A 12-goal second-half gave St. Ambrose just enough to get past William Penn, 15-13, Tuesday night at the St. Vincent's Athletic Complex in Davenport. SAU is now 4-0 overall and 2-0 in the KCAC. 

After being shut out in the second quarter and down six goals, the Bees came out of halftime with a vengeance. Audrey Warner cut the William Penn lead to 9-4 after scoring with 11:57 remaining in the third. Maddie Wiltrout added a goal four and a half minutes later to cut the deficit to four. The Bees got free position goals from Warner, Maura Healy, and Warner again to make it 9-8 WPU with 2:50 left in the third quarter. Wiltrout would even up the scoreboard with 41 seconds left. SAU allowed just three shots in the period. 

St. Ambrose took the lead just 8 seconds in the fourth with Lauren Hoesly finding Morgan Curzon for the 10-9 lead. Hoesly would team up with Wiltrout just 22 seconds later to give the Bees a two-goal lead with 14:20 to go. Curzon would find the back of the net on a free position shot two minutes later to make it 12-9, but William Penn got a goal from Bailee Royal to make it a two-score game with 11:55 left. SAU responded quickly with another goal by Warner to make it 13-10, and a goal from Wiltrout with 10:01 pushed the lead to four. St. Ambrose would get their biggest lead of the night after a Warner free position goal made it 15-10 with 8:08 remaining. The visitors would fight back, with Bailee Royal scoring less than a minute later to cut the lead to four. William Penn would add two more goals, but the SAU defense would hang on for the 15-13 victory. 

The Bees took an early 2-0 lead on goals from Anabelle Brown and Warner, but William Penn scored twice for a 2-2 score with 2:49 left in the first quarter. Hoesly teamed up with Sarah Diehl to give St. Ambrose a 3-2 lead, but WPU scored with 1:18 remaining to make it 3-3 heading into the second quarter where SAU was outscored 6-0. 

Warner finished with six goals on the night, and Wiltrout added four and one assist. Curzon had two goals, and Brown, Healy, and Diehl were the other Bee scorers. Hoesly collected three assists for SAU. Maggie Samson was credited with seven saves in the win. 

St. Ambrose will travel away for the first time this season on Saturday, March 12 when they take on Bethel (Ind.) at 1 p.m.