SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Converse University lacrosse team defeated Southern Wesleyan 22-3 on Saturday afternoon at Weisiger Stadium.
With today's win the Valkyries improve to 2-6 overall on the season and 1-0 in Conference Carolinas action. The team's 34 points on Saturday afternoon are tied for the eighth most in program history. Southern Wesleyan drops to 1-8 overall on the season and 0-3 in Conference Carolinas play this year.
The Valkyries started the scoring early and often on Saturday afternoon, freshman
Brooklyn Walker scored her first career goal in the 12
th minute of the first quarter. Junior
Hailey Obenchain picked up the assist on the opening goal and then scored the next two for the Valkyries offense. Holding a 3-0 advantage, Southern Wesleyan scored a pair of goals at the 5:17 and 1:09 marks of the opening quarter. Converse went into the second quarter with a 3-2 advantage.
In the second quarter the Valkyries offense came to life as they outscored Southern Wesleyan 11-0 in the period. Obenchain,
Karter Lauer,
Gencie Coan,
Megan Holleran, and
Izzy Eby all scored in the period. While, Walker, Coan, Holleran and
Brooke Bartlett all picked up assists in the one sided quarter.
Coming out of the halftime break, the Valkyries continued to apply the pressure to the Warriors. Coan scored the first goal of the period, followed by
Corynn Psychoghios. Southern Wesleyan got on the board with a woman up goal at the four minute mark of the period. The Warriors goal ended up being their final goal of the contest.
Hailey Obenchain and
Zoey Jacobs scored in the final minutes of the period to give Converse an 18-3 advantage heading into the fourth quarter.
Obenchain scored the first two goals of the fourth quarter and Lauer picked up her fifth of the afternoon. Freshman
Kaitlyn Oliver scored her first career goal with 4:38 to play in the contest to end the scoring for Converse.
Gencie Coan led the team with a nine point performance, as the junior recorded four goals and five assists on the afternoon. Obenchain finished second on the team with seven total points and led the team with a six goal performance against Southern Wesleyan. Lauer finished third on the team with five total points and finished second on the team with a five goal outing against the Warriors.
Megan Holleran finished with two goals and two assists, to finish with four points on the day. Walker finished with a trio of points on the afternoon, while Psychoghios, Jacobs, Oliver and Eby each picked up a goal in the win. Bartlett and Jacobs both finished with one assist each in the win.
Scoring Breakdown
1st Quarter:
- 12:44, Brooklyn Walker, assisted by Hailey Obenchain, Converse 1-0
- 10:33, Hailey Obenchain, unassisted, Converse 2-0
- 10:22, Hailey Obenchain, assisted by Brooklyn Walker, Converse 3-0
- 5:17, Maree Hernandez, assisted by Fianna Steves, Converse 3-1
- 1:09, Lexi Richardson, unassisted, Converse 3-2
2nd Quarter:
- 14:29, Hailey Obenchain (Woman Up), unassisted, Converse 4-2
- 13:04, Karter Lauer, assisted by Gencie Coan, Converse 5-2
- 11:38, Gencie Coan, assisted by Brooklyn Walker, Converse 6-2
- 9:44, Megan Holleran, assisted by Gencie Coan, Converse 7-2
- 8:23, Karter Lauer, unassisted, Converse 8-2
- 7:44, Gencie Coan, unassisted, Converse 9-2
- 6:39, Karter Lauer, assisted by Megan Holleran, Converse 10-2
- 5:42, Megan Holleran, assisted by Gencie Coan, Converse 11-2
- 4:38, Izzy Eby, unassisted, Converse 12-2
- 2:46, Karter Lauer, unassisted, Converse 13-2
- 0:01, Gencie Coan, assisted by Brooke Bartlett, Converse 14-2
3rd Quarter:
- 11:34, Gencie Coan, assisted by Zoey Jacobs, Converse 15-2
- 9:32, Corynn Psychoghios, assisted by Gencie Coan, Converse 16-2
- 4:12, Fianna Steves (Woman Up), unassisted, Converse 16-3
- 3:22, Hailey Obenchain, assisted by Megan Holleran, Converse 17-3
- 0:52, Zoey Jacobs, unassisted, Converse 18-3
4th Quarter:
- 12:40, Hailey Obenchain, unassisted, Converse 19-3
- 9:45, Hailey Obenchain, assisted by Gencie Coan, Converse 20-3
- 6:47, Karter Lauer, unassisted, Converse 21-3
- 4:38, Kaitlyn Oliver, unassisted, Converse 22-3
Notables:
Points – Coan (9), Obenchain (7), Lauer (5), Holleran (4), Walker (3), Jacobs (2)
Goals – Obenchain (6), Lauer (5), Coan (4), Holleran (2)
Assists – Coan (5), Holleran (2), Walker (2)
Saves – Skee (4), Collins (3)
Next Up:
- Converse will hit the road this coming Tuesday evening and battle Belmont Abbey in Belmont, N.C.
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