TIGERVILLE, S.C. – The Converse lacrosse team scored five goals in the last nine minutes of the fourth quarter but it was not enough as they fell 16-11 to North Greenville on Tuesday night at Pepsi Stadium.

With the loss Converse falls to 5-5 overall and 1-1 in Conference Carolinas action, while North Greenville improves to 5-4 overall and 2-0 in Conference Carolinas play. Gencie Coan led the Valkyries offense with a three goal, two assist performance and Ryleigh Schaeffer added a hat trick over her own in the loss to the Crusaders.  

The game was tied 3-3 after the first 15 minutes of action, in the second quarter the Valkyries were outscored 4-0 and trailed 7-3 at the halftime intermission. In the third quarter, Converse was outscored 6-3 and had an uphill battle to climb in the final period of action. Trailing 15-6 with a little over nine minutes to play in the game, the Converse offense made one last charge against the Crusaders. Brenna Everette scored with 8:45 to play and the Converse offense awoke and finished the game on a 5-1 scoring spree against the Crusaders defense.
 
Scoring Breakdown
1^st Quarter:

• 13:13, Ryleigh Schaeffer, unassisted, 1-0 Converse
• 8:50, Kylie Keen, unassisted, 1-1 Tie
• 6:50, Emma Mayew, unassisted, 2-1 North Greenville
• 4:09, Emily Zambrano, unassisted, 3-1 North Greenville
• 2:20, Ryleigh Schaeffer, unassisted, 3-2 North Greenville
• 00:22, Ryleigh Schaeffer, unassisted, 3-3 Tie

 
2^nd Quarter:

• 12:00, Emily Zambrano, assisted by Kaitlin O'Brien, 4-3 North Greenville
• 10:40, Dani O'Meara, assisted by Emily Zambrano, 5-3 North Greenville
• 9:08, Emma Mayew, unassisted, 6-3 North Greenville
• 2:26, Emily Zambrano (man up), assisted by Dani O'Meara, 7-3 North Greenville

 
3^rd Quarter:

• 14:11, Hailey Obenchain, unassisted, 7-4 North Greenville
• 11:36, Emily Zambrano (man up), assisted by Dani O'Meara, 8-4 North Greenville
• 10:07, Emma Mayew, assisted by Dani O'Meara, 9-4 North Greenville
• 6:29, Dani O'Meara, assisted by Emily Zambrano, 10-4 North Greenville
• 5:38, Rhianna Warner, assisted by Gencie Coan, 10-5 North Greenville
• 3:48, Gencie Coan, unassisted, 10-6 North Greenville
• 3:21, Katie Keller, unassisted, 11-6 North Greenville
• 2:46, Julia Griffin (man up), unassisted, 12-6 North Greenville
• 00:28, Dani O'Meara, unassisted, 13-6 North Greenville

 
4^th Quarter:

• 12:10, Kayla Harris, unassisted, 14-6 North Greenville
• 11:43, Kylie Keen, unassisted, 15-6 North Greenville
• 8:45, Brenna Everette, unassisted, 15-7 North Greenville
• 8:17, Rhianna Warner, unassisted, 15-8 North Greenville
• 5:29, Emily Zambrano, assisted by Meagan Brannen, 16-8 North Greenville
• 3:14, Gencie Coan, assisted by Brenna Everette, 16-9 North Greenville
• 2:53, Gencie Coan, unassisted, 16-10 North Greenville
• 00:09, Cassidy O'Neill, assisted by Gencie Coan, 16-11 North Greenville

 
Notables:
 
Points – Coan (5), Schaeffer (3), Everette (2), Warner (2)
 
Goals – Coan (3), Schaeffer (3), Warner (2)
 
Assists – Coan (2)
 
Saves – Collins (6)
 
Next Up:

• Converse will have a week off before hosting Erskine College next Tuesday night at Weisiger Stadium.

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