Box Score VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia - The Virginia Wesleyan University women's lacrosse team closed out their regular season schedule with a loss to the Quakers of Guilford College on Saturday afternoon in ODAC conference action at Birdsong Field in Virginia Beach, VA.
GAME INFORMATION
Score: Guilford 15 - Virginia Wesleyan 13
Records: Virginia Wesleyan 2-12, 2-7 | Guilford 3-2, 3-2
Location: Birdsong Field | Virginia Beach, VA
GAME RECAP
Virginia Wesleyan got the scoring started with a pair of goals, one each from Kayla Gush and Mikayla Szudera, to give VWU an early 2-0 lead. Guilford got on the board about five minutes after Szudera's goal putting the score at 2-1 before the Marlins responded with five consecutive goals taking a 7-1 lead with 15 minutes left in the opening half. Helen Kennedy-Butler and Gush each scored twice while Szudera added her second of the game. Guilford closed out the last 15 minutes with a 7-3 run pulling within two goals of VWU at the half. The remaining VWU goals came from Gush, Szudera, and Kennedy-Butler.
The Quakers came out of he intermission scoring four consecutive goals taking a 12-10 lead, behind a hattrick from Nia Gill. VWU's Kennedy-Butler and Camryn Gavula scored a pair of goals knotting the score at 12 all with ten minutes left in regulation. GC added two more goals to go up 14-12 with 6:20 left before Yaminah Lewis drove down the field to score her first career goal with 90 seconds left in the game as the Marlins trailed by one, 14-13. Guilford has a last second opportunity to give themselves a two goal lead as McCaine Brandt scored as time expired putting the final score at 15-13.
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UP NEXT
The women's lacrosse team waits to see if they qualify for the 2021 ODAC Women's Lacrosse tournament. Check back at VWUathletics.com for more news regarding Marlins women's lacrosse.
