Box score
BANNER ELK, N.C. - Belmont Abbey's Luarie Jordan scored five
goals and had two assists for seven total points to leave the Lady
Crusaders to a 15-4 win over the Lees-McRae College Lady Bobcats
Tuesday afternoon at Tate Field in a Conference Carolinas women's
lacrosse game.
The Abbey used an 8-0 first half to take the lead with all five
of Jordan's goals and one her assists coming in the half, but LMC
would score the first three goals of the second half to cut the
lead to 8-3. Lauren Martin scored Lees-McRae first goal, and Ellie
Psillas notched the next two. However, the Abbey would respond
with three goals to Megan Patton to push the lead to 11-3. Lexi
King put away the Lady Bobcats final goal, but two goals by The
Abbey's Brianna Dignan with two goals by Tara Chmil gave the game
the final of 15-4.
Dignan ended the day with six total points with three goals and
three assists for the Abbey. Jordan also led the team with five
groundballs and four draw controls. Chmil had a team-high four
caused turnovers.
For the Lady Bobcats, Psillas had two goals and Martin and King
had one. Nicole Nixon had a team-high six groundballs, and Abby
White had four caused turnovers. Psillas and Martin also paced the
team with two draw controls.
Martha Peacock had five saves between the pipes for the Lady
Bobcats, while her counterpart Natalie Crenshaw had four saves for
The Abbey.
Belmont Abbey outshot Lees-McRae 24-16 and won the draw control
battle 13-5. The Lady Crusaders held a slight groundball advantage
36-35, and were successful on ten of their 11 clear attempts. The
Lady Bobcats only made good on ten of their 21 clear attempts.
The Lady Bobcats will travel to Pfeiffer University for their
next game on April 9th.
