LOS ANGELES, Ca. – Calvin closed out its west coast swing with a 14-12 victory over Cal Lutheran Friday afternoon. The Knights finish their spring trip with a 2-1 record and move to 3-3 overall.

Calvin trailed 7-5 late in the second quarter before picking up goals from freshman Ainsley Gothard and senior Kelly Ruha to tie the score 7-7 heading into halftime.

Cal Lutheran built an 11-8 third quarter lead before the Knights answered with three straight goals of their own with graduate student Lainey Aldridge (Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich./Grosse Pointe North HS) scoring to make it 11-9, sophomore Jacey Smith (Watertown, Wisc./Watertown HS( converting to make it 11-10 and sophomore Audrey Booher (Fishers, Ind./Heritage Christian HS) putting one in late to tie it 11-11 heading into the final quarter of play.

Sophomore Morgan Bethard (DeWitt, Mich./DeWitt HS) gave Calvin a 12-11 lead early in the fourth and after the Regals tied the game at 12, senior Meghan Chang (Clarksburg, MD,/Clarksburg HS) and Booher scored – both in man-up situations to give Calvin a 14-12 lead with 6:17 remaining.

Calvin played staunch defense down the stretch with a key free position shot for Cal Lutheran sailing high with 2:35 remaining.

Booher finished with four goals, netting her fifth consecutive hat-trick performance of the season.

Aldridge, Gothard, Ruha and Bethard all had two goals apiece. Chang and Smith both scored in the second half.

Smith and freshmen Alex Petrusha (Milford, Mich./Milford HS) and Jessica Eenigenburg (Norton Shores, Mich./Western Michigan Christian HS) all had one assist apiece.

Petrusha had four draw controls for the Knights. Freshman Margee Boelema (Hudsonville, Mich./Unity Christian HS) had three saves and 10 ground balls in goal for the win.

Calvin held a 29-23 shots at goal advantage.

NEXT UP: Calvin will host Indiana Tech next Thursday at 5 p.m. at Zuidema Field in its home opener.