TIGERVILLE, S.C. – The Converse University lacrosse team fell 14-13 to North Greenville on Tuesday evening at Pepsi Stadium on the campus of North Greenville University.
 
With the loss the Valkyries drop to 3-10 overall and 2-3 in Conference Carolinas action, while North Greenville improves to 5-7 overall and 3-1 in Conference Carolinas play. With her three goal performance tonight, Hailey Obenchain tied her own school record for points in a season with 89. The Valkyries starting goalie, Regan Collins became just the second goalie in program history to register 3,000 minutes in goal.
 
For the second straight season, Karter Lauer scored a quartet of goals against North Greenville. Becky Reinhard and Obenchain both added hat tricks in the loss, while Genice Coan picked up a pair of goals against the Trailblazers. Megan Holleran led the team with a three assist performance against North Greenville.
 
Holleran connected with Obenchain for the first goal of the contest with 12:40 to play in the opening period. Kami Straub scored back-to-back goals for North Greenville to give the Trailblazers the early momentum. Carter and Lauer answered with back-to-back goals for the Valkyries offense as Converse retook a 3-2 advantage with 3:19 to play. North Greenville answered with a pair of goals before Coan scored to tie the match at 4-4 heading into the second quarter.
 
It was a defensive battle in the second quarter as neither team found the back of the net for the first 10 minutes of the period. Obenchain scored the first goal of the stanza with 5:35 to play in the half, moments later Lauer scored the Valkyries second goal of the period. Once again, North Greenville answered with a pair of goals right before halftime to keep the game tied at six.
 
Coming out of the halftime break, Obenchain and Holleran both scored in the first five minutes of the period to give Converse a two goal advantage. The lead was short lived, however, as North Greenville answered with a pair of goals against the Valkyries defense. Lauer and Reinhard both scored to keep the Valkyries on top, but a late goal by Kylie Keen gave North Greenville a bit of momentum heading into the final quarter of action.
 
In the fourth quarter the Valkyries held a two goal advantage, but watched it disappear as they were outscored 5-3 in the final period of action. Reinhard picked up a pair of goals in the final period, while Lauer recorded her fourth goal of the game.  


Scoring Breakdown
1^st Quarter:

• 12:40, Hailey Obenchain, assisted by Megan Holleran, Converse 1-0
• 12:11, Kami Straub, assisted by Aubree Mayse, Tied 1-1
• 11:45, Kami Straub, unassisted, North Greenville 2-1
• 5:03, Gencie Coan, unassisted, Tied 2-2
• 3:19, Karter Lauer, unassisted, Converse 3-2
• 2:30, Kylie Keen, unassisted, Tied 3-3
• 2:13, Isabella Ortiz, assisted by Kami Straub, North Greenville 4-3
• 1:28, Gencie Coan, assisted by Megan Holleran, Tied 4-4

2^nd Quarter:

• 5:35, Hailey Obenchain, unassisted, Converse 5-4
• 2:54, Karter Lauer, unassisted, Converse 6-4
• 1:20, Isabella Ortiz, assisted by Lauren Crane, Converse 6-5
• 0:19, Isabella Ortiz, assisted by Kayla Harris, Tied 6-6

3^rd Quarter:

• 11:54, Hailey Obenchain (Woman Up), assisted by Brooklyn Walker, Converse 7-6
• 9:53, Megan Holleran, unassisted, Converse 8-6
• 8:08, Aubree Mayse, unassisted, Converse 8-7
• 4:30, Kami Straub, unassisted, Tied 8-8
• 3:26, Karter Lauer, assisted by Becky Reinhard, Converse 9-8
• 1:07, Becky Reinhard, unassisted, Converse 10-8
• 0:16, Kylie Keen, unassisted, Converse 10-9

4^th Quarter:

• 13:50, Becky Reinhard, assisted by Megan Holleran, Converse 11-9
• 13:37, Kami Straub, unassisted, Converse 11-10
• 12:51, Kayla Harris, unassisted, Tied 11-11
• 10:28, Karter Lauer, unassisted, Converse 12-11
• 8:27, Kami Straub, assisted by Lauren Crane, Tied 12-12
• 5:52, Kami Straub, assisted by Ava Walls, North Greenville 13-12
• 3:35, Lauren Crane, unassisted, North Greenville 14-12
• 0:11, Becky Reinhard, unassisted North Greenville 14-13

Notables:
 
Points – Lauer (4), Holleran (4), Reinhard (4), Obenchain (3), Coan (2)
 
Goals – Lauer (4), Obenchain (3), Reinhard (3), Coan (2)
 
Assists – Holleran (3), Walker (1), Reinhard (1)
 
Saves – Collins (11)
 
Next Up:

• Converse will stay on the road and travel to Chowan on Saturday, April 12^th. The match is set to start at 2:00 p.m.

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