-4 on Larsen's goal off an assist from Perry with 3:19 to play. After Pacific Lutheran added another goal with 2:27 remaining, Solberg scored again just 20 seconds later to bring the Vikings back within two, but Lawrence could not get any closer.

Sophie Morey turned in a strong all-around effort for Lawrence with a team-high 10 ground balls and three caused turnovers. Pryadkin finished with five shots and four on goal, while Solberg put two of her four shots in the net. Lawrence finished with 34 ground balls, 13 caused turnovers and 17 shots.

In goal, Neva Mertsching made six saves in the first half, and Emma Berg stopped two shots in the second half.