BANNER ELK, N.C. – Lees-McRae women's lacrosse recognized
Haley Donovan,
Jackielynn Lowry, and
Mallory Roughton as part of the Bobcats Senior Day and Lees-McRae earned the 20-9 victory over Erskine on Saturday.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Lees-McRae –20; Erskine – 9
LOCATION: Tate Field – Banner Elk, North Carolina
RECORDS: Lees-McRae (2-5/2-3), Erskine (2-3/0-2)
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- With 5:50 remaining in the third quarter, Donovan grabbed her ninth draw control of the contest and collected the program record for career draw controls with 211 in her standout career.
- Shannan Korovich led the Bobcats in the scoring column with six goals and Nim Castro followed with five. Genesis Lutsky scored a hat trick and Donovan added two goals along with 10 draw controls on Saturday.
- Lowry joined Kaitlyn Clark and Hailey Smith with one goal apiece to round out the Bobcats to score a goal on the afternoon.
- The Bobcats raced out to a three-goal advantage in the first 2:20 of the first period with Korovich netting two out of the first three goals. Erskine scored at the 11:03 mark of the first to make the score 3-1 in favor of Lees-McRae.
- Lees-McRae pushed ahead to a 12-2 margin and Mckenzie Mellen found the back of the net for the second time in her career with 43 seconds remaining in the first half to give the Bobcats the nine-goal advantage.
- Lowry buried her first career goal in the fourth quarter as the senior from Salisbury, North Carolina compiled two ground ball pickups and one caused turnovers in today's game.
- Castro scored the 20th goal of the contest for the Bobcats with 4:46 left in the contest and Erskine found the back of the net once more at 20-9.
- Aviva Beringhause recorded her second win of the season in goal for the Bobcats with seven saves.
FOR THE FLYING FLEET:
- Anna Ferrebee, Kristie Fisher, Korenza Heath, and Jenna Varner recorded two goals apiece in the game and Fisher had a game-high 13 draw controls for the Flying Fleet.
UP NEXT:
Lees-McRae women's lacrosse heads to Spartanburg, South Carolina next Saturday, April 1 for a league matchup with Converse.
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