SPARTANBURG, S.C. – On a warm spring evening at Weisiger Stadium the Converse University women's lacrosse team demolished the University of Dallas 25-4 in front of a raucous crowd.

The Valkyries 25 goal outburst against Dallas ranks second all-time in school history for goals in a game. This is the most goals scored at home in school history and the most since a March 28, 2011 road game against Adams State. Against Adams State the Valkyries defeated the Grizzlies 26-9 to set the school record. With their 10-goal outburst in the opening quarter, the Valkyries also set a school record for goals in a quarter.

"It was a full team win today," Converse University head lacrosse coach Taylor Woolard said. "We had that conversation when we came in today, we had some kids back from injury and we did it together. That showed on our stats tonight as well."

The Valkyries got off to a hot start offensively, with Cassidy O'Neill (Red Deer, Canada) scoring her 30^th goal of the season off an assist by Libby Stevens (Spartanburg, S.C.) less than a minute into the game. Just seconds later, Rhianna Warner (Duncan, S.C.) scored an unassisted goal to give the Valkyries a 2-0 advantage.

Warner struck again in moments later off an O'Neill assist. Holding a 3-0 advantage Brenna Everette (Mechanicsville, Va.) found Taylor Goldfuss (Simpsonville, S.C.) for her second goal of the season to put the Valkyries ahead 4-0. Everette scored her first goal of the match with 5:17 to play and then assisted on both Stevens and O'Neill's goals just seconds apart. Kailee Reel (Damascus, Md.) scored her first goal at home this season to give Converse an 8-0 edge. Everette and Stevens scored two more goals to end the opening quarter of action.   

At the start of the second quarter, Gabby Dixon found Sophia Haeuser for the Crusaders first goal of the game. Everette quickly gave the Valkyries a 10-goal lead once again, with an unassisted goal at the 10:51 mark of the period. With 8:48 to play Dixon scored the second goal of the night for Dallas. Converse scored four unanswered goals to end the period with a 15-2 edge over the Crusaders. Reel Warner and Ciriaca Petitto (Yorktown, Va.) all scored goals to help the Valkyries down the stretch.

At the start of the third quarter, Stevens found Camryn Wales for her first goal of the season. A few minutes later Glodfuss found Everette for the Valkyries 17^th goal of the night. Wales scored again in the third period, before Dixon scored the third goal of the match for Dallas.

Reel completed her first career hat trick at the start of the fourth quarter. Dixon scored once again for the Crusaders, this turned out to be the final goal of the night for Dallas. Stevens then scored three consecutive goals from the 10:43 mark to the 7:38 mark of the period. Warner scored off a Stevens pass for her fifth goal of the night. Stevens scored her fourth goal of the period with 2:09 remaining in the match. Petitto rounded out the Valkyries scoring with a goal at the 1:11 mark of the fourth quarter.

Scoring Breakdown
1^st Quarter:

• 14:14, Cassidy O'Neill, assisted by Libby Stevens, 1-0 Converse
• 14:06, Rhianna Warner, unassisted, 2-0 Converse
• 11:38, Rhianna Warner, assisted by Cassidy O'Neill, 3-0 Converse
• 6:15, Taylor Goldfuss, assisted by Brenna Everette, 4-0 Converse
• 5:17, Brenna Everette, unassisted, 5-0 Converse
• 4:50, Libby Stevens, assisted by Brenna Everette, 6-0 Converse
• 4:17, Cassidy O'Neill, assisted by Brenna Everette, 7-0 Converse
• 4:01, Kailee Reel, unassisted, 8-0 Converse
• 1:19, Brenna Everette, unassisted, 9-0 Converse
• 00:59, Libby Stevens, assisted by Brenna Everette, 10-0 Converse

2^nd Quarter:

• 12:54, Sophia Haeuser, assisted by Gabby Dixon, 10-1 Converse
• 10:51, Brenna Everette, unassisted, 11-1 Converse
• 8:48, Gabby Dixon, unassisted, 11-2 Converse
• 8:11, Kailee Reel, unassisted, 12-2 Converse
• 6:45, Rhianna Warner, assisted by Kailee Reel, 13-2 Converse
• 4:41, Ciriaca Petitto, unassisted, 14-2 Converse
• 1:39, Rhianna Warner, assisted by Stevens, 15-2 Converse

3^rd Quarter:

• 14:18, Camryn Wales, assisted by Libby Stevens, 16-2 Converse
• 9:14, Brenna Everette, assisted by Taylor Goldfuss, 17-2 Converse
• 5:18, Camryn Wales, unassisted, 18-2 Converse
• 1:25, Gabby Dixon, unassisted, 18-3 Converse

4^th Quarter:

• 14:11, Kailee Reel, unassisted, 19-3 Converse
• 12:52, Gabby Dixon, unassisted, 19-4 Converse
• 10:43, Libby Stevens, unassisted, 20-4 Converse
• 8:53, Libby Stevens, assisted by Brenna Everette, 21-4 Converse
• 7:38, Libby Stevens, unassisted, 22-4 Converse
• 6:13 Rhianna Warner, assisted by Libby Stevens, 23-4 Converse
• 2:09, Libby Stevens, unassisted, 24-4 Converse
• 1:11, Ciriaca Petitto, unassisted, 25-4 Converse

Notables:

• Stevens led the offense with a six goal, four assist outing against the Crusaders. Warner finished second on the team with five goals, Everette added four goals and Reel recorded her first career hat trick. Everette led the team with five assists on the night, while Stevens led the team with a total of 10-points.
• Petitto led the team with four ground balls and 10 draw control wins, while O'Neill led the team with four caused turnovers. Collins made a trio of saves in her second career start and earned her first collegiate victory in the process.    

Next Up:

• The Valkyries will hit the road this weekend as they travel to Lees-McRae on Saturday afternoon. The game is set to start at 1:00 p.m. in Banner Elk, N.C.   

 
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