GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.  – The Calvin women's lacrosse team picked up a key MIAA victory over Adrian on Tuesday afternoon. The Knights are now 8-5 on the year and 5-1 in MIAA play with the 15-5 victory. The victory secures Calvin a spot in the MIAA Tournament.

"I thought that we played well defensively," said Blake Boehm. "It was nice to get this win today on senior day. We now have to get ready and focus on our next game at Hope."

The Bulldogs struck first on Tuesday, scoring 16 seconds into the game on a shot from Ava Cares.

The Knights responded with five-straight goals to take back the lead, freshman Lauryn Slachter started the run with a goal at 27:45. Sophomore Amanda Davio scored two minutes late. Freshman Kelly Pepper scored the next two goals and junior Emily Cefaratti scored the fifth goal.

Adrian scored its second goal with 15 minutes left in the half and Calvin countered with four-straight goals.

Emily Cefaratti scored next two goals, with Amanda Davio and Lauryn Slachter also scoring.

Calvin went into halftime with a 9-2 lead.

The Knights started the second half on a 3-0 run with goals from sophomore Emma Hall, Kelly Pepper and Emily Cefaratti.

With 22 minutes remaining, Lauryn Slachter scored on a free position. Emma Hall scored her second goal of the half with 19:30 remaining.

The Bulldogs clipped into the Calvin lead with two goals from Annie Rice.

The final goal of the game was scored by Amanda Davio with 4:59 left.

Freshman Ellis Chalfant had a strong night in net for Calvin, finishing with nine saves.

Emily Cefaratti finished with a game-high four goals.

Calvin outshot Adrian, 28-18

The Knights return to action on Thursday when they travel to Hope to face the Flying Dutch.