SPARTANBURG, S.C.- Laura Starkes and Chelsea Worrell record hat-tricks as the Valkyries score ten first half goals, as Converse cruises to a 13-6 Conference Carolinas victory against Emmanuel on Sunday afternoon.  Converse evens its record at 3-3 overall and 1-1 in conference play.  Emmanuel falls to 2-6 on the season and 1-5 in league play. 

Converse was led by junior attacker Chelsea Worrell (Orlando, Fla.) netting her first hat-trick of the season scoring four goals.  Laura Starkes (Whitby, Ontario) also scored her second hat-trick of the season tallying three goals all in the first half.  Aubrie Lauderdale (Greenville, S.C.) chipped in two goals while Sydnie Hickey (Baltimore, Md.), Elizabeth Gabriele (Simpsonville, S.C.), Deena Kasmarik (Suwanee, Ga.), and Madison Butler (Tampa, Fla.) record a goal apiece.

Converse started the scoring early with Worrell scoring her first goal of the match just 2:23 into the match on a free position shot and a man down.  Starkes scored just over a minute later on a free position shot.  Hickey continued the early assault with a free position goal just 42 seconds after Starkes' goal.

Converse continued the scoring spree recording an unassisted goal by Lauderdale with 22:35 remaining in the first half.  Off the draw, the Valkyries struck again with Worrell netting her second goal of the match off the assist from Hickey 17 seconds later.

The Valkyries struck again for an early 6-0 lead not even ten minutes into the match with an unassisted goal by Starkes.  Lauderdale extended the Valkyrie lead over the Lions with her second goal of the match and then tallied an assist a minute later on Butler's goal for an 8-0 Valkyrie advantage.

Emmanuel got on the board at the 13:48 mark stopping the Valkyries' scoring run.  Kasmarik and Starkes wrap up the scoring for the Valkyries in the first half giving the Valkyries a 10-1 lead.  The Lions add a goal late in the first half to take a 10-2 deficit into the break.

Chelsea Worrell nets two goals in the second half and Gabrielle nets one as the Valkyries cruise to a 13-6 win.

Converse was a perfect 5-5 on free position shots while Emmanuel went 1-2.  Alex Gurecki (Farmingdale, N.Y.) picked up the win in the net picking up two saves and allowing two goals.  Sandra Ponce (Germantown, Md.) took over in net for the Valkyries allowing four goals and recording two saves.  

The Valkyrie netminders saw 10 shots on goal recording four saves.  Converse outshot Emmanuel 22-14 as the Valkyries blasted the cage with 18 shots on target.

Converse wraps up the homestand taking the opening draw against Erskine Monday, March 9 at 4pm.