SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Converse University lacrosse team fell 20-9 to Wilmington on Wednesday night at Weisiger Stadium.

With the loss Converse drops to 2-3 on the season, while Wilmington improves to 3-0 on the season. Converse is now 2-2 in home games this season with the loss to the Wildcats.

The Wilcats took control from the opening possession and started the game on a 10-0 run. Megan Holleran scored in the final seconds of the first quarter to get the Valkyries on the board.

In the second period, Coan scored both the first and last goals of the period. Karter Lauer scored the third goal during the second quarter for the Valkyries. Going into the halftime break, the Valkyries trailed 13-4 to Wilmington.

In the third period the Valkyries offense came alive as they scored three straight woman down goals starting at the 8:32 mark. Converse went into the final period of play down 16-8 against the Wildcats. In the fourth period the Wildcats outscored Converse 4-1.

Scoring Breakdown
1^st Quarter:

• 13:03, Ella Royer, unassisted, Wilmington 1-0
• 11:06, Makenzie Stritzinger, assisted by Amelie Gamache, Wilmington 2-0
• 10:50, Makenzie Stritzinger, assisted by Amelie Gamache, Wilmington 3-0
• 9:27, Ella Royer, unassisted, Wilmington 4-0
• 9:05, Ella Royer, unassisted, Wilmington 5-0
• 6:57, Makenzie Stritzinger, assisted by Anastasia Giannoulis, Wilmington 6-0
• 6:29, Alea Javorowsky, unassisted, Wilmington 7-0
• 4:27, Ella Royer (Woman Up), unassisted, Wilmington 8-0
• 3:51, Ella Royer, unassisted, Wilmington 9-0
• 3:20, Anastasia Giannoulis, assisted by Alea Javorowsky, Wilmington 10-0
• 00:03, Megan Holleran (Woman Up), unassisted, Wilmington 10-1
   

2^nd Quarter:

• 12:00, Gencie Coan, assisted by Megan Holleran, Wilmington 10-2
• 9:20, Amelie Gamache, unassisted, Wilmington 11-2
• 8:37, Ella Royer, unassisted, Wilmington 12-2
• 4:38, Amelie Gamache (Woman Up), assisted by Ella Royer, Wilmington 13-2
• 1:39, Karter Lauer (Woman Up), unassisted, Wilmington 13-3
• 00:15, Gencie Coan, assisted by Megan Holleran, Wilmington 13-4
   

3^rd Quarter:

• 14:29, Ella Royer, unassisted, Wilmington 14-4
• 9:16, Becky Reinhard (Woman Down), assisted by Megan Holleran, Wilmington 14-5
• 8:56, Izzy Eby (Woman Down,) unassisted, Wilmington 14-6
• 8:32, Becky Reinhard  (Woman Down), unassisted, Wilmington 14-7
• 7:07, Anastasia Giannoulis, assisted by Makenzie Stritzinger, Wilmington 15-7
• 6:39, Gencie Coan, assisted by Hailey Obenchain, Wilmington 15-8
• 5:59, Alea Javorowsky, assisted by Amelie Gamache, Wilmington 16-8
   

4^th Quarter:

• 13:13, Makenzie Stritzinger (Woman Up), assisted by Anastasia Giannoulis, Wilmington 17-8
• 10:22, Amelie Gamache, unassisted, Wilmington 18-8
• 7:28, Makenzie Stritzinger (Woman Up), assisted by Amelie Gamache, Wilmington 19-8
• 3:20, Becky Reinhard (Woman Up), assisted by Hailey Obenchain, Wilmington 19-9
• 00:19, Alea Javorowsky (Woman Up), unassisted, Wilmington 20-9 
   

Notables:
 
Points – Holleran (4), Coan (3), Reinhard (3)
 
Goals – Coan (3), Reinhard (3)
 
Assists – Holleran (3), Obenchain (2)
 
Saves – Collins (7)
 
Next Up:

• Converse will hit the road this weekend and battle Lees-McRae on Saturday afternoon. The game is set to start at 2:00 p.m. in Banner Elk, N.C.

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