DUE WEST, S.C. – The Converse University women's lacrosse team dropped a 15-10 decision to Erskine on Wednesday night at Huggins Field.

Converse falls to 0-9 overall and 0-4 in Conference Carolinas play, the Valkyries 10 goal performance was the most goals scored on the road by Converse this season. For Erskine they pick up their first win of the season and sit at 1-7 overall and 1-4 in Conference Carolinas action.

Erskine jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in the opening quarter before Cassidy O'Neill (Red Deere, Canada) scored the Valkyries first goal of the game. The Valkyries went into the second quarter trailing 4-1.

In the second quarter the Flying Fleet scored a trio of goals in less than 30 seconds of game time to take a 7-1 advantage over the Valkyries. Converse countered back, with goals from Libby Stevens (Spartanburg, S.C.) and Brenna Everette (Mechanicsville, Va.). With 7:59 to play in the quarter, Stevens scored again to cut the score in half at 8-4. O'Neill scored her second goal of the game on a woman up opportunity and pulled the Valkyries within three goals of the Flying Fleet. A late run by Erskine gave the Flying Fleet an 11-5 lead going into the halftime intermission.

The Converse offense came alive in the third quarter as O'Neill scored a pair of goals to keep the Valkyries in it. Haleigh McSwain (Spartanburg, S.C.) scored on a woman up opportunity and the Valkyries trailed 12-8 going into the final period of action.

At the start of the fourth quarter, freshman Kailee Reel (Damascus, Md.) scored her first career goal and the Valkyries were back within three of the Flying Fleet. Erskine pulled away down the stretch, but Rhianna Warner (Duncan, S.C.) scored the final goal of the game with 48 seconds to go in the game.  

Scoring Breakdown
1^st Quarter:

• 10:47, Chandler Werner, assisted by Faith Flanagan, 1-0 Erskine
• 9:47, Aleiza Manns, unassisted, 2-0 Erskine
• 9:14, Faith Flanagan, unassisted, 3-0 Erskine
• 7:21, Cassidy O'Neill, unassisted, 3-1 Erskine
• 7:02, Chandler Werner, unassisted, 4-1 Erskine

2^nd Quarter:

• 12:38, Faith Flanagan, unassisted, 5-1 Erskine
• 12:29, Aleiza Manns, unassisted, 6-1 Erskine
• 12:04, Shelby Kincannon, assisted by Aleiza Manns, 7-1 Erskine
• 11:21, Libby Stevens, assisted by Madelyn Robinson, 7-2 Erskine
• 10:22, Brenna Everette, unassisted, 7-3 Erskine
• 10:10, Faith Flanagan, unassisted, 8-3 Erskine
• 7:59, Libby Stevens, unassisted, 8-4 Erskine
• 3:33, Cassidy O'Neill (Woman Up), unassisted, 8-5 Erskine
• 1:17, Chandler Werner, assisted by Aleiza Manns, 9-5 Erskine
• 00:29, Chandler Werner, assisted by Faith Flanagan, 10-5 Erskine
• 00:17, Chandler Werner, unassisted, 11-5 Erskine

3^rd Quarter:

• 13:34, Faith Flanagan, unassisted, 12-5 Erskine
• 11:49, Cassidy O'Neill, assisted by Rhianna Warner, 12-6 Erskine
• 4:28, Cassidy O'Neill, assisted by Kailee Reel, 12-7 Erskine
• 2:55, Haleigh McSwain (Woman Up), unassisted, 12-8 Erskine

4^th Quarter:

• 14:13, Kailee Reel, unassisted, 12-9 Erskine
• 13:54, Faith Flanagan, unassisted, 13-9 Erskine
• 11:26, Julia Richey, assisted by Faith Flanagan, 14-9 Erskine
• 4:37, Faith Flanagan (Woman Up), unassisted, 15-9 Erskine
• 00:48, Rhianna Warner, unassisted, 15-10 Erskine

Notables:

• O'Neill led the Valkyries offense with a four-goal performance against the Flying Fleet. Stevens recorded a pair of goals, while McSwain, Everette and Reel all added a goal of their own.

Next Up:

• The Valkyries will return home this weekend to play Newberry at Fulp Field inside Weisiger Stadium. Senior Day festivities will start around 12:45 p.m. with the match starting at 1:00 p.m. Both live stats and video will be provided at govalkyries.com   

 
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