ROME, Ga. – It was a record-breaking day for the Converse University lacrosse team as freshman attackman
Hailey Obenchain broke the single season school record for assists against the Shorter Hawks in a 19-8 Converse win on Saturday afternoon.
The win on Saturday was a program first for the Valkyries as they were previously 0-2 against the Hawks dating back to the 2013 season. With the win the Valkyries improve to 5-4 overall and 2-2 in away games this season, meanwhile Shorter falls to 2-8 overall.
Obenchain's six assist day was just one away from tying the individual game record in program history. However, the freshman's six assist performance gives her a program record 25 assists in a single season. Obenchain passed Lacey Bevilacqua who had 24 assists during the 2010 lacrosse season.
Jadie Arnold opened the scoring with an unassisted goal for Shorter just 40 seconds into the game.
Karter Lauer scored the equalizer for Converse with 10:18 to go in the opening period, moments later Cassidy O'Neill scored the go-ahead goal for the Valkyries. With 4:43 to play in the period,
Ryleigh Schaeffer scored to give the Valkyries a 3-1 advantage. In the final moments of the first quarter,
Jazzelle Ware scored off an Olivia Contento pass to make it a 3-2 contest heading into the second stanza of action.
In the second quarter the Valkyries scored early and often as they outscored the Hawks 6-1 in the period. Converse took a 9-3 lead into the halftime break against Shorter. The third quarter was a high scoring frame as the Valkyries outscored the Hawks 7-4 in the period. In the final period of action, the Valkyries outscored Shorter 3-1 to complete the 19-8 win for Converse.
Brenna Everette led the Valkyries offense with a four-goal performance against the Hawks. O'Neill,
Karter Lauer and Obenchain all recorded hat tricks in the win and
Rhianna Warner,
Gencie Coan and Schaeffer each contributed a pair of goals on Saturday afternoon. Obenchain led the team with 6 assists and 9 points in the contest, while starting goalie
Reagan Collins had 8 saves in the win for Converse.
Scoring Breakdown
1st Quarter:
- 14:21, Jadie Arnold, unassisted, 1-0 Shorter
- 10:18, Karter Lauer, unassisted, 1-1 Tied
- 6:33, Cassidy O'Neill, unassisted, 2-1 Converse
- 4:43, Ryleigh Schaeffer, unassisted, 3-1 Converse
- 3:17, Jazzelle Ware (Man Down), assisted by Olivia Contento, 3-2 Converse
2nd Quarter:
- 14:53, Brenna Everette, assisted by Hailey Obenchain, 4-2 Converse
- 13:10, Jadie Arnold, unassisted, 4-3 Converse
- 11:43, Cassidy O'Neill, assisted by Brenna Everette, 5-3 Converse
- 10:13, Hailey Obenchain (man down), unassisted, 6-3 Converse
- 9:25, Ryleigh Schaeffer, unassisted, 7-3 Converse
- 7:14, Rhianna Warner, unassisted, 8-3 Converse
- 3:57, Karter Lauer (man up), unassisted, 9-3 Converse
3rd Quarter:
- 14:01, Hailey Obenchain, unassisted, 10-3 Converse
- 11:19, Hailey Obenchain, unassisted, 11-3 Converse
- 11:03, Jadie Arnold, unassisted, 11-4 Converse
- 10:03, Jadie Arnold, unassisted, 11-5 Converse
- 8:38, Brenna Everette (man up), assisted by Rhianna Warner, 12-5 Converse
- 6:30, Cassidy O'Neill, assisted by Hailey Obenchain, 13-5 Converse
- 5:12, Gencie Coan, assisted by Hailey Obenchain, 14-5 Converse
- 4:14, Rhianna Warner, unassisted, 15-5 Converse
- 2:40, Jadie Arnold, unassisted, 15-6 Converse
- 00:45, Olivia Contento, assisted by Maggie Wallace, 15-7 Converse
- 00:29, Brenna Everette, assisted by Hailey Obenchain, 16-7 Converse
4th Quarter:
- 10:53, Karter Lauer, unassisted, 17-7 Converse
- 6:44, Brenna Everette, assisted by Hailey Obenchain, 18-7 Converse
- 5:06, Jadie Arnold, unassisted, 18-8 Converse
- 00:11, Gencie Coan, assisted by Hailey Obenchain, 19-8 Converse
Notables:
Points – Obenchain (9), Everette (5), O'Neill (3), Lauer (3)
Goals – Everette (4), O'Neill (3), Lauer (3), Obenchain (3), Warner (2), Coan (2), Schaeffer (2)
Assists – Obenchain (6)
Saves – Collins (8)
Next Up:
- Converse will stay on the road this week and travel to North Greenville on Tuesday evening.
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