MURFREESBORO, N.C. – The Converse University lacrosse team went wire-to-wire on Saturday afternoon as they defeated Chowan 21-10 at Hawks Field.
 
With the win Converse improves to 4-10 overall this season and 3-3 in Conference Carolinas action. Meanwhile, Chowan drops to 0-10 and 0-6 in Conference Carolinas play. For the first time in program history the Valkyries had seven players finish with at least four points on the afternoon. Gencie Coan, Corynn Psychoghios, and Zoey Jacobs all had six points each to lead the team, while Coan and Becky Reinard both had a team best five goals on the afternoon.
 
Hailey Obenchain scored a quartet of goals on the afternoon and became the first player in program history to record 90 or more points in a single season. Both Obenchain and Reinhard recorded their 50^th goals of the season on Saturday afternoon. Meanwhile, Megan Holleran and Brooklyn Walker both had four point performances, with Holleran recording a team high 11 draw control wins.
 
Obenchain and Reinhard scored the first goals of the contest within 10 seconds of each other off assists from Walker. Chowan scored their first goal of the contest with 10:05 to play in the opening period. Coan's first goal of the quarter was a woman down goal that gave the Valkyries a 3-1 advantage with 8:38 to play. Chowan countered with their second goal of the quarter with 7:44 to go in the period.
 
Obenchain and Psychoghios scored the next three goals in the first quarter to give Converse a 6-2 advantage. Chowan scored the final two goals of the first quarter to make is 6-4 going into the second quarter of action.
 
Reinhard scored the first goal of the period to stretch the Valkyries lead to 7-4. Chowan scored back-to-back goals to pull within a point of Converse. The Valkyries scored the final six goals of the period to go into the halftime break up 13-6.
 
In the third quarter, Chowan scored the first two goals of the period to pull within striking distance of the Valkyries. Converse scored the final six goals of the period to go into the final quarter up 19-8. In the final quarter of the game both teams scored a pair of goals.


Scoring Breakdown
1^st Quarter:

• 12:35, Hailey Obenchain, assisted by Brooklyn Walker, Converse 1-0
• 12:22, Becky Reinhard, assisted by Brooklyn Walker, Converse 2-0
• 10:05, Blake Tutman, unassisted, Converse 2-1
• 8:38, Gencie Coan (Woman Down), unassisted, Converse 3-1
• 7:44, Victoria Brown (Woman Up), assisted by Blake Tutman, Converse 3-2
• 7:21, Hailey Obenchain, unassisted, Converse 4-2
• 6:25, Corynn Psychoghios, assisted by Zoey Jacobs, Converse 5-2
• 5:17, Corynn Psychoghios, assisted by Zoey Jacobs, Converse 6-2
• 4:09, Blake Tutman, unassisted, Converse 6-3
• 1:14, Blake Tutman, assisted by Cameryn Barrow, Converse 6-4

2^nd Quarter:

• 12:07, Becky Reinhard, assisted by Corynn Psychoghios, Converse 7-4
• 10:42, Gracie Timken (Woman Up), assisted by Cameryn Barrow, Converse 7-5
• 9:45, Cameryn Barrow, unassisted, Converse 7-6
• 6:46, Gencie Coan, assisted Corynn Psychoghios, Converse 8-6
• 5:55, Becky Reinhard, assisted by Brooklyn Walker, Converse 9-6
• 5:21, Gencie Coan, assisted by Megan Holleran, Converse 10-6
• 4:03, Zoey Jacobs, unassisted, Converse 11-6
• 1:52, Becky Reinhard, assisted by Zoey Jacobs, Converse 12-6
• 0:03, Megan Holleran, assisted by Corynn Psychoghios, Converse 13-6

3^rd Quarter:

• 13:41, Blake Tutman, unassisted, Converse 13-7
• 12:10, Victoria Brown (Woman Up), Converse 13-8
• 11:38, Gencie Coan, assisted by Zoey Jacobs, Converse 14-8
• 10:27, Corynn Psychoghios, unassisted, Converse 15-8
• 7:33, Gencie Coan (Woman Down), unassisted, Converse 16-8
• 3:52, Hailey Obenchain, assisted by Brooklyn Walker, Converse 17-8
• 3:10, Becky Reinhard, assisted by Megan Holleran, Converse 18-8
• 1:31, Zoey Jacobs, unassisted, Converse 19-8

4^th Quarter:

• 12:33, Hailey Obenchain, assisted by Megan Holleran, Converse 20-8
• 10:24, Karter Lauer (Woman Up), assisted by Gencie Coan, Converse 21-8
• 8:55, Sarai Sanders, unassisted, Converse 21-9
• 5:26, Blake Tutman, unassisted, Converse 21-10

Notables:
 
Points – Psychoghios (6), Jacobs (6), Coan (6), Reinhard (5), Obenchain (4), Holleran (4), Walker (4)
 
Goals – Coan (5), Reinhard (5), Obenchain (4), Psychoghios (3), Jacobs (2)
 
Assists – Walker (4), Jacobs (4), Holleran (3), Psychoghios (3)
 
Saves – Collins (3), Skee (3)
 
Next Up:

• Converse will stay on the road and travel to Mount Olive on Wednesday April 16^th. The game is scheduled to start at 4:30 p.m.

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