Box Score Steph Kelly refused to be denied on Friday afternoon against Montclair State University.

Colorado College's senior All-American scored seven goals and dished out a pair of assists to lead the Tigers to a 16-14 victory at Washburn Field.

Back-to-back tallies by Kelly early in the second half snapped a 9-9 tie and ignited a four-goal surge that gave CC its largest lead of the game at 13-9 when Ellie Meyer found the net with 17:10 to play.

The Red Hawks answered with markers from sophomore attacker Kyle Graver, freshman attacker Rhiannon Brown and senior attacker Chelsea Orban to pull to within a goal 14:02 remaining, but Colorado College countered with three goals of its own.

Sophomore attacker Allie Thuet doubled CC's lead with 10:35 to go, and then sophomore midfielder Lauren Pejza struck for what proved to be the game winner on free-position shot just 18 seconds later.

Kelly struck for the Tigers' final goal with 9:22 remaining, muscling her way through the Montclair State defense and beating freshman goaltender Allyn Lilien with an off-balance shot at the edge of the crease.

MSU closed cuts its deficit in half on scored by Oban and Brown, but the Colorado College defense stiffened and caused a pair of turnovers during the final three minutes to seal the victory.

After Robin Hilderman knocked the ball away from MSU's Graver with 1:57 remaining, the sophomore midfielder scooped up the ground ball and CC was able to run out the clock.

Kelly produced two goals and an assist as the Tigers jumped out to an early 4-1 lead, but five different players scored for the Red Hawks as they took a 6-4 lead.

Junior attacker Nikki Blair and Kelly struck for two markers apiece as Colorado College responded with a 5-1 surge to take a 9-7 lead when Pejza scored a free-position goal 2:14 into the second half.

Pejza finished with a game-high nine draw controls and tied for the team lead with four ground balls. Hilderman led the defensive effort with four caused turnovers and grabbed four ground balls.

The Tigers built a 19-13 edge in draw controls, which led to a 44-31 advantage in total shots.

Colorado College caused 12 turnovers and produced a 28-19 edge in ground balls.

Freshman goaltender Alena Stern made 10 saves for Colorado College, her third consecutive game with double-digit stops.

Brown led the Red Hawks with four goals, while Orban was just behind with three.

Sophomore goaltender Amanda Maguire stopped 14 shots for MSU before giving way to Lilien for the final 17 minutes.

Sophomore attacker Megan Mahlstadt produced three ground balls and three caused turnovers for the Red Hawks, who dropped to 1-3.

Colorado College, which improved to 3-2, plays host to RPI