SPARTANBURG, S.C. – On a beautiful sunny day in the Sparkle City, the Converse University women's lacrosse team dropped their season opener 14-13 to Montreat College at Hayden Abney Fulp Field inside Weisiger Stadium.
 
The day started out with the official ribbon cutting ceremony for Weisiger Stadium and the Valkyries offense got off to a hot start scoring the first two goals of the game. By the end of the first quarter the two teams were tied at four. In the second quarter, Montreat (3-1) scored the first three goals of the period to take a 7-4 advantage over Converse (0-1). The Valkyries battled back and trailed 8-7 at the halftime break.
 
Following the intermission break Madelyn Robinson scored the first goal of the period for Converse and tied the match at eight. For the remainder of the period the two squads remained deadlocked as they went goal-for-goal at either end. In the fourth quarter the Cavaliers struck twice in a matter of seconds and took a two-goal lead with 6:25 to play in the game. Libby Stevens scored with 3:33 to play but time ran out before the Valkyries were able to find the equalizer.   
 
Scoring Breakdown
 
1^st Quarter:

• 13:24 Brenna Everette scored the first goal of the game and was assisted by Libby Stevens. 1-0 Converse
• 8:50 Stevens scores unassisted to make it 2-0 Converse.
• 8:02 Kate Gauntlett scores unassisted 2-1 Converse
• 6:43 Haleigh McSwain scores off an assist by Stevens 3-1 Converse.
• 5:10 Mina Hicks scores unassisted 3-2 Converse
• 4:44 Kate Gauntlett scores and was assisted by Hannah Jarboe, 3-3.
• 3:08 Everette scores and is assisted by Stevens, 4-3 Converse
• 1:59 Hannah Jarboe scores unassisted, 4-4

2^nd Quarter:

• 12:57 Kate Gauntlett scored off an assist by Emily Madden, 5-4 Montreat
• 12:43 Gauntlett scores off an assist by Carlie Henning, 6-4 Montreat
• 10:21 Jarboe scores off an assist by Madden, 7-4 Montreat.
• 9:13 Stevens scores unassisted for the Valkyries, 7-5 Montreat
• 3:42 Jarboe score an unassisted man-up goal, 8-5 Montreat
• 1:16 Rhianna Warner scores off a Stevens assist, 8-6 Montreat
• 00:51 McSwain Scores off a Kailee Reel assist, 8-7 Montreat

3^rd Quarter:

• 13:44 Madelyn Robinson scores off a pass from Everette, 8-8
• 13:28 Dovie Yates scored unassisted, 9-8 Montreat
• 12:36 Everette scores her third goal of the game unassisted, 9-9
• 9:46 Gauntlett scores off a pass from Jarboe, 10-9 Montreat
• 7:39 Stevens scores her third unassisted goal of the game, 10-10
• 5:43 Gauntlett scores off a pass from Izzy Knight, 11-10 Montreat
• 4:59 Knight scores an unassisted goal, 12-10 Montreat
• 3:42 Everette scores an unassisted goal, 12-11Montreat
• 00:17 Stevens scores her fourth goal of the game unassisted, 12-12

4^th Quarter:

• 6:43 Knight scores unassisted, 13-12 Montreat
• 6:25 Aleea bone scores off a Yates assist, 14-12 Montreat
• 3:33 Stevens scores unassisted, 14-13 Montreat

Notables:

• Stevens led the Valkyries in goals scored (5), assists (4) and total points (9). Everette finished second on the team with 4 goals, 1 assist and 5 points. Everette led the team with 9 total shots and 7 shots on goal. Madalynn Brunner made 16 saves in goal for the Valkyries.

Next Up:

• The Valkyries will have a few days off before playing Shorter on Wednesday night at Fulp Field inside Weisiger Stadium. The game is set to start at 3:00 p.m.

 
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