Box score
BANNER ELK, N.C. --- The Belmont Abbey College
women's lacrosse team outscored Lees-McRae College by a 15-5 margin
in the first half en route to a 20-4 victory on Friday night in
Conference Carolinas play on Tate Field.
Belmont Abbey (7-6, 3-2 CC) outshot Lees-McRae (1-11, 0-6 CC) by
a 36-11 margin, including a 22-6 advantage in the first half, while
winning the ground ball battle, 40-22. The Bobcats controlled
17-of-25 draws on the evening, as Belmont Abbey converted 18-of-20
clear attempts.
Anna DeLuke (Woodstock, Ga.) celebrated her senior night with
her 11th career goal, as Katelin Rooney (Naples, Fla.), Nicole
Dupont (Fort Myers, Fla.), and Olivia Gudewich (Frederick, Md.)
each found the back of the net for the Bobcats. Rooney and Nicole
Nixon (Charlotte, N.C.) each tallied an assist, as Rooney
controlled a game-high eight draws and Jessica Travers (Asheville,
N.C.) posted nine saves and five ground balls.
Elyse Mohn and Laura Dowd each posted a game-high four goals for
Belmont Abbey, as Lindsay Connolly tallied a hat trick and five
assists on the night. Katy Connery and Rebecca Diggs both chipped
in two goals and one assist, as Dowd recorded a game-high seven
ground balls. Tory Morgan made five saves between the pipes for the
Abbey.
Belmont Abbey jumped out to an early 7-0 lead in the first 10
minutes of the game, stretching the margin to 11-0 before Gudewich
got the Bobcats on the board off a pass by Nixon. After the
Crusaders countered with a pair of goals and Rooney answered with a
strike of her own, Belmont Abbey closed out the first half with two
goals to take a 15-2 advantage into the intermission.
Dupont answered for the Bobcats four and a half minutes into the
second half, taking a pass from Rooney and finding the back of the
net to open the period. Belmont Abbey would counter with a trio of
strikes, as DeLuke capped the scoring for the Bobcats at the 8:30
mark with her seventh goal of the season.
Lees-McRae is expected to return 16 letter-winners from this
year's squad, including rising seniors Travers, Nixon, Emily
Guenthner (Nampa, Idaho), Cynthia Wegner (Stem, N.C.), Jessica
MacConnell (Cary, N.C.), and Alexandra Smith (West Seneca,
N.Y.).
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