SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Converse University women's lacrosse team lost 20-8 to Lander University on Tuesday evening.

With the loss the Valkyries drop to 5-5 on the season and lose back-to-back games for the first time all season. Meanwhile, Lander improves to 4-4 on the season as they take a 1-0 lead in the series against the Valkyries.

Lander opened up the first quarter on a 7-0 run before Converse freshman attacker Izzy Eby posted a first quarter hat trick against the Bearcats. Eby's offensive spark helped the Valkyries start to cut into the Bearcats lead.

In the second quarter the Valkyries clamped down defensively as the Bearcats added just three goals in the period. Converse trailed 10-3 going into the halftime intermission.

Lander got off to a hot start at the start of the third quarter, as they scored four unanswered goals to start the stanza. Becky Reinhard and Hailey Obenchain both scored in the period to end the run by the Lander offense. Emmy Peterson scored in the final five seconds of the third quarter to give Lander a 15-5 advantage heading into the fourth quarter.

In the final frame of the game, the Valkyries were outscored 5-3 by the Bearcats offense. Gencie Coan, Obenchain and Reinhard all scored in the period for Converse. Kayla Smith scored a buzzer beating goal for Lander to give the Bearcats a 20-8 win.

Scoring Breakdown
1^st Quarter:

• 14:18, Emmy Peterson, assisted by Mickey Burnett, Lander 1-0
• 12:38, Alyssa Suchan, assisted by Emmy Peterson, Lander 2-0
• 11:05, Emmy Peterson, unassisted, Lander 3-0
• 10:17, Mickey Burnett, assisted by Emmy Peterson, Lander 4-0
• 9:25, Mickey Burnett, assisted by Alyssa Suchan, Lander 5-0
• 8:54, Emmy Peterson, assisted by Amelia McCauley, Lander 6-0
• 7:59, Izzy Olson, assisted by Alyssa Suchan, Lander 7-0
• 7:33, Izzy Eby, unassisted, Lander 7-1
• 7:17, Izzy Eby, unassisted, Lander 7-2
• 00:15, Izzy Eby, unassisted, Lander 7-3  
   

2^nd Quarter:

• 13:08, Emmy Peterson (Woman Up), unassisted, Lander 8-3
• 9:23, Alyssa Suchan, assisted by Emmy Peterson, Lander 9-3
• 6:14, Kasey Bronco, assisted by Brooke Kelly, Lander 10-3
   

3^rd Quarter:

• 14:26, Ella Benson, assisted by Emmy Peterson, Lander 11-3
• 10:37, Ella Benson, unassisted, Lander 12-3
• 10:07, Kylie Fragala, unassisted, Lander 13-3
• 8:55, Kylie Fragala, assisted by Kasey Bronco, Lander 14-3
• 5:35, Becky Reinhard (Woman Up), assisted by Megan Holleran, Lander 14-4
• 3:56, Hailey Obenchain, unassisted, Lander 14-5
• 00:05, Emmy Peterson (Woman Up), assisted by Kasey Bronco, Lander 15-5
   

4^th Quarter:

• 12:05, Emmy Peterson (Woman Down), assisted by Kylie Fragala, Lander 16-5
• 10:12, Mickey Burnett, assisted by Alyssa Suchan, Lander 17-5
• 8:44, Brooke Kelly, unassisted, Lander 18-5
• 7:37, Hailey Obenchain, unassisted, Lander 18-6
• 6:11, Gencie Coan, assisted by Izzy Eby, Lander 18-7
• 4:44, Alyssa Suchan, unassisted, Lander 19-7
• 1:43, Becky Reinhard, assisted by Megan Holleran, Lander 19-8
• 00:01, Kayla Smith, unassisted, Lander 20-8
   

Notables:
 
Points – Eby (4), Obenchain (2), Holleran (2), Reinhard (2)
 
Goals – Eby (3), Obenchain (2), Reinhard (2)
 
Assists – Holleran (2)
 
Saves – Collins (13)
 
Next Up:

• Converse will be back at home this Saturday afternoon as they take on Southern Wesleyan. The game is scheduled to start at 1:00 p.m. at Weisiger Stadium  

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