SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Converse lacrosse team sent their lone senior, Jordyn Rose, out in style on Saturday afternoon as they defeated Chowan 25-12 at Weisiger Stadium.

With the win Converse improves to 8-7 overall and 4-4 in Conference Carolinas action this season. The win also secures the Valkyries a spot in the Conference Carolinas tournament, which will start in a few weeks. Meanwhile, Chowan falls to 6-6 overall and 3-5 in Conference Carolinas play this season.

Sophomore attackman, Hailey Obenchain was the star of the game as she tallied nine goals and seven assists to lead the Valkyries offense. Obenchain's 16-point effort set a new program record for points in a single game, and gave the sophomore 167 career points, a new program record as well. Obenchain is now four points away from setting the single season points record.

Obenchain was not the only Valkyrie to have a stellar day on the field for the lacrosse team. Fellow sophomore, Gencie Coan had a five goal and two assist performance to finish second on the team with seven points. Corynn Psychoghios posted a hat trick, while Megan Holleran finished second on the team with four assists against the Hawks.

Reagan Collins had yet another great performance for the Valkyries on Saturday afternoon. The junior finished with nine saves against the Hawks, bringing her weekly total to 19.

In the opening quarter, Chowan struck first with a goal less than two minutes into the game. Jordyn Rose found Izzy Eby for the Valkyries first goal of the game with 11:58 to play in the period. Chowan then scored back-to-back goals, taking a 3-1 lead in the early moments of the quarter. The Valkyries offense never faltered as Coan and Holleran scored back-to-back woman up goals to tie the game once again. The two teams continued to trade goals for the rest of the period, and went into the second tied at five.

In the second quarter, Eby found Karly Driscoll for the first goal of the period and the Valkyries held a 6-5 advantage. The rest of the quarter the two teams matched each other goal-for-goal until the final 90 seconds of the half. Both Ashley Ames and Obenchain scored to give the Valkyries a 10-8 edge heading into the locker room.

Coming out of the halftime intermission the Valkyries scored five unanswered goals to put the game out of reach. Converse outscored Chowan 9-4 in the third quarter and 6-0 in the fourth quarter. Obenchain scored five goals in the second half, while Coan and Psychoghios each had a hat trick in the second half against the Hawks.  

Scoring Breakdown
1^st Quarter:

• 13:20, Blake Tutman, unassisted, Chowan 1-0
• 11:58, Izzy Eby, assisted by Jordyn Rose, Tied 1-1
• 11:33, Charity Brown, unassisted, Chowan 2-1
• 10:04, Natalie Savage, unassisted, Chowan 3-1
• 7:35, Gencie Coan (Woman Up), assisted by Megan Holleran, Chowan 3-2
• 6:40, Megan Holleran (Woman Up), unassisted, Tied 3-3
• 6:20, Natalie Savage, assisted by Charity Brown, Chowan 4-3
• 4:15, Izzy Eby, assisted by Gencie Coan, Tied 4-4
• 2:08, Hailey Obenchain (Woman Down), unassisted, Converse 5-4
• 1:30, Grace Taylor (Woman Up), unassisted, Tied 5-5
   

2^nd Quarter:

• 10:52, Karly Driscoll, assisted by Izzy Eby, Converse 6-5
• 10:12, Grace Taylor, unassisted, Tied 6-6
• 8:58, Hailey Obenchain, unassisted, Converse 7-6
• 3:55, Sarai Sanders, assisted by Grace Taylor, Tied 7-7
• 2:28, Hailey Obenchain, unassisted, Converse 8-7
• 1:58, Grace Taylor, unassisted, Tied 8-8
• 1:37, Ashley Ames, assisted by Hailey Obenchain, Converse 9-8
• 0:36, Hailey Obenchain, assisted by Izzy Eby, Converse 10-8
   

3^rd Quarter:

• 14:38, Hailey Obenchain, unassisted, Converse 11-8
• 12:44, Karter Lauer, assisted by Gencie Coan, Converse 12-8
• 11:53, Gencie Coan (Woman Up), unassisted, Converse 13-8
• 11:14, Gencie Coan (Woman Up), assisted by Megan Holleran, Converse 14-8
• 10:22, Hailey Obenchain, unassisted, Converse 15-8
• 7:32, Grace Taylor, unassisted, Converse 15-9
• 5:03, Gracie Timken, assisted by Grace Taylor, Converse 15-10
• 4:17, Gencie Coan, assisted by Hailey Obenchain, Converse 16-10
• 3:53, Gencie Coan (Woman Up), assisted by Hailey Obenchain, Converse 17-10
• 2:20, Balke Tutman, unassisted, Converse 17-11
• 2:10, Corynn Psychoghios, assisted by Hailey Obenchain, Converse 18-11
• 1:58, Corynn Psychoghios, assisted by Hailey Obenchain, Converse 19-11
• 0:36, Naila Smith, unassisted, Converse 19-12
   

4^th Quarter:

• 14:28, Karly Driscoll (Woman Up), assisted by Megan Holleran, Converse 20-12
• 12:48, Brooke Bartlett, assisted by Hailey Obenchain, Converse 21-12
• 11:55, Hailey Obenchain, unassisted, Converse 22-12
• 6:31, Corynn Psychoghios, assisted by Hailey Obenchain, Converse 23-12
• 2:55, Hailey Obenchain, assisted by Brooke Bartlett, Converse 24-12
• 1:42, Hailey Obenchain, assisted by Megan Holleran, Converse 25-12
   

Notables:
 
Points – Obenchain (16), Coan (7), Holleran (5), Eby (4), Psychoghios (3), Driscoll (2), Bartlett (2)
 
Goals – Obenchain (9), Coan (5), Psychoghios (3), Driscoll (2), Eby (2)
 
Assists – Obenchain (7), Holleran (4), Coan (2), Eby (2)
 
Saves – Collins (9)
 
Next Up:

• Converse will conclude the regular season at home against Mount Olive on Wednesday afternoon. The game is scheduled to start at 4:30 p.m., at Weisiger Stadium.

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