The Virginia Wesleyan University women's lacrosse team (2-1) edged King's College 10-8.
Michaela Elston led the offense scoring two goals and two assists, with two ground balls, caused two turnovers, and had six draw controls,
Gabriella Watton had a team-high four assists, caused one turnover, and two ground balls, and
Madison Pfister scored three goals on six shots, caused three turnovers, and six ground balls, and teammate
Helen Kennedy-Butler scored a hat trick on six shots.
Brittneyann Hoover got the win in net, playing 60 minutes, allowed eight goals against, and had 11 saves.
The Marlins opened up the scoring as
Helen Kennedy-Butler scored with an assist from
Gabriella Watton, then one minute later
Michaela Elston scored an unassisted goal to lead 2-0. The Monarch got on he board to cut the lead to 2-1. VWU scored three straight goals to take a 5-1 lead in the first quarter.
Helen Kennedy-Butler scored the Marlins' third goal with an assist from Elston. Kennedy-Butler scored again down a player with an assist from
Gabriella Watton, and
Shaunice Rone scored a solo goal to bring the score to 5-1 heading into the second quarter.
The Monarchs scored the lone goal of the second quarter to bring the score to 5-2 heading into the break.
King's College scored at the start of the third quarter to cut the lead to 5-3. Virginia Wesleyan stepped up the offense as
Madison Pfister scored two goals both assisted by
Gabriella Watton to increase their lead to 7-3.
Michaela Elston scored an unassisted goal to lead 8-3. King's College scored one more goal before the end of the third quarter to cut the lead down to 8-4.
The Monarchs put up a fight and scored two goals to start the fourth quarter cutting the lead to 8-6. Maya Parry scored off a nice feed from Elston to extend the Marlins lead to 9-6. King's College scored at the 8:11 mark in the fourth the bring the score to 9-7, but the Marlins responded with an unassisted man-up goal from Pfister to lead 10-7. King's College scored a man-up goal to cut the lead to 10-8 at the 1:32 mark, but the Marlins defense held off the Monarch's late surge to seal the 10-8 win over King's College.
