Senior attackman Adam Marfice scored a game-high three goals, including two in the fourth quarter, to lead fourth-seeded Lake City to a 5-3 upset victory over top-seeded Gonzaga Prep in a North Idaho Lacrosse League semifinal Wednesday night in Spokane, Wash.

Junior middie Jesse Hansen and junior attackman Brad Smidt each scored once to help the four-time defending league champion Timberwolves (9-4) avenge two regular-season losses to the Bullpups and advance to the NILL title game for the fifth straight season.

Lake City, which has won three straight and seven of its last eight, will go for its fifth straight league title when it faces Sandpoint on Friday night at 6 p.m., PDT, in Coeur d’Alene. In the regular season, Sandpoint won the teams’ first meeting, 14-11, on April 16, and Lake City won the second meeting, 9-7 on May 10.

“It’s nothing really new to us. We’ve been there the last four years, and we’ve won the last four years,” Marfice said. “It should be a good game. There’s definitely no clear favorite.”

On Wednesday, sophomore goalie Cameron Veeder saved 11 shots to lead a superlative defensive effort for Lake City. Veeder, senior defenseman Zack Maryon, sophomore defenseman Nick Cowell and junior defenseman Josh Newcomb combined to keep Gonzaga Prep standout Geoff Barnes pointless.

“The third time’s a charm, I guess,” Marfice said. “The key was shutting down Geoff Barnes. Everything goes through him.”

In defeat, sophomore middie Connor Johnson, senior attackman Peter Ganz and junior attackman Logan Rogers all scored once for Gonzaga Prep, which finished the season 10-4.

The game was scoreless at the end of the first quarter and tied, 1-1, at halftime. Lake City led 3-2 at the end of the third quarter when Marfice scored back-to-back goals with 9:45 and 6:36 remaining to give the Timberwolves a 5-2 lead.

Johnson pulled a goal back with 2:43 to play, but that was as close as the Bullpups could get.

“We didn’t capitalize on offense,” Gonzaga Prep head coach Chris Shogun said. “They played well and capitalized on our mistakes.”