SPARTANBURG, S.C. – It was a total team effort on Saturday afternoon as Converse defeated Mars Hill 19-5 at Weisiger Stadium.

It was the Valkyries first win in series history against Mars Hill as Converse improves to 2-2 overall on the year. Meanwhile, the Lions drop to 1-4 overall this season and 1-3 against Conference Carolinas competition.

Hailey Obenchain got the scoring started with an unassisted goal at the 13:57 mark of the period. A few moments later, Samantha Newton tied the game at one with an unassisted goal of her own. The Valkyries came alive the rest of the period, as Obenchain completed a first quarter hat trick at the 35 second mark of the period. Izzy Eby scored a pair of goals in the quarter and Becky Reinhard rounded out the scoring with a goal at the 2:13 mark of the period.

In the second quarter, Mars Hill scored a short handed goal in the opening 20 seconds of the period. Gencie Coan got the scoring going for the Valkyries in the second quarter, before Corynn Psychoghios scored her first collegiate goal with 13:10 to play in the quarter. Coan picked up her third assist of the game, when Reinhard found the back of the net.

Samantha Newton scored back-to-back goals for the Lions to quiet the Valkyries offense for a moment. Converse ended the quarter on a 4-0 run with goals scored by Coan, Reinhard, Obenchain and Psychoghios.

In the final two quarters, the Valkyries scored early to start the running clock against the Lions. Converse outscored Mars Hill 6-1 in the third and fourth quarter, the only new scorer in the second half for the Valkyries was Karter Lauer. The sophomore scored a pair of goals in the second half and became the Valkyries sixth different goal scorer of the afternoon.

Scoring Breakdown
1^st Quarter:

• 13:57, Hailey Obenchain, unassisted, Converse 1-0
• 9:28, Samantha Newton, unassisted, Tied 1-1
• 5:31, Hailey Obenchain (Woman Up), assisted by Gencie Coan, Converse 2-1
• 3:11, Izzy Eby, unassisted, Converse 3-1
• 2:37, Izzy Eby, assisted by Megan Holleran, Converse 4-1
• 2:13, Becky Reinhard, assisted by Izzy Eby, Converse 5-1
• 00:35, Hailey Obenchain (Woman Down), unassisted, Converse 6-1
   

2^nd Quarter:

• 14:41, Haley Stallings (Woman Up), assisted by Ashley Lindsey, Converse 6-2
• 14:24, Gencie Coan, unassisted, Converse 7-2
• 13:10 Corynn Psychoghios, assisted by Gencie Coan, Converse 8-2
• 12:10, Becky Reinhard, assisted by Gencie Coan, Converse 9-2
• 11:01, Samantha Newton, unassisted, Converse 9-3
• 10:12, Samantha Newton, unassisted, Converse 9-4
• 9:59, Gencie Coan, unassisted, Converse 10-4
• 8:54, Becky Reinhard, assisted by Hailey Obenchain, Converse 11-4
• 7:28, Hailey Obenchain, unassisted, Converse 12-4
• 2:08, Corynn Psychoghios, unassisted, Converse 13-4
   

3^rd Quarter:

• 14:02, Hailey Obenchain, assisted by Becky Reinhard, Converse 14-4
• 11:38, Corynn Psychoghios, (Woman Up), assisted by Hailey Obenchain, Converse 15-4
• 3:39, Karter Lauer, assisted by Becky Reinhard, Converse 16-4
• 00:54, Chandler Werner, unassisted, Converse 16-5 
   

4^th Quarter:

• 12:06, Izzy Eby, assisted by Hailey Obenchain, Converse 17-5
• 5:50, Gencie Coan, unassisted, Converse 18-5
• 1:08, Karter Lauer, assisted by Izzy Eby, Converse 19-5 
   

Notables:
 
Points – Obenchain (8), Coan (6), Eby (5), Reinhard (5)
 
Goals – Obenchain (5), Coan (3), Eby (3), Reinhard (3), Psychoghios (3)
 
Assists – Obenchain (3), Coan (3), Eby (2), Reinhard (2)
 
Saves – Collins (4)
 
Next Up:

• Converse will stay at home this week with a midweek matchup against Wilmington on Wednesday evening. The game is set to begin at 6:00 p.m. at Weisiger Stadium

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