The Virginia Wesleyan Univerity women's lacrosse team (3-9, 1-3 ODAC) defeated conference opponent Ferrum 14-6. 

Michaela Elston set a career-high with six points scoring five goals with one assist. Her previous career-high was five points with four goals and one assist against Methodist on March 22, 2023. She tallied six draw controls, three ground balls, and one caused turnover. 

Helen Kennedy-Butler continues to move up the record books as she is now tied for 11th all-time in career points at 112. The junior tallied four points with three goals and one assist, and two caused turnovers.

The Marlins got on the board first as Michaela Elston scored off a free position shot that blew past the keeper to lead 1-0. Madison Pfister scored off a feed from Shaunice Rone, followed by a goal from Helen Kennedy-Butler with an assist from Pfister to give Virginia Wesleyan a 3-0 lead. Michaela Elston scored her second goal off a nice pass from Mikayla Szudera. The Panthers responded with a goal, to cut the lead to 4-1. However, the Marlins added two more goals from Kennedy-Butler off a pass from Elston, and Elston scored the team's sixth with 20 seconds left in the first quarter. 

VWU's defense held strong in the second quarter, as they shut out Ferrum and only allowed two shots the whole quarter. Pfister opened the scoring with an assist from Kennedy-Butler. Then, captain Brooke Morris scored an unassisted goal as she read a pass from the goalie to intercept and took it to the net to give the Marlins an 8-1 lead. Natalie Dunn and Kennedy-Butler scored back-to-back unassisted goals to lead 10-1. After seven scoreless minutes, Mikayla Szudera scored a goal killing a penalty with an assist from Dunn to take an 11-1 lead into the break. 

The Panthers bounced back in the third quarter, outscoring the host 2-1. Mikayla Szudera scored Virginia Wesleyans' only goal in the quarter, assisted by Natalie Dunn. 

The Marlins looked to put the game away to start the fourth, as Michaela Elston scored back-to-back goals to give VWU a 14-3 lead with 10:55 left in the game. However, the Panthers scored three goals on man-advantage opportunities to cut the lead to 14-6. 

Brittneyann Hoover improved to a 3-9 record on the year, allowed six goals, and registered eight saves in the win. Shaunice Rone led the defense with five ground balls, caused five turnovers, and added an assist. 

Madison Pfister recorded two goals and one assist, three ground balls, and had a team-high six caused turnovers, Natalie Dunn notched one goal, two assists, two ground balls, and two caused turnovers, and Mikayla Szudera had two goals, one assist, one ground ball, and caused one turnover.