SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Converse University lacrosse team scored 10 first half goals against Davis & Elkins College on Sunday afternoon to defeat the Senators 12-10 at Weisiger Stadium.
The win Sunday now gives the Valkyries a 2-2 record on the season and their second straight win of the week. The Valkyries have not won back-to-back games since they defeated Point and Emmanuel on March 16
th and March 19
th of the 2019 season. Davis & Elkins drop to 0-4 on the season and 0-2 against Conference Carolinas programs.
Karter Lauer got the scoring started for the Valkyries with a goal just 70 seconds into the game. A few moments later
Hailey Obenchain scored unassisted and Converse held a 2-0 advantage over the Senators. Hannah Lennon found Haleigh Forand for the Senators first goal of the game at the 10:22 mark of the opening frame.
Brenna Everette and Obenchain then scored the next three goals of the game for either side. Obenchain's first quarter hat trick gave Covnerse a 5-1 advantage over Davis & Elkins. Ari Hinton scored in the final minute of the quarter to keep the Senators within striking distance at 5-2.
Nearly seven minutes of game clock ticked away in the second quarter before Thayer Karl found Haleigh Forand for the Senators third goal of the afternoon. Back-to-back goals by Everette less than 40 seconds apart, had the Valkyries holding a commanding 7-3 advantage. Thayer Karl scored with 5:38 and Davis & Elkins was back within striking distance of Converse.
Obenchain scored with 5:15 to play in the half and the Valkyries once again led by four goals. Just 15 seconds later Karl found the back of the net for Davis & Elkins. Less than a minute had gone by before Hinton scored her second goal of the day. Everette made sure the Valkyries held a commanding lead going into the locker room as she scored the final two goals of the period.
Coming out of the halftime break the Davis & Elkins offense seemed ready to go down 10-6. Griselle Rosado scored the first two goals of the period to bring the Senators back within two of Converse. Hinton then registered a hat trick at the 4:15 mark of the period and the Senators trailed 10-9. Obenchain scored the final goal of the third quarter and Converse took an 11-9 lead into the final quarter of action.
Rhianna Warner scored a man up goal four minutes into the fourth quarter to give the Valkyries a bit of breathing room against the Senators. Hinton scored once again with 5:33 to play but the Valkyries were able to hold on and run the clock out against Davis & Elkins.
Scoring Breakdown
1st Quarter:
- 13:51, Karter Lauer, unassisted, 1-0 Converse
- 12:43, Hailey Obenchain, unassisted, 2-0 Converse
- 10:22, Haleigh Forand, assisted by Hannah Lennon, 2-1 Converse
- 6:24, Brenna Everette, unassisted, 3-1 Converse
- 3:40, Hailey Obenchain, unassisted, 4-1 Converse
- 1:38, Hailey Obenchain, unassisted, 5-1 Converse
- 00:35, Ari Hinton, assisted by Morgan Rogers, 5-2 Converse
2nd Quarter:
- 8:03, Haleigh Forand, assisted by Thayer Karl, 5-3 Converse
- 6:08, Brenna Everette, assisted by Hailey Obenchain, 6-3 Converse
- 5:47, Brenna Everette, unassisted, 7-3 Converse
- 5:38, Thayer Karl, unassisted, 7-4 Converse
- 5:15, Hailey Obenchain, assisted by Brenna Everette, 8-4 Converse
- 5:05, Thayer Karl, unassisted, 8-5 Converse
- 4:23, Ari Hinton, unassisted, 8-6 Converse
- 1:53, Brenna Everette, assisted by Karter Lauer, 9-6 Converse
- 00:41, Brenna Everette, assisted by Hailey Obenchain, 10-6 Converse
3rd Quarter:
- 14:42 Griselle Rosado, unassisted, 10-7 Converse
- 8:42, Griselle Rosado, unassisted, 10-8 Converse
- 4:15, Ari Hinton, assisted by Griselle Rosado, 10-9 Converse
- 2:54, Hailey Obenchain (Man Up), unassisted, 11-9 Converse
4th Quarter:
- 9:11, Rhianna Warner (Man Up), unassisted, 12-9 Converse
- 5:33, Ari Hinton, assisted by Morgan Rogers, 12-10 Converse
Notables:
Points – Obenchain (7), Everette (6), Lauer (2)
Goals – Everette (5), Obenchain (5), Warner (1), Lauer (1)
Assists – Obenchain (2)
Saves – Collins (10)
Next Up:
- Converse will hit the road this coming Wednesday evening to battle Anderson University. The game is slated to start at 7:00 p.m.
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