SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Converse University women's lacrosse team fell 16-8 to Shorter University on Wednesday afternoon at Weisiger Stadium.
 
Converse (0-2) has dropped their second straight game after scoring the opening goal of the contest. On Wednesday afternoon, Libby Stevens (Spartanburg, S.C.) scored the games opening goal with 13:48 to play in the first quarter. Moments later Sydney Jones scored the equalizer and the Valkyries never led again.
 
With 13:46 to play in the second quarter Alexis Mount scored an unassisted goal to give Shorter (1-3) a 6-3 advantage. The Valkyries scored a pair of goals quickly from Haleigh McSwain and Brenna Everette to pull within a goal of Shorter. At the halftime break the Valkyries trailed 7-5 to the Hawks.
 
Within the first 30 seconds of the third quarter, Cassidy O'Neill scored the opening goal of the period and the Valkyries were back within a goal. Shorter rattled off four unanswered goals to pull away 11-6 with 6:11 to play in the period. O'Neill scored back-to-back goals to complete her hat trick with 3:19 to play in the third quarter. Shorter finished the game by scoring five unanswered goals against the Valkyries defense.
 
Scoring Breakdown
 
1^st Quarter:

• 13:48 Libby Stevens scores unassisted, 1-0 Converse
• 11:13 Sydney Jones scores, assisted by Olivia Masters, 1-1
• 8:59 Sydney Jones scores, unassisted, 2-1 Shorter
• 8:33 Olivia Masters, unassisted, 3-1 Shorter
• 6:26 Jenny Hernandez, unassisted, 4-1 Shorter
• 3:56 Haleigh McSwain, unassisted, 4-2 Shorter
• 1:10 Olivia Contento, assisted by Alexis Mount, 5-2 Shorter
• 00:07: Rhianna Warner, unassisted, 5-3 Shorter

 2^nd Quarter:

• 13:46 Alexis Mount, unassisted, 6-3 Shorter
• 10:46 Haleigh McSwain, unassisted, 6-4 Shorter
• 8:28 Brenna Everette, assisted by McSwain, 6-5 Shorter
• 3:57 Olivia Contento, unassisted, 7-5 Shorter

 3^rd Quarter:

• 14:38 Cassidy O'Neill, unassisted, 7-6 Shorter
• 12:51 Olivia Contento, man up, unassisted, 8-6 Shorter
• 8:16 Cat Bloedow, assisted by Maria Hansen, 9-6 Shorter
• 6:44 Olivia Contento, unassisted, 10-6 Shorter
• 6:11 Maria Hansen, assisted by Olivia Masters, 11-6 Shorter
• 5:56 Cassidy O'Neill, unassisted, 11-7 Shorter
• 3:19 Cassidy O'Neill, assisted by Camryn Wales, 11-8 Shorter
• 1:58 Maria Hansen, unassisted, 12-8 Shorter
• 00:23 Maria Hansen, unassisted, 13-8 Shorter

 4^th Quarter:

• 13:38 Maria Hansen, unassisted, 14-8 Shorter
• 3:58 Olivia Masters, man down, unassisted, 15-8 Shorter
• 1:52 Olivia Contento, assisted by Olivia Masters, 16-8 Shorter

 Notables:

• O'Neill led the team with three goals on the day, McSwain added a pair of goals and an assist. Brunner made 12 saves in goal for the Valkyries on Wednesday afternoon.

 Next Up:

• The Valkyries will be back in action this coming Saturday afternoon against Oglethorpe University. The match is set to start at 1:00 p.m. at Hayden Abney Fulp Field located in Weisiger Stadium.  

 
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