Central Oregon Lacrosse remained undefeated in the South League after defeating Sheldon 13-7 on Saturday at Summit High School.

“It was a hard-fought game,” Central Oregon coach Polly Purcell said. “We won by six, but it was hard-fought. It was just like the last time we played Sheldon where it was a game of runs.”

Central Oregon jumped to an 8-1 lead at the end of the first half before the Irish of Eugene battled back with five consecutive goals to narrow the deficit to 8-6.

The tide turned in the second half, Purcell said, when one of Sheldon’s goals was disallowed due to a dangerous shot. Central Oregon goalie Ally Hand stopped a shot on the next Irish possession.

“It felt like a good game,” Hand said. “I was really confident with our attack and our defense. Our defense really communicated in the second half, and we got together and pulled through.”

Hand stopped a career-high seven shots.

“Those first couple shots you have to get into your groove,” Hand said. “But after that I was fine. I was like, ‘Come at me!’ And my team gave me confidence. They were a huge confidence booster today.”

Fiona Dolan and Cayley Allan had three goals apiece for Central Oregon, which had its second game against Sherwood canceled. Annie Beaver and Lauren Gallivan finished with two goals each.

“Our goal is still intact,” Purcell said. “Our goal is to win our division outright. So we’re still undefeated there. We played Beaverton last weekend and we were up at halftime on them and we played well. So that was a huge confidence booster.”